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Jo⋅nah

  [joh-nuh]
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–noun
1. a Minor Prophet who, for his impiety, was thrown overboard from his ship and swallowed by a large fish, remaining in its belly for three days before being cast up onto the shore unharmed.
2. a book of the Bible bearing his name.
3. any person or thing regarded as bringing bad luck.
4. Also, Jo⋅nas  [joh-nuhs] . a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “dove.”
Related forms:
Jo⋅nah⋅esque, adjective
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Jo·nah 1   (jō'nə)   
In the Bible, a prophet who was swallowed by a great fish and disgorged unharmed three days later.

[Hebrew yônâ, dove; see ywn in Semitic roots.]
Jo·nah 2   (jō'nə)   
n.  

  1. Abbr. Jon. See Table at Bible.

  2. One thought to bring bad luck.


[After Jonah.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

Jonah 
masc. proper name, biblical prophet, from L.L. Jonas, from Gk. Ionas, from Heb. Yonah, lit. "dove, pigeon."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Jonah

a dove, the son of Amittai of Gath-hepher. He was a prophet of Israel, and predicted the restoration of the ancient boundaries (2 Kings 14:25-27) of the kingdom. He exercised his ministry very early in the reign of Jeroboam II., and thus was contemporary with Hosea and Amos; or possibly he preceded them, and consequently may have been the very oldest of all the prophets whose writings we possess. His personal history is mainly to be gathered from the book which bears his name. It is chiefly interesting from the two-fold character in which he appears, (1) as a missionary to heathen Nineveh, and (2) as a type of the "Son of man."

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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