Yôwnâh — H3124

H3124 · Hebrew — יונה

Pronunciation: yo-naw'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jonah, an Israelite

  1. Jonah = "dove"
  2. son of Amittai and a native of Gath-hepher; 5th of the minor prophets who prophesied during the reign of Jeroboam II and whom God sent also to prophecy to Nineveh

Usually translated as

Jonah

Origin

the same as H3123

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Yôwnâh occurs 19 times in 17 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), Jonah (16)

Strong's Lexicon — Y