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Synonyms for jonah
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : joh-nuh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒoʊ nə |
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Définition of jonah
Origin :- masc. proper name, biblical prophet, from Hebrew Yonah, literally "dove, pigeon."
- As in hapless : adj unfortunate
- The history of Jonah and the whale, I read at least twenty times.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- I 'guess Jonah wa'n't more tickled when he set foot on dry land.
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- So they took up Jonah and cast him forth into the sea, and the sea ceased from her raging.'
- Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
- "I know how Jonah felt after the whale unloaded him," he drawled.
- Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- "I suppose Jonah cal'lated he didn't need to be swallowed," he mused.
- Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- The sermon had nothing to do with Jonah or the whale, so his feelings were not ruffled.
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- That boat's her own Jonah, sure—crews an' gear make no differ to her driftin'.
- Extract from : « "Captains Courageous" » by Rudyard Kipling
- Perhaps our suspicious passenger is no Jonah after all, being black.
- Extract from : « The Biglow Papers » by James Russell Lowell
- He has but two subjects: the story of Jonah, and the Symbolic Supper.
- Extract from : « Pagan and Christian Rome » by Rodolfo Lanciani
- Jonah spends three days and three nights in the whale's belly—why?
- Extract from : « Brother Copas » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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