Jonah

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Pronounced： [ JO-nə (English) ]
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Usage：English, Biblical

Meaning & History：

From the Hebrew name יוֹנָה (Yonah) meaning "dove". This was the name of a prophet swallowed by a fish, as told in the Old Testament Book of Jonah. Jonah was commanded by God to preach in Nineveh, but instead fled by boat. After being caught in a storm, the other sailors threw Jonah overboard, at which point he was swallowed. He emerged from the fish alive and repentant three days later.... [more]

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EQUIVALENTS

ARABIC: Yunus

BIBLICAL GREEK: Ionas

BIBLICAL HEBREW: Yonah

BIBLICAL LATIN: Iona, Ionas

BIBLICAL: Jonah, Jonas

CZECH: Jonáš

DANISH: Jonas

DUTCH: Jonas

ENGLISH: Jonah

FINNISH: Joona, Joonas

GEORGIAN: Iona

GERMAN: Jonas

HEBREW: Yonah

ICELANDIC: Jónas

NORWEGIAN: Jonas

RUSSIAN: Iona

SLOVAK: Jonáš

SWEDISH: Jonas

TURKISH: Yunus

FEMININE FORMS

HEBREW: Yonina, Yonit