jonah

Jonah
    n 1: (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
    2: a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him [syn:
       {jonah}, {jinx}]
    3: a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and
       the whale [syn: {Jonah}, {Book of Jonah}]
    

Jonah \Jo"nah\, n.
   The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who
   endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is
   unpropitious.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Jonah crab} (Zool.), a large crab ({Cancer borealis}) of the
      eastern coast of the United States, sometimes found
      between tides, but usually in deep water.
      [1913 Webster]
    

Jonah
a dove, the son of Amittai of Gath-hepher. He was a prophet of
Israel, and predicted the restoration of the ancient boundaries
(2 Kings 14:25-27) of the kingdom. He exercised his ministry
very early in the reign of Jeroboam II., and thus was
contemporary with Hosea and Amos; or possibly he preceded them,
and consequently may have been the very oldest of all the
prophets whose writings we possess. His personal history is
mainly to be gathered from the book which bears his name. It is
chiefly interesting from the two-fold character in which he
appears, (1) as a missionary to heathen Nineveh, and (2) as a
type of the "Son of man."
    

Jonah, or Jonas, a dove; he that oppresses; destroyer
    

36 Moby Thesaurus words for "Jonah":
      Abraham, Amos, Daniel, Ezekiel, Haggai, Hosea, Isaac, Isaiah,
      Jacob, Jeremiah, Joel, Joseph, Joshua, Malachi, Micah, Moses,
      Nahum, Samuel, Zephaniah, bad influence, curse, enchantment,
      evil eye, evil genius, evil star, hex, hoodoo, ill wind, jinx,
      malevolent influence, malocchio, prophet, spell, vates sacer,
      voodoo, whammy

    

JONAH

traveler, whaler, and lucky dog.  Became renowned for
taking a rough trip to sea.  Was thrown overboard because he
was the jonah. Swam until he was tired, and finally made a
morsel for a fish. Tradition has it that J. was tough and
indigestible.  He remained three days and three nights in the
interior of the whale, causing the animal considerable
annoyance when he exercised.  Was later mal de mared, swam
ashore, and thanked his lucky stars for his indigestibility and
the illness of his rescuer.  His story was published.  Still
causes some comment.  Tradition also says that J. never could
look a fish in the face after the harrowing incident.
Ambition:  Dry land. Recreation:  Mountain climbing.  Address:
Sodom.  Clubs:  Alpine.