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Jonah 1

Jonah 1:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now the word
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
came unto βJonah
Yonah (Hebrew #3124)
Jonah, an Israelite
KJV usage: Jonah.
Pronounce: yo-naw'
Origin: the same as 3123
γthea son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Amittai
'Amittay (Hebrew #573)
veracious; Amittai, an Israelite
KJV usage: Amittai.
Pronounce: am-it-tah'ee
Origin: from 571
, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
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called Jonas,
Matt. 12:39• 39But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: (Matt. 12:39)
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2 Kings 14:25• 25He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher. (2 Kings 14:25)
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afraid with great fear.

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  Jonah, sent to Nineveh, flees to Tarshish.
4-10:  He is bewrayed by a tempest;
11-16:  thrown into the sea;
17:  and swallowed by a fish.
Jonah.
2 Kings 14:25• 25He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher. (2 Kings 14:25)
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Matt. 12:39• 39But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: (Matt. 12:39)
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Matt. 16:4• 4A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed. (Matt. 16:4)
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Luke 11:29‑30,32• 29And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
 30For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
 32The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. (Luke 11:29‑30,32)
Jonas.
• Balaam the son of Beor, and Jonah the son of Amittai. They were somewhat alike in one deplorable particular, each was willing that a vast number of souls should be sacrificed for some advantage to himself. With Balaam it was money; with Jonah it was his reputation! (“Foreword” by W.W. Fereday)
• From...Jonah we may learn much...the importance of entering into the divine sympathies while engaged in work for God. If we do not feel towards men as God feels, how can we be efficient as witnesses for Him? (“Foreword” by W.W. Fereday)
• From Jonah's book we may learn that in the dispensation in which Israel was the center of God's ways He nevertheless had a heart of compassion for those outside the chosen race. From James' epistle we may gather that, although a change of dispensation has set in, and God is now engaged in gathering out sinners from all the nations for heavenly bliss in association with the risen Christ, He has not forgotten His ancient people. (“Jonah and His Book” by W.W. Fereday)
• “The prophet Jonah.” This is our Lord's own description of him in Matthew 12:39...the man himself, and Jehovah's remarkable dealings with him constitute a prophecy, and that of a deeply interesting character. In this unfaithful witness God gives us an illustration of His ways with the unfaithful nation to which he belonged. Thus there is a prophetic as well as moral instruction in the book of Jonah. It is a prophecy in picture. (“Jonah and His Experiences” by W.W. Fereday)
• Jonah is an interesting type of Christ. He belonged to Galilee. Gath-Hepher was not far distant from Nazareth. The Jewish counselors were in error when they said to Nicodemus: “Search and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet” (John 7:52); but probably they ignored Jonah because his mission was to Gentiles a thought abhorrent to their pride. (“Jonah and Christ” by W.W. Fereday)
• It is well to remark here, that the subject of this book is not the judgment of the secrets of all hearts in the great day, but the government of God with respect to men on the earth. This is the case, moreover, with all the prophets. We may observe, also, that God reveals Himself in this book as God the Creator-Elohim. (“Jonah 4” by J.N. Darby)
• Jonah was an early prophet. He lived in or before the days of Jeroboam II. I believe that modern speculation has put him a hundred years perhaps too late. However, this is a small matter. The grand point is the bearing of his prophecy. There is another difference too that is worthy of note in Jonah, and that is, that the book differs from others of the minor prophets by being for the most part prophecy in fact and not so much in word. The whole history of Jonah is a sign. (“Jonah” by W. Kelly)
• In the northern part of the kingdom of Israel, not far from the Mediterranean Sea, lies the territory of the tribe of Zebulun. In the southern part of Zebulun, three or four miles from the city of Nazareth, lay the town of Gath-hepher. About 850 years before the Lord Jesus was “brought up” (Luke 4:16) in Nazareth, there lived in Gath-hepher a man named Jonah. The Bible does not tell us whether he was born in Gath-hepher, but merely says of him, “which was of Gath-hepher.” 2 Kings 14:25. (“Jonah 1: Jonah Rebels” by G.C. Willis)
• Matt. 12:40-41. In these verses the Lord gives His own authority to the truth of the two most wonderful incidents in this remarkable book. (“Jonah 1: Jonah Rebels” by G.C. Willis)
• It is said that the name Jonah means a dove. A dove is the symbol of peace and the book is in reality an offer of peace from the Lord Himself.... It is said that the name Amittai (the father of Jonah) means truth. May it not be that in these two names we have told out the same precious message of John 1:17, “grace and truth came by Jesus Christ”? Truth is the light that shows our sins. Grace provides the means to cover our sins. (“Jonah 1: Jonah Rebels” by G.C. Willis)
• These experiences are prophetic of the nation of Israel. They illustrate, by way of type, how God will convert a remnant of His people and use them in the conversion of the Gentiles. (“The Prophecies of Jonah” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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aAnd the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the son of Amittaib, saying,

JND Translation Notes

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* (The title of this Book, "Jonah"), Meaning, "Dove."
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See 2 Kings 14.25.

W. Kelly Translation

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Now the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,