King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3124
Transliteration: Yonah
Phonetic Spelling: (yo-naw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: an Israelite prophet
Meaning: Jonah -- an Israelite prophet
Word 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