Jonah 4
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
2And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
3Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
4Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
5So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.
6And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
7But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
8And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
9And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
10Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
11And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
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.
- עַלʻalH592110× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30686× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- יוֹנָהYôwnâhH31246× in this chapter
Jonah, an Israelite
- אָמַרʼâmarH5596× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- הָיָהhâyâhH19615× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- לֹאlôʼH38085× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- קִיקָיוֹןqîyqâyôwnH70215× in this chapter
the gourd (as nauseous)
- חָרָהchârâhH27344× in this chapter
to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4304× 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
- עִירʻîyrH58924× in this chapter
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8344× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- גָּדוֹלgâdôwlH14193× in this chapter
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
- יָטַבyâṭabH31903× in this chapter
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
- כִּיkîyH35883× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- אֵלʼêlH4133× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- מָוֶתmâvethH41943× in this chapter
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
- מָנָהmânâhH44873× in this chapter
properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll
- עַדʻadH57043× in this chapter
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- רַעraʻH74513× in this chapter
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- אֵתʼêthH8533× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- בֵּןbênH11212× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- חוּסchûwçH23472× in this chapter
properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate
- חַיchayH24162× in this chapter
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
- טוֹבṭôwbH28962× in this chapter
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
- יָדַעyâdaʻH30452× in this chapter
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- יָשַׁבyâshabH34272× in this chapter
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- לַיִלlayilH39152× in this chapter
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
- מִןminH44802× in this chapter
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
- נָכָהnâkâhH52212× in this chapter
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53152× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- עָלָהʻâlâhH59272× in this chapter
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
- צֵלtsêlH67382× in this chapter
shade, whether literal or figurative
- רֹאשׁrôʼshH72182× in this chapter
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
- רַבrabH72272× in this chapter
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
- שֶׁמֶשׁshemeshH81212× in this chapter
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
- אַתָּהʼattâhH8592× in this chapter
thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
- אָדָםʼâdâmH1201× in this chapter
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- אֲדָמָהʼădâmâhH1271× in this chapter
soil (from its general redness)
- בָּרַחbârachH12721× in this chapter
to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly
- גָּדַלgâdalH14311× in this chapter
to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)