Ἰορδάνης Iordanēs

Greek word for “Jordan” · Strong’s G2446 · used 15 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

Ἰορδάνης, -ου, ὁ (Heb. יַרְדֵּן); the Jordan:, al;

How it is translated

Glosses given for Iordanēs in context, with how often each is used:

• jordan 15

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 3 (3), Matthew 4 (2), Mark 1 (2), Matthew 19 (1), Mark 3 (1), Mark 10 (1), Luke 3 (1), Luke 4 (1), John 1 (1), John 3 (1)

Forms

• Ἰορδάνου 11
• Ἰορδάνῃ 2
• Ἰορδάνην 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with Iordanēs more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πέραν peran “other side” 8
• βαπτίζω baptizō “to baptize” 7
• Ἰουδαία Ioudaia “Judea” 5
• Γαλιλαία Galilaia “Galilee” 5
• Ἰωάννης Iōannēs “John” 5
• ὑπό hupo “by/under” 4
• Ἱεροσόλυμα Hierosoluma “Jerusalem” 3
• περίχωρος perichōros “region” 2
• ἐξομολογέομαι exomologeomai “to agree” 2
• ὅριον horion “region” 2
• ποταμός potamos “river” 2
• ἁμαρτία hamartia “sin” 3

Key verses

The verses using Iordanēs that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 3:5 — Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
• Matthew 3:6 — And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
• Matthew 3:13 — Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
• Matthew 4:25 — And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
• Mark 1:5 — And there went out unto him all the land of Judæa, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
• Mark 3:8 — And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did,…
• Mark 10:1 — And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judæa by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he…
• Luke 3:3 — And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
• Luke 4:1 — And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
• John 1:28 — These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
• John 3:26 — And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men…
• John 10:40 — And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.