Noun: jonah
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- A person believed to bring bad luck to those around them
"The team considered him a jonah after losing every game he attended";
- jinx
- (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
- A book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale
- Book of Jonah
Derived forms: Jonahs, jonahs
Type of: book, prophet, unfortunate, unfortunate person
Part of: Nebiim, Nevi'im, Old Testament, Prophets
Encyclopedia: Jonah, Texas