In the Bible, a prophet who was swallowed by a great fish and disgorged unharmed three days later. [Hebrewyônâ,dove; seeywninSemitic roots.] Jo·nah2 (jō′nə) n. 1.See Table atBible. 2.One thought to bring bad luck. ...
Mentioned in ? Jonah Nebiim Prophets Tyndale References in periodicals archive ? This "love of enemy" theme is powerfully articulated in the ancient prophetic book of Jonah. Jonah lived at the time of the Assyrian Empire (eighth century BCE), centered in Nineveh in the land today known as ...
Every detail of it is omitted, indeed it is not even mentioned; it is as though the Spirit of God has one object alone before Him, and that is to tell of the warning sent to the city of Nineveh; the servant and his experiences are all kept out of sight....
but some learned men took it to be the dog fish before mentioned; and such a large devouring creature is the shark, of which the present bishop of Bergen F23, and others, interpret this fish here; in which sometimes has been found the body of a man, and even of a man in armour, ...
NLT emphasizes the rhetorical point: “in the opposite direction,” though “Tarshish” is mentioned later in the verse. Jonah 1:3 tn Heb“Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish away from the Lord.” Jonah 1:3 tn Heb“away from the presence of the Lord.” The term מִלִּפ...
That sparked cynical claims that the author, Jonah, did not know what he was talking about. But the real author, the Holy Spirit, was being overlooked. Later excavations have revealed that Nineveh had many suburbs, three of which are mentioned along with Nineveh in Gen. 10:11, 12. One ...
Upon the death of King Uzziah, mentioned in Isaiah 6:1, Isaiah counsels the new king, Ahaz, not to join the coalition of Syria and Israel against Assyria. He advises the king to wait, to stand firm in faith. He essentially says that in the face of the coming threat to do nothing....
The greatness of Nineveh has been mentioned already in 1:2 and 3:2. What is being added now? Does the term לֵאלֹהִים (leʾlohim,“to God/gods”) (1) refer to the Lord’s personal estimate of the city, (2) speak of the city as “belonging to” God,...
As no restrictions54 are mentioned, we presume that the tempest was general, and that the Lord's wind, like the Lord's rain referred to by Jesus, fell alike upon the just and the unjust. This circumstance very naturally heightens our previous conception of his righteousness. That the Lord,...
In the Bible, a prophet who was swallowed by a great fish and disgorged unharmed three days later. [Hebrewyônâ,dove; seeywninSemitic roots.] Jo·nah2 (jō′nə) n. 1.See Table atBible. 2.One thought to bring bad luck. ...