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Jonah
n. Hebrew prophet who was swallowed by a large fish and then cast up on the shore unharmed (Biblical); book of the Old Testament which tells the story of Jonah; male first name; family name; person or thing which brings bad luck


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Jonah
According to the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh/Old Testament) and  Qur'an, Jonah ( ; Arabic: يونس, Yunus or يونان, Yunaan ; Latin Ionas ; "Dove") was a prophet who was swallowed by a great fish.
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Jonah
Noun
1. (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
(hypernym) prophet
(classification) Old Testament
2. a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale
(synonym) Book of Jonah
(hypernym) book
(part-holonym) Prophets, Nebiim

 
jonah
Noun
1. a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
(synonym) jinx
(hypernym) unfortunate, unfortunate person


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Jonah
n. Jonah, Hebrew prophet who was swallowed by a large fish and then cast up on the shore unharmed; book of the Old Testament which tells the story of Jonah (Biblical)

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Jonah
(n.)
The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious.
  

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