What is the meaning of Jonah?

noun

  • 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)
  • A person believed to bring bad luck to those around him.
  • A book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale.
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