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Look up: Jonah

  1. Jonah
    [n] - (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship 2. [n] - a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him 3. [n] - a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Jonah
    (lived 7th century BC) Hebrew prophet whose name is given to a book in the Old Testament. According to this, he fled by ship to evade his mission to prophesy the destruction of Nineveh, the ancient capital of Assyria. The...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  3. Jonah
    Jo'nah noun The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious. Jonah crab (Zoology) , a large crab ( Cancer borealis ) of the eastern coast of the United States, sometimes found between tides, but usually in deep water.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/12

  4. jonah
    The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious. ... <zoology> Jonah crab, a large crab (Cancer borealis) of the eastern coast of the United States, sometimes found between tides, but usually in deep water. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. Jonah
    Book of Jonah noun a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. jonah
    noun a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. Jonah
    According to the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh/Old Testament) and Qur'an, `Jonah` was a prophet who was swallowed by a great fish.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah

  8. Jonah
    • (n.) The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. Jonah
    (from the article `Judaism`) ...had finally ended—the Aramaeans having suffered heavy blows from the Assyrians. King Jeroboam II (8th century ) undertook to restore the imperial ... [5 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/j/22

  10. Jonah
    (from the article `Berkeley, Sir Lennox`) ...Stravinsky and Francis Poulenc, both of whom influenced his style; Poulenc remained a lifelong friend. Berkeley returned to Britain in 1935, the ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/j/22

  11. Jonah
    Jonah is a Hebrew boy name. The meaning of the name is `a dove ` Where is it used? The name Jonah is mainly used In English and In the bible.How do they say it elsewhere? Joona ( In Finnish) John ( In English and In the bible) Jonas ( In the bible (Variant) )For the opposite sex use: In English: Jonie (F) Jonah appears In 2007`s top-1000 nam
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Jona

  12. Jonah
    Jonah (jō'nu) , prophetic book of the Bible. It tells the story of a prophet called by God to preach repentance to the city of Nineveh. According to the Second Book of Kings, Jonah lived during the reign (c.786 B.C.–c.746 B.C.) of Jeroboam II. In the story, Jonah flees because he doe...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0


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