Associations to the word «Jonah»

Wiktionary

JONAH, proper noun. A male given name.
JONAH, proper noun. (biblical) A minor prophet who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a whale.
JONAH, proper noun. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
JONAH, proper noun. (Quran) The 10th sura (chapter) of the Quran
JONAH, proper noun. (nautical) (slang) A person who brings a ship bad luck.
JONAH, proper noun. (slang) (by extension of the nautical sense) Any person or object which is deemed to cause bad luck; a jinx.
JONAH CRAB, noun. Cancer borealis, a strong-clawed crab found on the Atlantic coast of North America.
JONAH CRABS, noun. Plural of Jonah crab
JONAH FISHING, noun. (internet slang) The situation in which a user who has been trolled claims that he/she only posted in order to bait the troll into a response.

Dictionary definition

JONAH, noun. (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land.
JONAH, noun. A person believed to bring bad luck to those around him.
JONAH, noun. A book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale.

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.