Definitions for JONAH
ˈdʒoʊ nəjon·ah

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jonahnoun

   (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

2. jonah, jinxnoun

   a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him

3. Jonah, Book of Jonahnoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jonahnoun

   A person who brings a ship bad luck.

2. Jonahnoun

   Any person or object which is deemed to cause bad luck; a jinx.

3. Jonahnoun

   A male given name from Hebrew.

   'It's Jonah,' Ted says.

4. Jonahnoun

   A minor prophet who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a whale.

5. Jonahnoun

   A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

6. Jonahnoun

   The 10th sura of the Qur'an.

7. Etymology: From the Hebrew יוֹנָה (yonáh, " dove").

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. JONAH

   Jewish Institute for Global Awareness (JIFGA), known before 2015 as Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH), was a Jewish non-profit organization which offered conversion therapy to persons who sought sexual orientation change. JONAH described itself as "dedicated to educating the world-wide Jewish community about the social, cultural and emotional factors which lead to same-sex attractions". JONAH's leaders disagree with the consensus of mainstream science and the world's major mental health organizations who say that non-heterosexual sexual orientation is not a disorder.In 2015, a landmark trial found that JONAH's claims to be able to change sexual orientation constituted consumer fraud. The organization was ordered to pay restitution to the plaintiffs and shut down within thirty days. Eleven days after the verdict, the founders created a conversion therapy organization called JIFGA using JONAH's assets. In June 2019, a New Jersey judge ordered JIFGA to shut down within thirty days and pay $3.5 million to victims.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jonahnoun

   the Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jonah

   Jonah is the name given in the Hebrew Bible to a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BC, the eponymous central character in the Book of Jonah, famous for being swallowed by a fish or a whale, depending on translation. The Biblical story of Jonah is also repeated, with a few notable differences, in the Qur'an.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jonah

   jō′nä, n. an unlucky passenger on shipboard or elsewhere—from the prophet Jonah.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jonah

   a Hebrew prophet, who, born in Gathhepher, belonged to the northern kingdom of Israel; prophesied in the reign of Jeroboam II., and whose special mission it was, at the bidding of the Lord, to preach repentance to the people of Nineveh; his book, which records his mission and the story of it, written apparently, as by God's dealings with the Ninevites he had himself been, to admonish the Jews that the heathen nations whom they regarded as God's enemies were as much the objects of His mercy as themselves.

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1. jonah

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. JONAH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Jonah is ranked #66164 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Jonah surname appeared 299 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Jonah.
   
   56.1% or 168 total occurrences were White.
   34.4% or 103 total occurrences were Black.
   5.6% or 17 total occurrences were Asian.
   2% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.6% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Old Testament
   • Book
   • Prophet
   • Unfortunate Person

Anagrams for JONAH »

1. johan

How to pronounce JONAH?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of JONAH in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of JONAH in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of JONAH in a Sentence

1. World Rugby:

   Jonah's contribution to rugby cannot be overstated, he was the first superstar player and, through his sheer brilliance and love of the game, he brought much joy to the rugby family and took our sport to a new level of profile.

2. Spider-Man:

   J. Jonah Jameson Hoffman, run down to the patent office and market the name Green Goblin. I want a quarter every time someone says it.

3. John Mayhew:

   It was totally unexpected, jonah and his family arrived back from the United Kingdom last night and he suddenly died this morning.

4. World Rugby chairman Bernard Lapasset:

   When I think of that amazing tournament in South Africa 20 years ago, I think of two people, off the field, I think of Nelson Mandela. On the field, I think of Jonah Lomu. Both men inspired millions around the world. Jonah Lomu will forever be a big part of rugby's story.

5. Bruce Wells:

   My hunch on the Ditka quote is that it comes from a quirk of the King James translation, ancient Hebrew had a particular way of saying things like, 'and the next thing that happened was...' The King James translators of the Old Testament consistently rendered this as 'and it came to pass.' '' When phantom Bible passages turn dangerous People may get verses wrong, but they also mangle plenty of well-known biblical stories as well. Two examples: The scripture never says a whale swallowed Jonah, the Old Testament prophet, nor did any New Testament passages say that three wise men visited baby Jesus, scholars say. Those details may seem minor, but scholars say one popular phantom Bible story stands above the rest: The Genesis story about the fall of humanity. Most people know the popular version - Satan in the guise of a serpent tempts Eve to pick the forbidden apple from the Tree of Life. It's been downhill ever since. But the story in the book of Genesis never places Satan in the Garden of Eden.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=JONAH
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jonah
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/JONAH
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=JONAH
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=JONAH
7. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Jonah
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html