Bar-jona

Barjona Scripture - Matthew 16:17

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed [it] unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven....

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Bar-Jonah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

bar-jo'-na (Bar-ionas): Simon Peter's patronymic (Mt 16:17). Bar is Aramaic for "son" (compare Bar-timaeus, Bartholomew, etc.), and corresponds to Hebrew ben. Thus we are to understand that Peter's father's name was Jonah. But in Jn 1:42; 21:15-17, according to the best reading, his name is given as John (so the Revised Version (British and Am...

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Bar-Jona in Naves Topical Bible

Surname of Peter Mt 16:17...

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Bar-Jona in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(son of Jonah). [PETER]...

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Bar-Jona in Easton's Bible Dictionary

son of Jonah, the patronymic of Peter (Matt. 16:17; John 1:42), because his father's name was Jonas. (See PETER -T0002911.)...

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Bar-Jona in Hitchcock's Bible Names

son of a Jona; of a dove...

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