Ἰωάννα

See also: Ιωάννα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (yōḥānā), the feminine form of יוֹחָנָן (yōḥānān), whence also Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννης (Ĭōắnnēs).

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.oˈan.na/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.oˈan.na/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.oˈan.na/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.oˈa.na/

Proper noun

Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννᾱ • (Ĭōắnnā) f (genitive Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννᾱς); first declension

a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joanna

Declension

First declension of ἡ Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννᾱ; τῆς Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννᾱς (Koine)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννᾱ hē Ĭōắnnā
Genitive	τῆς Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννᾱς tês Ĭōắnnās
Dative	τῇ Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννᾳ tēî Ĭōắnnāi
Accusative	τὴν Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννᾱν tḕn Ĭōắnnān
Vocative	Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννᾱ Ĭōắnnā

Related terms

Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννης (Ĭōắnnēs)

Descendants

English: Jane, Jean, Joan
French: Jeanne
Galician: Xoana
German: Johanna
Greek: Ιωάννα (Ioánna), Ιάννα (Iánna), Γιάννα (Giánna)
Irish: Siobhán
Italian: Giovanna
Latin: Iōanna, Iōhanna, Jōanna, Jōhanna
Portuguese: Joana
Romanian: Ioana
Russian: Ива́нна (Ivánna)
Spanish: Juana

References

Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
G2489 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible