jonah

Noun
  1. (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 (synset 111109858)
    referred to in: old testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
    is an instance of: prophet - someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God
  2. A person believed to bring bad luck to those around him (synset 110244116)
    is a type of: unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune
    same as: jinx
  3. A book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale (synset 106451594)
    is an instance of: book - a major division of a long written composition
    is a part of:
    • old testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
    • nebiim, prophets - the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
    same as: book of jonah

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