Jason Definition

jāsən
noun
A masculine name.
Webster's New World
A prince who leads the Argonauts, and, with Medea's help, gets the Golden Fleece.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A male given name.
Wiktionary
(Greek mythology) The leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias.
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Noun

Singular:
Jason
Plural:
jasons

Origin of Jason

  • From the Ancient Greek Ἰάσων (Iasōn), from ἰάομαι (iaomai, “I heal”). The Jason mentioned in the New Testament (Acts 17:5-9, Romans 16:21) is probably a Greek rendering of Joshua.

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Jason Sentence Examples

  • Some scholars, identifying Iasion with Jason, regard Thessaly as the original home of the legend, and the union with Demeter as the iEpen 'yaµos of mother earth with a health god.

  • Jason concurred and rode along.

  • Thus Jason stripped the high-priesthood of its sacred character and did what he could to stamp out Judaism.

  • Muller, it had its origin in the worship of Zeus Laphystius; the fleece is the pledge of reconciliation; Jason is a propitiating god of health, Medea a goddess akin to Hera; Aeetes is connected with the Colchian sun-worship. Forchhammer saw in it an old nature symbolism; Jason, the god of healing and fruitfulness, brought the fleece - the fertilizing rain-cloud - to the western land that was parched by the heat of the sun.

  • Jason sent money for a sacrifice to Heracles at Tyre; and the only recorded opposition to his policy came from his envoys, who pleaded that the money might be applied to naval expenditure.

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