Jonah

יוֹנָה · yo.nah · H3124Ἰωνᾶς · Iōnas · G2495H“or Jonas, a dove; he that oppresses; destroyer” Hitchcock's 186924 mentions in 4 books, most in Jonah (16)

Who he was

Jonah was a prophet from Gath-hepher during the reign of Jeroboam II, king of Israel (2 Kings 14:25). God called Jonah to preach against the wickedness of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria (Jonah 1:1–2). Jonah fled by ship in the opposite direction to Tarshish (Jonah 1:3). A storm arose and the sailors, discovering it was Jonah's fault, threw him overboard (Jonah 1:4–15). God provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and he was in its belly for three days and nights (Jonah 1:17). Jonah prayed, and the fish vomited him onto dry land (Jonah 2:1–10). God again told Jonah to preach to Nineveh (Jonah 3:1–2). Jonah obeyed, and the people repented (Jonah 3:3–9). God relented of the disaster he had threatened (Jonah 3:10). Jonah was angry that God spared the city (Jonah 4:1–3). God caused a plant to shade Jonah, then made it wither (Jonah 4:5–8). God used this to rebuke Jonah's lack of pity for Nineveh (Jonah 4:9–11). Jesus compared his future burial and resurrection to Jonah's time in the fish (Mat.12.39-41, 16:4; Luke 11:29–32).

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Every mention

24 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

2 Kings1 mention

2 Kings 14:25He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, according to Yahweh, the God of Israel’s word, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of…

Jonah16 mentions

Jonah 1:1Now Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,Jonah 1:3But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to…Jonah 1:5Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts…Jonah 1:7They all said to each other, “Come! Let’s cast lots, that we may know who is responsible for this evil that is on us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.Jonah 1:15So they took up Jonah and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.Jonah 1:17Yahweh prepared a huge fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.Jonah 2:1Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly.Jonah 2:10Then Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.Jonah 3:1Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the second time, saying,Jonah 3:3So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to Yahweh’s word. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across.Jonah 3:4Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”Jonah 4:1But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.Jonah 4:5Then Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city, and there made himself a booth and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would become of the city.Jonah 4:6Yahweh God prepared a vine and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine.Jonah 4:8When the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he was faint and requested for himself that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to…Jonah 4:9God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?” He said, “I am right to be angry, even to death.”

Matthew4 mentions

Matthew 12:39But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.Matthew 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the huge fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.Matthew 16:4An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” He left them and departed.

Luke3 mentions

Luke 11:29When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.Luke 11:30For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will also be to this generation.Luke 11:32The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.

What the dictionary says

A dove, the son of Amittai of Gath-hepher.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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Sources

STEPBible TIPNR · Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References · CC BY 4.0 · github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain