Jonah - Definition
jonah
n 1: (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
2: a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him [syn:
jonah, jinx]
3: a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and
the whale [syn: Jonah, Book of Jonah]