noun · masculine
iannai
GreekἸανναί (iannai)
Strong’sG2388
Jannai
stem iannai-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ἰανναί (Rec. -νά), ὁ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2388 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidee-an-nah'
Janna, an Israelite
Fromprobably of Hebrew origin (compare );
King JamesJanna.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | iannai | iannai |
| object accusative | iannai | iannai |
| direct address vocative | iannai | iannai |
| of, belonging to genitive | iannai1×Ἰανναὶ | iannai |
| to, for dative | iannai | iannai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
iannai“Jannai”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Luke 3:24“Jannai”tou Maththat tou Leviou tou Melchi tou Iannai tou Iōsēfthe son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,