Jonah
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Jonah
- /ˈd͡ʒoʊnə/ US
- /ˈd͡ʒəʊnə/ UK
Rhymes with -əʊnə
Where it comes from
From the Hebrew יוֹנָה (yônâh, “dove”). Doublet of Jonas.
proper noun
- A male given name from Hebrew. 'It's Jonah,' Ted says. Simmy considers this. 'As in the whale?' 'Yep.' 'You know,' Simmy says, 'that people are going to say that to him for ever more?' 'What? The whale thing?' 'Yes.' Ted shrugs again. 'Well. He'll get used to it. All names have got some associations. Anyway, he looks like a Jonah
- 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.
- A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
- The 10th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
noun Jonahs
- A person who brings a ship bad luck. Superstitious sailors regarded a clergyman as an unlucky shipmate, a Jonah whose presence would never be welcome.
- Any person or object which is deemed to cause bad luck; a jinx. ‘My first agent, and he's dead. It's incredible. I feel like a complete Jonah.’
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: jinx, jonas, kyle, hosea, john, younis, yunus, hoodoo, hex, whammy, evil-eye, albatross, curse, blight, bane, unluck
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name tenth sūra of the Qurʾān
| Español | Jonás |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ヨナ書 Yona sho |
| हिन्दी | यूनुस yūnus |
| Kiswahili | Yona |
| Português | Jonas |
| Français | Jonas |
| Deutsch | Jonas |
| Italiano | Giona |
| Ελληνικά | Ιωνάς Ionás |
| Română | Iona |
| العربية | يُونُس yūnus |
name given name
| Español | Jonás |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ヨナ Yona |
| हिन्दी | जोना jonā |
| Kiswahili | Yona |
| Português | Jonas |
| Français | Jonas |
| Deutsch | Jonas |
| Italiano | Giona |
| Ελληνικά | Ιωνάς Ionás |
| Română | Iona |
| Русский | Ио́на Ióna |
| עברית | יוֹנָה Yóna, Yoná, ג׳ונה jóna |
name prophet
| Español | Jonás |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ヨナ Yona |
| 中文 | 約拿 /约拿 Yuēná |
| हिन्दी | योना yonā |
| Kiswahili | Yona |
| Português | Jonas |
| Français | Jonas |
| Deutsch | Jona |
| Italiano | Giona |
| Ελληνικά | Ιωνάς Ionás |
| Română | Iona |
| Русский | Ио́на Ióna |
| العربية | يُونُس yūnus, يُونَان yūnān |
| עברית | יונה yoná |
name Biblical: a book of the Old Testament
| Español | Jonás |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ヨナ書 Yona sho |
| 中文 | 約拿書 /约拿书 Yuēnáshū |
| हिन्दी | योना yonā, यूनुस yūnus |
| Kiswahili | Yona |
| Português | Jonas |
| Français | Jonas |
| Italiano | Giona |
| Ελληνικά | Ιωνάς Ionás |
| Română | Iona |
| Русский | Кни́га Ио́ны Kníga Ióny |
| العربية | يُونَان yūnān |
| עברית | יונה yoná |
noun a jinx
| Français | porte-malheur |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Unglücksbringer, Unglücksbringerin, Unglücksrabe, Unglücksräbin, Pechvogel, Pechvögelin |
Talk about this word "Jonah." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jonah. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Jonah. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jonah "Jonah." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jonah.Cite this
@misc{jonah_2026,
title = {Jonah},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jonah},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
