Ἰωνάθης

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἰωνᾱ́θης • (Iōnā́thēs) m (genitive Ἰωνᾱ́θου); first declension

  1. Alternative form of Ἰωνᾱ́θᾱν (Iōnā́thān)
    • 93 CE – 94 CE, Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 13.1.3:
      Ὁ δὲ Βακχίδης γνοὺς τὸν Ἰωνάθην ἐν τοῖς ἕλεσι τοῦ Ἰορδάνου κατεστρατοπεδευμένον παραφυλάξας τὴν τῶν σαββάτων ἡμέραν ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν ἧκεν ὡς οὐ μαχούμενον ἐκείνῃ διὰ τὸν νόμον.
      • Translation by William Whiston
        But when Bacchides knew that Jonathan had pitched his camp among the lakes of Jordan, he observed when their sabbath day came, and then assaulted him, as supposing that he would not fight because of the law for resting on that day.
    • 37 CE – 100 CE, Josephus, Josephi Vita 4:
      οὗτος ἠγάγετο πρὸς γάμον θυγατέρα Ἰωνάθου ἀρχιερέως
      hoûtos ēgágeto pròs gámon thugatéra Iōnáthou arkhieréōs
      • Translation by William Whiston
        he married the daughter of Jonathan the high priest

Inflection

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