יוֹנָה
yo.nah
- Jonah
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Glosses: Jonah
A prophet living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.14.25;
son of: Amittai (H0573)
Also named: Iōnas (Ἰωνᾶς "Jonah" G2495H)
§ Jonah = "dove"
son of Amittai and a native of Gath-hepher; 5th of the minor prophets who prophesied during the reign of Jeroboam II and whom God sent also to prophecy to Nineveh
BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
Glosses: Jonah
יוֹנָה n.pr.m . prophet; he is also the principal figure of the Book of Jonah