# Jonah

## Facts:

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: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])

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

## Bible References:

* [Jonah 01:03](rc://en/tn/help/jon/01/03)
* [Luke 11:30](rc://en/tn/help/luk/11/30)
* [Matthew 12:39](rc://en/tn/help/mat/12/39)
* [Matthew 16:04](rc://en/tn/help/mat/16/04)

## Word Data:

* Strong's: H3124, G2495

## Forms Found in the English ULB:

Jonah, Jonah's
