Meaning

4 senses
  1. A male given name from Hebrew.

    Jonas, Jonas

    Ио́наIóna

  2. A minor prophet who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a great fish.

    So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

    Jona

    Ио́наIóna

  3. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

    Buch Jona, Buch Jonas

    Кни́га Ио́ныKníga Ióny

  4. The 10th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Jonah was a prophet of God.

  2. You are Simon the son of Jonah.

  3. Jonah and Leah live in a beautiful, straw-bale, timber-framed home that they built from hand.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
given name:
Biblical: a book of the Old Testament:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
given name:
prophet:
Biblical: a book of the Old Testament:

Origin

From the Hebrew יוֹנָה (yônâh, “dove”). Doublet of Jonas.

From the Hebrew יוֹנָה (yônâh, “dove”). Doublet of Jonas.

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