Yohane
Japanese
Romanization
Yohane
Swahili
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Yohane
- alternative form of Yohana
- (biblical) John (book of the New Testament)
- (biblical) John (any of the three epistles of John in the New Testament)
See also
Tumbuka
Etymology
Borrowed from English John, from Middle English John, from Anglo-Norman Jehan and Old English Iohannes, from Late Latin Iōhannēs, variant of Latin Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān).
Proper noun
Yohane
- John
- (biblical) Persons of the Christian Bible: John the Baptist; and names possibly referring to one, two or three persons, frequently called "Saint": John the Apostle, John the Evangelist and John of Patmos (also called John the Divine or John the Theologian).
- (biblical) The Gospel of St. John, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the fourth of the four gospels.
- (biblical) One of the books in the New Testament of the Bible, the epistles of John (1 John, 2 John and 3 John).
Derived terms
- Yohane Mubapatizi (“John the Baptist”)
References
- Bible Society of Malawi, New Tumbuka Bible