Jonah 1:1
Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
Biblical meaning of the name Jonah
Meaning
“Dove”
From the Hebrew Yonah (יוֹנָה), “dove” — the same word used for the dove Noah sent out from the ark.
In the original:יוֹנָה Yôwnâh · Strong H3124
Who was Jonah in the Bible?
Jonah was the prophet who ran from God: sent to Nineveh, he sailed the opposite way, was thrown into the sea and swallowed by a great fish. In the end he preached, and the city repented. Jesus used Jonah’s three days in the fish as a sign of his own death and resurrection.
Where the name appears
Matthew 12:40
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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