Strong's Lexicon
G2446 — Ἰορδάνης
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2446 |
|---|---|
| Word: | Ἰορδάνης |
| Part of Speech: | Name Location |
| Etymology: | of Hebrew origin (H3383) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 15 |
| Transliteration: | Iordanes |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ee-or-dan'-ace |
| Meaning: | 1. the Jordanes (i.e. Jarden), a river of Israel |
| KJV Renderings: | Jordan |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Ἰορδάνης, Ιορδάνου (Buttmann, 17), ὁ (cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 18, 5 a.), (éÇøÀãÅÌï, from éÈøÇã to descend; for other opinions about the origin of the name see Gesenius, Thesaurus, ii., p. 626 (cf. Alex.’s Kitto under the word Jordan)), the Jordan, the largest and most celebrated river of Palestine, which has its origin in numerous torrents and small streams at the foot of Anti-Lebanon, flows at first into Lake Samochonitis (Merom so-called; (modern: el-Huleh; see BB. DD. under the word (Waters of))), and issuing thence runs into the Lake of Tiberius (the Sea of Galilee). After quitting this lake it is augmented during its course by many smaller streams, and finally empties into the Dead Sea: Mat 3:5 ff,; ; Mar 1:5; Mar 1:9; Mar 3:8; Mar 10:1; Luk 3:3; Luk 4:1; Joh 1:28; Joh 3:26; Joh 10:40; cf. Winers RWB (and BB. DD.) under the word ; Arnold in Herzog vii., p. 7ff; Furrer in Schenkel, iii., p. 378ff; (Robinson, Phys. Geogr. of the Holy Land, pp. 144-186).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
Ἰορδάνης (Jordan)
Matthew 3:5
- KJV: Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judaea and all the region round about Jordan
- GK: τότε εξεπορεύετο προς αυτόν Ιεροσόλυμα και πάσα η Ιουδαία και πάσα η περίχωρος του Ιορδάνου
Matthew 3:6
- KJV: And were baptized of him in Jordan confessing their sins
- GK: και εβαπτίζοντο εν τω Ιορδάνη υπ΄ αυτού εξομολογούμενοι τας αμαρτίας αυτων
Matthew 3:13
- KJV: Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John to be baptized of him
- GK: τοτε παραγίνεται ο Ιησούς από της Γαλιλαίας επί τον Ιορδάνην προς τον Ιωάννη του βαπτισθήναι υπ΄ αυτού
Matthew 4:15
- KJV: The land of Zabulon and the land of Nephthalim the way of the sea beyond Jordan Galilee of the Gentiles
- GK: γη Ζαβουλών και γη Νεφθαλείμ οδόν θαλάσσης πέραν του Ιορδάνου Γαλιλαία των εθνών
Matthew 4:25
- KJV: And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and beyond Jordan
- GK: και ηκολούθησαν αυτώ όχλοι πολλοί από της Γαλιλαίας και Δεκαπόλεως και Ιεροσολύμων και Ιουδαίας και πέραν του Ιορδάνου
Matthew 19:1
- KJV: And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these sayings he departed from Galilee and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan
- GK: και εγένετο ότε ετέλεσεν ο Ιησούς τους λόγους τούτους μετήρεν από της Γαλιλαίας και ήλθεν εις τα όρια της Ιουδαίας πέραν του Ιορδάνου
Mark 1:5
- KJV: And there went out unto him all the land of Judæa and they of Jerusalem and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan confessing their sins
- GK: και εξεπορεύετο προς αυτόν πάσα η Ιουδαία χώρα και οι Ιεροσολυμίται και εβαπτίζοντο πάντες εν τω Ιορδάνη ποταμώ υπ΄ αυτού εξομολογούμενοι τας αμαρτίας αυτών
Mark 1:9
- KJV: And it came to pass in those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized of John in Jordan
- GK: και εγένετο εν εκείναις ταις ημέραις ήλθεν Ιησούς από Ναζαρέθ της Γαλιλαίας και εβαπτίσθη υπό Ιωάννου εις τον Ιορδάνην
Mark 3:8
- KJV: And from Jerusalem and from Idumaea and beyond Jordan and they about Tyre and Sidon a great multitude when they had heard what great things he did came unto him
- GK: και από Ιεροσολύμων και από της Ιδουμαίας και πέραν του Ιορδάνου και οι περί Τύρον και Σιδώνα πλήθος πολύ ακούσαντες όσα εποίει ήλθον προς αυτόν