English Dictionary

Jonah

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈd͡ʒoʊnə/

固有名詞

A male given name from Hebrew. / (biblical) A minor prophet who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a great fish. / A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

日本語の意味

ヘブライ語起源の男性の名前である / 聖書に登場する、海に投げ込まれ大魚に呑まれた預言者（ヨナ） / 旧約聖書およびユダヤ教タナハに収められている書物「ヨナ書」

Jonah volunteered at the shelter every weekend.

ヘブライ語由来の男性名を持つ男性は毎週末、シェルターでボランティアをしていた。

意味（1）

A male given name from Hebrew.

'It's Jonah,' Ted says. Simmy considers this. 'As in the whale?' 'Yep.' 'You know,' Simmy says, 'that people are going to say that to him for ever more?' 'What? The whale thing?' 'Yes.' Ted shrugs again. 'Well. He'll get used to it. All names have got some associations. Anyway, he looks like a Jonah. And I like the name Jonah—' 'Obviously,' Simmy cuts in, 'since you chose it.'

意味（2）

(biblical) A minor prophet who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a great fish.

So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

意味（3）

A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

意味（4）

The 10th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.