Proper noun
- of Biblical derivation; the New Testament Greek form of Jonah.
Quotations
:
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- For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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Etymology
From Biblical Jonas (=
Jonah), also used as a medieval Latinization of Danish
Jon ( =
John).
Proper noun
- Jonah.
- .
