jonah
English Thesaurus
1. a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale (noun.communication)
instance hypernym | : | book, |
definition | : | a major division of a long written composition (noun.communication) |
part meronym | : | old testament, |
definition | : | the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible (noun.communication) |
part meronym | : | nebiim, prophets, |
definition | : | the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures (noun.communication) |
2. a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him (noun.person)
3. (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 (noun.person)
instance hypernym | : | prophet, |
definition | : | someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God (noun.person) |
domain category | : | old testament, |
definition | : | the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible (noun.communication) |
4. a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him (noun.person)
derivation | : | jinx, |
definition | : | foredoom to failure (verb.cognition) |
derivation | : | jinx, |
definition | : | foredoom to failure (verb.cognition) |
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