Yes. Jonah is the prophet of the Old Testament book that bears his name. God sent him to warn the city of Nineveh; he fled by sea instead and was swallowed by a great fish. He is also named in 2 Kings 14:25, and Jesus spoke of “the sign of Jonah.” The name means “dove” in Hebrew. What does the name Jonah mean? Jonah is the English form of the Hebrew Yonah, the ordinary Hebrew word for a dove. It…

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