Lexical Summary Yonah: an Israelite prophet Original Word: יוֹנָהTransliteration: Yonah Phonetic Spelling: (yo-naw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: an Israelite prophet Meaning: Jonah -- an Israelite prophet Strong's Concordance Jonah The same as yownah; Jonah, an Israelite -- Jonah. see HEBREW yownah Brown-Driver-Briggs H3124. Yonah II. יוֺנָה proper name, masculine prophet, according to 2 Kings 14:25 he was הַנָּבִיא son of אֲמִתַּי, from הַחֵפֶר גַּת and predicted the recovery of Israel's territory which Jeroboam II effected; he is also the principal figure of the Book of Jonah: 1:1 (בֶּןאֲֿמִתַּי), 1:3; 1:5; 1:7; 1:15; 2:1 (twice in verse); 2:2, 11; 3:1, 3, 4; 4:1, 5, 6 (twice in verse); 4:8-9,. III. הַיּוֺנָה see יָנָה Participle |
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