Strong G2495G2495HἸωνᾶς
Jonah
One of the 2 senses of Strong G2495
- Transliteration
- Iōnas
- Pronunciation
- ee-o-nas'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Of Hebrew origin [H3124];
Jonas (that is Jonah) the name of two Israelites: - Jonas.
Jonas (that is Jonah) the name of two Israelites: - Jonas.
Meaning of the name
Jonah, "dove"
Detailed definition
Ἰωνᾶς, -ᾶ, ὁ (Heb. יוֹנָה),
Jonah, the prophet: Mat.12:39-41 16:4, Luk.11:29-30, 32.†
(AS)
Jonah, the prophet: Mat.12:39-41 16:4, Luk.11:29-30, 32.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Jonah
Prophet swallowed by fish, preached to Nineveh
Jonah, a prophet from Gath-hepher, was sent to preach to Nineveh.
In the Bible
Strong G2495H appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- jonas7
First verses
- Matthew 12:39But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
- Matthew 12:40For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
- Matthew 16:4A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
- Luke 11:29And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
- Luke 11:30For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
- Luke 11:32The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.