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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


The PN '''JONAS''' may be the Greek form of the OT name Jonah, from the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''yonah'', "dove."<ref>See Sperry, ''The Book of Mormon Testifies'', p. 305; cf. also [[Ludwig Koehler|Köhler]]-[[Walter Baumgartner|Baumgartner]] 2:402.</ref>  
The PN '''J<small>ONAS</small>''' may be the Greek form of the [[Abbreviations|OT]] name Jonah, from the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''yonah'', "dove."<ref>See Sperry, ''The Book of Mormon Testifies'', p. 305; cf. also [[Ludwig Koehler|Köhler]]-[[Walter Baumgartner|Baumgartner]] 2:402.</ref>  


Alternatively, '''J<small>ONAS</small>''' may be from the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''yo'' (=Yahu) + ''nes'', "the Lord is a standard, banner."
Alternatively, '''J<small>ONAS</small>''' may be from the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''yo'' (=Yahu) + ''nes'', "the Lord is a standard, banner."

Revision as of 12:46, 6 March 2014

Lehite PN 1. Apostle, son of NEPHI no. 3, ca. 30 AD (3 Nephi 19:4)
2. Son of No. 1, also an Apostle, ca. 30 AD (3 Nephi 19:4)

Etymology

The PN JONAS may be the Greek form of the OT name Jonah, from the HEBREW yonah, "dove."[1]

Alternatively, JONAS may be from the HEBREW yo (=Yahu) + nes, "the Lord is a standard, banner."

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐖𐐄𐐤𐐊𐐝 (dʒoʊnʌs)

Notes


  1. See Sperry, The Book of Mormon Testifies, p. 305; cf. also Köhler-Baumgartner 2:402.