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Jonah

Son of Amittai, the fifth of the minor prophets, was born at Gath-hepher, in Galilee. He is generally considered as the most ancient of the prophets, and is supposed to have lived B. Jonah is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “or Jonas, a dove; he that oppresses; destroyer.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • concordance
  • STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Key facts

Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G2495
Hebrew
יוֹנָה · yôwnâh
Greek
Ἰωνᾶς · Iōnas
Name meaning
or Jonas, a dove; he that oppresses; destroyer According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

G2495

Ἰωνᾶς · Iōnas

Glosses: Jonah

Ἰωνᾶς, -ᾶ, ὁ (Heb. יוֹנָה), Jonah, the prophet: Mat. 12:39-41 16:4, Luk.

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

H3123

יוֹנָה · yôwnâh

Glosses: dove, pigeon.

a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H3124

יוֹנָה · Yôwnâh

Glosses: Jonah.

Jonah, an Israelite

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Jonah

or Jonas, a dove; he that oppresses; destroyer

Source: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · View data sources

A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

JONAH

son of Amittai, the fifth of the minor prophets, was born at Gath-hepher, in Galilee. He is generally considered as the most ancient of the prophets, and is supposed to have lived B. C.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Concordance

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Topical Bible

Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Jonah

Meaning:
or Jonas, a dove; he that oppresses; destroyer

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources

Sources

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