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jonah

/dʒˈoʊnʌ/noun2 syllables

Jonah means: a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale.

Synonyms for jonah2

noun, as in a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale

Book of Jonah

noun, as in a person believed to bring bad luck to those around them

jinx

What does jonah mean?3

noun

1

a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale

2

a person believed to bring bad luck to those around them

3

(Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with jonah?6

two syllables

mona

three syllables

personacoronakimono

four syllables

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Jonah in a sentence

  • Jonah and Leah live in a beautiful, straw-bale, timber-framed home that they built from hand.Hybrid
  • Jonah was a prophet of God.LinaTamazight
  • You are Simon the son of Jonah.ddnktr

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