About The Word Jonah

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Jonah to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Jonah definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Jonah

Jonah Meaning & Definition
Jonah Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Jonah?

[n] a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale
[n] a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
[n] (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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Jonah: jinx

Related Terms | Find terms related to Jonah: Abraham | Amos | bad influence | curse | Daniel | enchantment | evil eye | evil genius | evil star | Ezekiel | Haggai | hex | hoodoo | Hosea | ill wind | Isaac | Isaiah | Jacob | Jeremiah | jinx | Joel | Joseph | Joshua | Malachi | malevolent influence | malocchio | Micah | Moses | Nahum | prophet | Samuel | spell | vates sacer | voodoo | whammy | Zephaniah

See Also | book | Old Testament | prophet | unfortunate | unfortunate person

Jonah In Webster's Dictionary

\Jo"nah\, n. The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious. {Jonah crab} (Zo["o]l.), a large crab ({Cancer borealis}) of the eastern coast of the United States, sometimes found between tides, but usually in deep water.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Idle wheel ‐ a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide…
  • Savin ‐ procumbent or…
  • Cram full ‐ packed full to capacity; "chowder chockablock with pieces of…
  • Lamb's lettuce ‐ widely cultivated as a salad crop and pot herb;…
  • Bismarck sea ‐ World War II naval battle; Allied land-based bombers destroyed…
  • Indiscriminating ‐ not…
  • Astragalus danicus ‐ perennial of southern and western Europe having dense racemes…
  • Coniferophytina ‐ cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period;…
  • Unvaried ‐ not diversified [adj]…
  • Animal group ‐ a group…