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Jonah, Jonah's
Definition:
Jonah was a Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament.
- The book of Jonah tells the story of what happened when God sent Jonah to preach to the people of Nineveh.
- Jonah refused to go to Nineveh and instead got on a ship headed for a Tarshish.
- God caused a huge storm to overwhelm that ship.
- He told the men sailing the ship that he wasrunning away from God, and he suggested that they throw him into the sea. When they did the storm stopped.
- Jonah was swallowed by a huge fish, and he was inside the belly of that fish for three days and nights.
- After that, Jonah went to Nineveh and preached to the people there, and they turned from their sins.
(Translation suggestions: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names)
(See also: disobey, Nineveh, turn)
Bible References:
Word Data:
- Strong's: H3124, G2495