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Jonah

ˈʤoʊnə
WordNet
An angel is standing at Jonah's tomb. He resurrects Jonah so that he can preach at Nineveh. Text in bottom margin.
An angel is standing at Jonah's tomb. He resurrects Jonah so that he can preach at Nineveh. Text in bottom margin.
  1. (n) Jonah
    a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale
  2. (n) jonah
    a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
  3. (n) Jonah
    (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
Illustrations
The prophets Elisha, Jonah and Obadiah stand side by side in a landscape. Elisha has a double-headed bird on her shoulder and is standing next to Naaman, who bathes in the Jordan River at Elisha's advice. Jonah is standing next to the fish, Obadiah has three loaves and a pitcher in his hands. Under the performance explanations in Latin. Print is part of an album.
The prophets Elisha, Jonah and Obadiah stand side by side in a landscape. Elisha has a double-headed bird on her shoulder and is standing next to Naaman, who bathes in the Jordan River at Elisha's advice. Jonah is standing next to the fish, Obadiah has three loaves and a pitcher in his hands. Under the performance explanations in Latin. Print is part of an album.
Jonah is thrown overboard from a ship because he is said to be the cause of the storm. In the sea the big fish that will swallow Jonah.
Jonah is thrown overboard from a ship because he is said to be the cause of the storm. In the sea the big fish that will swallow Jonah.
Sheet with 9 depictions of Old Testament stories, such as the death of Samson and Jonah being thrown onto dry land. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: no. 295.
Sheet with 9 depictions of Old Testament stories, such as the death of Samson and Jonah being thrown onto dry land. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: no. 295.
The ship on which Jonah sails is ravaged by a severe storm. Jonah asks the sailors to throw it over the plate to temper God's anger. A large fish is swimming in front of the ship.
The ship on which Jonah sails is ravaged by a severe storm. Jonah asks the sailors to throw it over the plate to temper God's anger. A large fish is swimming in front of the ship.
Jonah walks the streets of Nineveh, proclaiming the city's doom because of idolatry. The inhabitants and animals of Nineveh kneel on the ground and repentantly beg God for forgiveness. The king also throws himself to the ground. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series on penance and repentance in the Old and New Testaments.
Jonah walks the streets of Nineveh, proclaiming the city's doom because of idolatry. The inhabitants and animals of Nineveh kneel on the ground and repentantly beg God for forgiveness. The king also throws himself to the ground. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series on penance and repentance in the Old and New Testaments.
After surviving three days and nights in the fish's belly, the fish spews Jonah onto land.
After surviving three days and nights in the fish's belly, the fish spews Jonah onto land.
Jonah stands in a square in Nineveh and foretells the inhabitants of their city's ruin. Many people throw themselves to the ground in panic.
Jonah stands in a square in Nineveh and foretells the inhabitants of their city's ruin. Many people throw themselves to the ground in panic.
During the heavy storm Jonah is thrown overboard by the fishermen. He is being swallowed up by a whale. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series based on the Biblical text Matt. 12:40: "For as Jonah sat in the belly of a large fish three days and three nights, so the Son of man will abide in the bowels of the earth three days and three nights."
During the heavy storm Jonah is thrown overboard by the fishermen. He is being swallowed up by a whale. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series based on the Biblical text Matt. 12:40: "For as Jonah sat in the belly of a large fish three days and three nights, so the Son of man will abide in the bowels of the earth three days and three nights."
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Jonah
    The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) Jonah
    A person on shipboard regarded as the cause of ill luck; any one whose presence is supposed or alleged to cause misfortune.
  2. (n) Jonah
    In games of chance, a player who can never win anything; a very unlucky person.
  3. Jonah
    To play the part of a Jonah to; spoil the luck of; bring ill luck to.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Jonah
    jō′nä an unlucky passenger on shipboard or elsewhere—from the prophet Jonah.
Usage in the news

CNN Anchor Has Issues With Jonah Hill And Chuck Lorre Sort Of Apologizes To The Bachelor. hcn.com

CNN ANCHOR IN TWITTER WAR WITH JONAH HILL. hcn.com

Don Lemon and Jonah Hill are immersed in the kind of feud that would be better played out in a high school hallway than on Twitter. bnq.com

(--We're not sure if he means that Jonah 's hand was literally wet, or that the handshake was limp and not enthusiastic enough. kisscincinnati.com

Jonah Goldberg Election was a victory for people like 'Julia'. kansascity.com

Either 'Superbad' star Jonah Hill is a stuck-up superstar, or CNN anchor Don Lemon has a thin skin. foxnews.com

CNN anchor Don Lemon in Twitter spat with Jonah Hill. aberdeennews.com

But the oddest Twitter fight pair in recent memory may be CNN anchor Don Lemon and Jonah Hill, star of "21 Jump Street". aberdeennews.com

Jonah Hill, CNN anchor in Twitter war over perceived slight. foxnews.com

Jonah Hill's twitter spat with CNN anchor. innipegfreepress.com

Jonah Hill has become involved in a twitter war with a TV anchor who claimed he snubbed him. innipegfreepress.com

Jonah Hill, CNN's Don Lemon Get Nasty in Late-Night Feud. hollywoodreporter.com

CNN's Don Lemon: Jonah Hill "Was a Tool" for Ignoring Me in Hotel Lobby. usmagazine.com

Jonah Hill and Don Lemon Credit: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic. usmagazine.com

CNN's Don Lemon in Twitter war with 'tool' Jonah Hill. usatoday.com

Usage in literature

Jonah and the whale, 517. "Notes and Queries, Index of Volume 3, January-June, 1851" by Various

He will be gobbled up like Jonah by the whale. "Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea" by Charles H. L. Johnston

That's the way things go in Jonah's junk-shop. "Killykinick" by Mary T. Waggaman

They would not let us see what they filled the "Jonahs" with, but we knew that it was a fearful load. "When Life Was Young" by C. A. Stephens

At last an angel prays repeatedly, and in answer Jonah is sent to preach repentance. "The Critics Versus Shakspere" by Francis A. Smith

Experiences of this kind are not new to me, and I'm a Jonah, as I warned you. "Lorimer of the Northwest" by Harold Bindloss

Where is there a prophecy of Jonah concerning Israel, not recorded in the Bible, alluded to in the history of the kings? "Little Folks (July 1884)" by Various

Well, once upon a time there was a man named Jonah. "The Doers" by William John Hopkins

To the Ninevites Jonah announces destruction within forty days, and they repent and are saved. "Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II" by Martin Luther

Like Jonah's gourd, the city almost grew up in a night. "Birdseye Views of Far Lands" by James T. Nichols

Usage in poetry
I am as sad as Jacob,
As lonely as Jonah,
As patient as Job,
As unfortunate as Adam.
"Her Nails" by Edward Powys Mathers
And were it not for superstition,
We'd claim some Jonah somewhere stored;
And yet 'tis true our sad condition
Changed not till one leaped over board.
"Descriptive Voyage From New York To Aspinwall" by James Madison Bell
LIKE Daniel, when among the lions cast,
Like Jonah, in the whale imprison'd fast,
I lifted to the Lord my voice on high,
And, from above, he quickly heard my cry.
"Another Shorter Poem, On The Same Subject" by Rees Prichard
"Go down to Nineveh!" said God to Jonah.
"Tell the people there to stop their wickedness."
"But I don't want to go to Nineveh today,"
Said Jonah. "I want to go this other way."
"The Adventures of Jonah" by Doris Clore Demaree
Bless'd with the sudden calm, the sailors own
That wretched Jonah worship'd right alone,
Then make their vows, the victim sheep prepare,
Bemoan the prophet, and the God revere.
"Jonah" by Thomas Parnell
But he left us at the last, when the seas and skies were blue,
In his bunk at break of day, as a common man might do:
And we'd weather fair as fair could be, but still we all were fain
To have our poor old Jonah and the bad luck back again.
"The Jonah" by Cicely Fox Smith