Jonah 3
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
2Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
3So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
4And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
5So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
6For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
7And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
8But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
9Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
10And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵלʼêlH4137× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- נִינְוֵהNîynᵉvêhH52107× in this chapter
Nineveh, the capital of Assyria
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4306× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- גָּדוֹלgâdôwlH14194× in this chapter
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
- אָמַרʼâmarH5594× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- קָרָאqârâʼH71214× in this chapter
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
- שׁוּבshûwbH77254× in this chapter
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
- דָּבָרdâbârH16973× in this chapter
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- יוֹםyôwmH31173× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- יוֹנָהYôwnâhH31243× in this chapter
Jonah, an Israelite
- אַלʼalH4083× in this chapter
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
- עִירʻîyrH58923× in this chapter
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
- עַלʻalH59213× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- קוּםqûwmH69653× in this chapter
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
- רַעraʻH74513× in this chapter
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- שַׂקsaqH82423× in this chapter
properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.)
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8343× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- אָדָםʼâdâmH1202× in this chapter
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- דָבַרdâbarH16962× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18702× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- הָיָהhâyâhH19612× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- הָלַךְhâlakH19802× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30682× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- כָּסָהkâçâhH36802× in this chapter
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
- לֹאlôʼH38082× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- מַהֲלָךְmahălâkH41092× in this chapter
a walk, i.e. a passage or a distance
- מֶלֶךְmelekH44282× in this chapter
a king
- נָחַםnâchamH51622× in this chapter
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62132× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- אֵתʼêthH8532× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- בְּהֵמָהbᵉhêmâhH9292× in this chapter
properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
- בָּקָרbâqârH12411× in this chapter
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
- אַדֶּרֶתʼadderethH1551× in this chapter
something ample (as a large vine, a wide dress)
- הָפַךְhâphakH20151× in this chapter
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
- זָעַקzâʻaqH21991× in this chapter
to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly
- חׇזְקָהchozqâhH23941× in this chapter
vehemence (usually in a bad sense)
- חָלַלchâlalH24901× in this chapter
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
- חָמָסchâmâçH25551× in this chapter
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
- אֶחָדʼechâdH2591× in this chapter
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
- חָרוֹןchârôwnH27401× in this chapter
a burning of anger