# Jonah #

## Definition: ##

Jonah was a Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament.

* The book of Jonah tells the story of what happened when God sent Jonah to preach to the people of Nineveh.
* Jonah refused to go to Nineveh and instead got on a ship headed for a Tarshish.
* God caused a huge storm to overwhelm that ship.
* He told the men sailing the ship that he wasrunning away from God, and he suggested that they throw him into the sea. When they did the storm stopped.
* Jonah was swallowed by a huge fish, and he was inside the belly of that fish for three days and nights.
* After that, Jonah went to Nineveh and preached to the people there, and they turned from their sins.

(Translation suggestions: [How to Translate Names](rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names))

(See also: [disobey](../other/disobey.md), [Nineveh](../names/nineveh.md), [turn](../kt/turn.md))

## Bible References: ##

* [Jonah 01:1-3](rc://en/tn/help/jon/01/01)
* [Luke 11:29-30](rc://en/tn/help/luk/11/29)
* [Matthew 12:38-40](rc://en/tn/help/mat/12/38)
* [Matthew 16:3-4](rc://en/tn/help/mat/16/03)

## Word Data:##

* Strong's: H3124, G2495