book of jonah

  • 11Jonah —    1) Israelite prophet. The book of Jonah relates God s command to Jonah, son of Amittai, to go to Nineveh and proclaim judgement upon its inhabitants for their wickedness. On a sea voyage Jonah was swallowed by a great fish and eventually… …

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  • 12Jonah —    Used as a transferred name to someone who brings bad luck to others. The allusion is to the story in the Old Testament Book of Jonah, where Jonah tries ‘to flee from the presence of the Lord’ by taking a ship to Tarshish. The ship is caught up …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 13Jonah — noun Etymology: Hebrew Yōnāh Date: 14th century 1. an Israelite prophet who according to the account in the book of Jonah resisted a divine call to preach repentance to the people of Nineveh, was swallowed and vomited by a great fish, and… …

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  • 14Jonah Goldberg — on BloggingHeads.tv Born March 21, 1969 (1969 03 21) (age 42) …

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  • 15JONAH, MOSES — (16th century), kabbalist and one of the most important disciples of isaac luria . Ḥayyim Vital places him in the second group of Luria s pupils (Sha ar ha Gilgulim) and states that this is his first transmigration as a human being, and therefore …

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  • 16Jonah Mungoshi — (born April 2, 1968) is a Harare based Success Coach, motivational speaker and Management Consultant. Through his company [http://www.success.co.zw Success Unlimited] (now Power of Purpose) Jonah has carried out consulting work for notable… …

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  • 17Jonah Jones (sculptor) — Jonah Jones (17 February 1919 – 29 November 2004) was born Leonard Jones in the north east of England, but known as a Welsh sculptor, writer and artist craftsman. He worked in many media, but is especially remembered as a sculptor in stone,… …

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  • 18Jonah Anguka — is a Kenyan author and former bureaucrat. In 1990 Anguka was imprisoned on suspicion of involvement in the murder of foreign minister Robert Ouko. In 1993 he was acquitted, but felt unsafe and fled the country. He currently lives in… …

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  • 19Jonah Blank — is an American author, journalist and foreign policy expert, specializing in the culture, history and affairs of the Indian subcontinent. Writing careerBlank studied history at Yale University, and worked as the financial editor of the largest… …

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  • 20Jonah Hex — Superherobox| caption=Jonah Hex from Jonah Hex Vol.2 #1 2005 relaunch Luke Ross, artist comic color=background:#8080ff character name=Jonah Hex real name=Jonah Woodson Hex publisher=DC Comics debut= All Star Western #10 (Feb Mar 1972)… …

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