jonas

n. male first name; family name

JOnAS is an open-source Java EE application server, developed and hosted by the ObjectWeb consortium (ObjectWeb is a non-profit European consortium, founded by INRIA, Groupe Bull, and France Télécom). JOnAS is released under the LGPL open-source license.
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Jonas may refer to: People with the given name or surname Jonas:Jonas (name)Jonas Morecock, a fictional homosexual animated characterMichael Jonas, a fictional carachter from Star Trek: Voyager.In religion:Jonah Metropolitan of Moscow (died c. 1461)Jonah, Old Testament prophet Jonas of Orléans (760–841), Bishop of Orléans In geography:Jonas, a hamlet in the municipalities Epe and Apeldoorn in the Netherlands
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n. Jonah, 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; person or thing which brings bad luck

n. Jonah, 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

Jonah, Jonas yonah (Hebrew) Dove; a Hebrew prophet, son of Amitai, about whom the Bible story relates that he heard the voice of the Lord commanding him to go to Nineveh and cry out against the city because of its wickedness. But instead of following the command, Jonah set off upon a vessel bound to Jaffa, was subsequently cast overboard and swallowing by a "big fish," in which he remains three days. This is reminiscent of the three days allotted to the initiation experience, and also of the fact that fish is a mystery-term imbodying the idea of either an advanced adept whose consciousness swims in the ether of space or, as in this place, an emblem of the initiation chamber. Further, primitive Christians often spoke of Jesus as the big fish and of themselves as little fishes (pisciculi).
Mystically, there is likewise another convergence of ancient esoteric symbolic ideas, as Jonah means "dove," which has always been an emblem of the spirit or cosmically of the Second Logos; thus a dove or initiated human being entered for three days into a big fish, and upon the expiration of this term was again cast forth. Like all such mystery-tales, several different deductions may be drawn. Thus W. Q. Judge interprets the story as an astronomical cycle (Ocean 122).