Jonah.And 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. For as JONAS was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. ( Luke 11:29-30 )
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JONAS (1)
jo'-nas (Ionas; the King James Version, Jonan):
(1) Son of Eliasib (1 Esdras 9:1).
(2) Corresponds in 1 Esdras 9:23 to "Eliezer" in Ezra 10:23.
(3) The prophet Jonah (2 Esdras 1:39; Tobit 14:4,8).
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JONAS (2)
jo'-nas (yonah, or yochanan; Iona):
(1) The name given in Matthew 12:39-41; 16:4; Luke 11:29-32 the King James Version to the Old Testament prophet Jonah (the Revised Version (British and American) renders "Jonah").
See JONAH.
(2) (Ioanes):
The name given in John 21:15,16 the King James Version to the father of the apostle Simon Peter. Nothing further is known of him, except the different forms of his name. In John 1:42 the King James Version he is called Jona (compare also Matthew 16:17 the King James Version). In John 1:42; 21:15,16 the Revised Version (British and American) he is called John, with the marginal note "Gr Joanes." In Matthew 16:17 the Revised Version (British and American) Simon Peter is called Simon Bar-Jonah.
Jonas may be a contraction for Joanes (Keim). It has also been suggested that the father of Simon may have had a double name, Jona-Johannes (compare F. H. Chase in HDB, article "John, father of Simon Peter").
C. M. Kerr
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