- Ἰωνᾶς
- Ἰωνᾶς, ᾶ, ὁ (יוֹנָה) Jonah① the OT prophet (4 Km 14:25; Book of Jonah; Tob 14:4, 8 BA; 3 Macc 6:8; Jos., Ant. 9, 206–14; Just.; SibOr 2, 248). He is meant by the enigmatic saying about the ‘sign of Jonah’ Mt 12:39–41; 16:4; Lk 11:29f, 32 (Mt 12:40 and AcPlCor 2:29f the sign consists in Jonah’s stay inside the monster for three days and nights. Lk thinks perh. of the preaching of the prophet to the Ninevites; s. on σημεῖον 1 and AVögtle, Synoptische Studien [Wikenhauser Festschr.] ’53, 230–77); 1 Cl 7:7.② a Galilean fisher, father of Simon Peter and Andrew Mt 16:17 v.l. βὰρ Ἰωνᾶ (for Βαριωνᾶ); J 1:42 v.l.; 21:15–17 v.l; GHb 254, 70 (Lat.). Acc. to J 1:42; 21:15–17 his name was Ἰωάν(ν)ης (s. Ἰωάν(ν)ης 4); the J pass. all have Ἰωνᾶ as v.l., cp. Βαριωνᾶς and s. B-D-F §53, 2; W-S. §5, 26c.—On 1 and 2 HGale, JBL 60, ’41, 255–60; OGlombitza, NTS 8, ’61/62, 359–66.—REdwards, The Sign of Jonah in the Theology of the Evangelists and Q, ’71.—TW.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.