Bar-jona
bahr-JOH-nuh
What is Bar-jona?
Bar-jona is the patronymic Jesus used in addressing Simon Peter after Peter confessed him to be the Christ, the Son of the living God: 'Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven' (Matthew 16:17). The KJV prints it as a single word in that verse, where it marks Simon out as the son of Jona.
Meaning: son of Jona (Aramaic)
Found in Scripture
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