Jonah

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Proper noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 References

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[edit] Etymology

From Hebrew יונה ("dove").

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Jonah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Wikisource has an article on “Jonah”. Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

• Rhymes: -əʊnə

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Singular Jonah

Plural -

Jonah

1. A male given name.
2. (Biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
3. (nautical, slang) A person who brings a ship bad luck.
4. (slang, by extension of the nautical sense) Any person or object which is deemed to cause bad luck; a jinx.

[edit] Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Jonah 1:15:

  So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

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• Jonas

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[edit] References

• Dr. J. van der Schaar, Woordenboek van voornamen. Utrecht-Antwerpen, Het Spectrum (series Aula Boeken), 1964. [Dutch language onomasticon of first names]