יוֹנָה
Yôwnâh · yo-naw'
Jonah, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H3123 (יוֹנָה);
Jonah, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jonah.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
The hand that works that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יוֹנָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- jonah5 · 26%
- so jonah3 · 16%
- came unto jonah2 · 11%
- and jonah2 · 11%
- but jonah1 · 5%
- it of them. but jonah1 · 5%
- upon jonah1 · 5%
- then jonah1 · 5%
- over jonah1 · 5%
- of jonah1 · 5%
- to jonah1 · 5%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.