SINCE 1828
Jonah
noun
Jo·nah
| \ ˈjō-nə
, sense 3 is also -nər\
, sense 3 is also -nər\
Definition of Jonah
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
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