Main Entry: Jo·nah

Pronunciation: \ˈjō-nə, 3 is also -nər\

Function: noun

Etymology: Hebrew Yōnāh

Date: 14th century

1 : an Israelite prophet who according to the account in the book of Jonah resisted a divine call to preach repentance to the people of Nineveh, was swallowed and vomited by a great fish, and eventually carried out his mission
2 : a narrative book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture — see bible table
3 : one believed to bring bad luck