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