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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 whaleplay

  Familiarity information: BOOK OF JONAH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOOK OF JONAH (noun)


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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