Iordanēs · Jordan

What it means

Iordanēs (Ἰορδάνης) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Jordan”.

The Jordan, the river that runs down from the north of the land of Israel to the Dead Sea.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

The place

• Jordan

  Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea

  Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.

  Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).

  Joshua 3:172 Kings 5:14Matthew 3:13Mark 1:9

Where it appears

• Matthew×6
• Mark×4
• Luke×2
• John×3

• Matthew 3:5

  Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region around the Jordan were going out to him,

• Matthew 3:6

  and they were being immersed in the Jordan River by him, confessing their sins.

• Matthew 3:13

  Then Jesus comes from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be immersed by him.

• Matthew 4:15

  “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

• Matthew 4:25

  And large crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and beyond the Jordan.

• Matthew 19:1

  And it happened when Jesus had finished these words that he departed from Galilee and came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.

• Mark 1:5

  And all the Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him, and they were being immersed by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

• Mark 1:9

  And it happened in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was immersed in the Jordan by John.

• Mark 3:8

  and from Jerusalem and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing all that he was doing, came to him.

• Mark 10:1

  And getting up from there, he goes into the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; and crowds gather around him again, and as was his custom, he was again teaching them.

• Luke 3:3

  And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming an immersion of change of mind for the forgiveness of sins,

• Luke 4:1

  And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and he was led by the Spirit in the wilderness

• John 1:28

  These things happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was immersing.

• John 3:26

  And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you have testified, look, he is immersing, and everyone is going to him.”

• John 10:40

  And he went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been immersing at first, and he stayed there.