Jonah Definition

jōnə
noun
A masculine name: var. Jonas.
Webster's New World
A Hebrew prophet: thrown overboard in a storm sent because he had disobeyed God, he was swallowed by a big fish, but three days later was cast up on the shore unharmed.
Webster's New World
Any person said to bring bad luck by being present.
Webster's New World
The book telling Jonah's story.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • jinx
  • Book of Jonah
pronoun
A male given name.
Wiktionary

(nautical, slang) A person who brings a ship bad luck.

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(biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

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(Quran) The 10th sura (chapter) of the Quran.

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Origin of Jonah

  • Hebrew yônâ dove ywn in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the Hebrew יוֹנָה (yoná, “dove”).

    From Wiktionary

  • After Jonah

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Jonah Sentence Examples

  • Again Jonah receives the divine call.

  • Once more God "appoints" something; it is the east wind, which, together with the fierce heat, brings Jonah again to desperation.

  • Jonah is the Kitab al Tank (" Book of Exact Investigation"), which consists of two parts, regarded as two distinct books - the Kitab alLuma ("Book of Many-coloured Flower-beds") and the Kitab alusul ("Book of Roots").

  • Taking the narratives as we now have them, Balaam is a companion figure to Jonah, the prophet who wanted to go where he was not sent, over against the prophet who ran away from the mission to which he was called.

  • The lot falls on Jonah, who has been roughly awakened by the captain, and when questioned frankly owns that he is a Hebrew and a worshipper of the divine creator Yahweh, from whom he has sought to flee (as if He were only the god of Canaan).

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