noun · masculine
iordanos
Strong’sG2446
the Jordan
stem iordan-15 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Ἰορδάνης is a proper name referring to the Jordan, a river 1234. It derives from a Hebrew word 123.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Strong’s G2446 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidee-or-dan'-ace
the Jordanes (i.e. Jarden), a river of Palestine
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesJordan.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
the Jordan:
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | iordanos | iordanois |
| object accusative | iordanon2×Ἰορδάνην | iordanoin |
| direct address vocative | iordanor | iordanoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | iordanou11×Ἰορδάνου | iordanoiu |
| to, for dative | iordano2×Ἰορδάνῃ | iordanoi |
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
iordano is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
15 occurrences, every one of them listed
iordanon“Jordan”objectaccusative singular2×
Matthew 3:13… Iēsus apo tau Galilaiau epi ton Iordanon pros ton Iōannon teu baptizira hupo …… Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.
Mark 1:9… tau Galilaiau kai baptizita eis ton Iordanon hupo Iōannou.… was baptized by John in the Jordan.
iordanou“Jordan”of, belonging togenitive singular11×
Matthew 3:5… Ioudaias kai pantas tas perichōras tou Iordanou,… and the whole region around the Jordan.
Matthew 4:15… gēas Nefthalim, hodan thalassau, peran tou Iordanou, Galilaias teiu ethneiu,… Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles —
Matthew 4:25… Hierosolumeiu kai Ioudaiau kai peran tou Iordanou.… Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
Matthew 19:1… teim horeim tau Ioudaiau peran tou Iordanou.… the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.
Mark 3:8… apo tau Idoumaiau kai peran tou Iordanou kai peri Turan kai Sidōnan, plēthem …Jerusalem, Idumea, the region beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and …
Mark 10:1… horeim tau Ioudaiau kai peran tou Iordanou, kai sumporeuolō palin ochlois pros auton, …… the region of Judea, beyond the Jordan. Again the crowds came to Him …
Luke 3:3kai erchata eis pantan perichōran tou Iordanou kērussarōntos baptismem metanoiau eis afesian hamartaiu,… into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for …
Luke 4:1… plēros pneumeu hagieu hupostrefata apo tou Iordanou, kai agote en te pneume en …… the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit …
John 1:28houteim en Bēthania geneta peran tou Iordanou, hopou ate tos Iōannos baptizarōntos.… this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
John 3:26… hos ate meta su peran tou Iordanou, ho sis marturasē, ide houtos baptizatō …… who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about — He …
John 10:40Kai aperchata palin peran tou Iordanou eis ton topon hopou ate Iōannos …Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had …
iordano“Jordan”to, fordative singular2×
Matthew 3:6kai baptizole en to Iordano potamo hupo autou exomologorōntois tain hamartain …… were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
Mark 1:5… kai baptizole hupo autou en to Iordano potamo exomologorōntois tain hamartain autoiu.… were baptized by him in the Jordan River.