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BOOK OF JONAH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Book of Jonah mean?
• BOOK OF JONAH (noun)
The noun BOOK OF JONAH has 1 sense:
1. a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale
Familiarity information: BOOK OF JONAH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Book of Jonah; Jonah
Instance hypernyms:
book (a major division of a long written composition)
Holonyms ("Book of Jonah" is a part of...):
Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)
Nebiim; Prophets (the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures)
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