jonah Meaning and Definition
1. n. a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale
2. n. a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
3. n. (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land
Jonah or Jonas (Hebrew: יוֹנָה, Modern Yona, Tiberian Yônā; dove; Arabic: یونس Yūnus, Yūnis or یونان Yūnān ; Latin: Ionas) is the name given in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh/Old Testament) to a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BC.
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