יוֹנָה
yo.nah
“Jonah”
Definition
Jonah, an Israelite
the same as H3123 (יוֹנָה);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Masculine)
N:N-M-P
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
יוֹנָה appears 14 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.
“Come!” said the sailors to one another. “Let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity that is upon us.”So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”
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