Word Summary
Bariōnas: "son of Jonah", Bar-Jonah, a surname of Peter
Original Word: ΒαριωνᾶςTransliteration: Bariōnas
Phonetic Spelling: (bar-ee-oo-nas')
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Short Definition: "son of Jonah", Bar-Jonah, a surname of Peter
Meaning: Barjona -- "son of Jonah", a surname of Peter
Strong's Concordance
Bar-jona.
Of Chaldee origin (diakoneo and Malchos); son of Jonas (or Jonah); Bar-jonas, an Israelite -- Bar-jona.
see HEBREW bar
see HEBREW Yonah
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 920: ΒαριωναςΒαριωνας,
Βαριωνᾶ (cf.
Buttmann, 20 (17f)),
ὁ (from
בַּר son, and
יונָה Jonah (others
יוהָנָן i. e. Johanan, Jona, John; cf. Meyer on
John 1:42(43) and
Lightfoot as below)),
Bar-Jonah (or Bar-Jonas), the surname of the apostle Peter:
Matthew 16:17 (
L T WH; in
John 1:42 (
); ff son of John; see Lightfoot Fresh Revision, etc., p. 159 note (American edition, p. 137 note)); see in Βαρ and Ἰοωνας, 2.