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G920Βαριωνᾶς Bariōnâs — son of Jonas (or Jonah)H3124יוֹנָה Yôwnâh — Jonah, an IsraeliteG2495Ἰωνᾶς Iōnâs — Jonas (i.e. Jonah), the name of two
IsraelitesG2494Ἰωνάν Iōnán — Jonan, an IsraeliteH3122יוֹנָדָב Yôwnâdâb — Jonadab, the name of an Israelite and of a RechabiteH3082יְהוֹנָדָב Yᵉhôwnâdâb — Jehonadab, the name of an Israelite and of an Arab
People(5+)
- PersonJonahThe prophet who fled his commission, prayed from the fish's belly, preached Nineveh's overthrow, and sulked at its mercy — the sign Jesus claimed for his own death and…
- PersonSarahAbraham's wife — barren, then bearing Isaac by promise “past age” through faith; Paul's allegory of the covenant of promise (Gal 4; Heb 11:11).
- PersonElisabethWife of Zacharias, kinswoman of Mary, and mother of John the Baptist. Barren and advanced in years, she conceives by promise; filled with the Holy Spirit at Mary's greeting…
- PersonDeborahProphetess and judge who held court under her palm tree, summoned Barak against Sisera's iron chariots, and sang the victory — "the stars in their courses fought against Sisera."
- PersonHannahThe barren wife who wept at Shiloh, vowed her son to the LORD, and sang the song of reversal — "he raiseth up the poor out of the dust" — that Mary's Magnificat takes up.
Places(4)
- PlaceKadesh-BarneaThe oasis on Canaan's doorstep where the spies returned, the people refused, and a generation turned back into forty years of wilderness.
- PlaceNinevehThe great city of Assyria, three days' journey across, that repented in sackcloth at Jonah's preaching — and a century later fell under Nahum's burden, "the bloody city."
- PlaceZarephathThe Sidonian town where a starving Gentile widow shared her last meal with Elijah and her barrel of meal did not waste — cited by Jesus at Nazareth.
- PlaceAssyriaMesopotamian empire whose capital Nineveh repented at Jonah's preaching and fell to Nahum's burden in 612 BC; the rod of God's anger against the northern kingdom (722 BC).
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Words (Strong's)(5+)
- WordG920 Βαριωνᾶς · Bariōnâs (Greek)son of Jonas (or Jonah)
- WordH3124 יוֹנָה · Yôwnâh (Hebrew)Jonah, an Israelite
- WordG2495 Ἰωνᾶς · Iōnâs (Greek)Jonas (i.e. Jonah), the name of two Israelites
- WordG2494 Ἰωνάν · Iōnán (Greek)Jonan, an Israelite
- WordH3122 יוֹנָדָב · Yôwnâdâb (Hebrew)Jonadab, the name of an Israelite and of a Rechabite
Themes(5)
- ThemeJudgmentJudgment in Scripture is not a stray topic but a load-bearing theme, running from Eden to the lake of fire. It begins with a question, not a threat: Abraham asks whether the…
- ThemeGraceGrace is God's unearned favor. The Hebrew word for it is *chen* — a gift given because the giver is gracious, not because the receiver has earned it — and it is *chen* that the…
- ThemeMercyMercy in Scripture is not a mood God occasionally feels but a self-disclosed name. When the LORD passes before Moses on Sinai and proclaims who He is, the first words out are…
- ThemeObedienceObedience enters the story at the very first command. In Eden, the boundary God sets — one tree, one prohibition — is the whole test of the relationship (Gen 2:17), and the…
- ThemePrayerPrayer enters the canon as a corporate act, not a private technique: "then began men to call upon the name of Jehovah" (Genesis 4:26) describes a community, not a method. The…
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Prophecies(2)
- ProphecyMainland Tyre Becomes a Bare RockEzekiel predicted the mainland Tyre site would be scraped to bare rock and become a place for fishermen to spread their nets, and would never be rebuilt.
- ProphecyDestruction of TyreEzekiel prophesied that Tyre would be attacked by many nations and scraped bare like a rock.
Apologetics(2)
- ApologeticsCaiaphas Ossuary DiscoveryIn November 1990 a bulldozer broke through the roof of a first-century burial cave in Jerusalem's Peace Forest, exposing twelve limestone ossuaries; the most ornate was…
- ApologeticsJehoiachin Ration Tablets (Babylonian Captivity)Cuneiform ration lists excavated from a vaulted storehouse beside Babylon's Ishtar Gate name "Ya'u-kinu, king of the land of Yahudu" and five royal sons among the palace…
Authors(3)
- AuthorJacob Bar-SalibiHe was born Jacob at Melitene, in what is now eastern Turkey, and took the name Dionysius when he was made a bishop. Syriac writers usually call him Bar Salibi — son of Salibi…
- AuthorAlbert BarnesAlbert Barnes was born at Rome, New York, on December 1, 1798. He was headed for the law. At Hamilton College he was converted, changed direction, and went to Princeton…
- AuthorJB LightfootJoseph Barber Lightfoot was born in Liverpool on April 13, 1828. He went to school at King Edward's, Birmingham, under a headmaster who also taught Brooke Foss Westcott, and…
Apocrypha (study resources)(4)
- Study resource1 Esdras 9:23And of the Levites; Jozabad, and Semis, and Colius, who was called Calitas, and Patheus, and Judas, and Jonas.
- Study resource2 Esdras 1:39Unto whom I will give for leaders, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Oseas, Amos, and Micheas, Joel, Abdias, and Jonas,
- Study resourceTobit 14:8And now, my son, depart out of Nineve, because that those things which the prophet Jonas spake shall surely come to pass.
- Study resourceTobit 14:4Go into Media my son, for I surely believe those things which Jonas the prophet spake of Nineve, that it shall be overthrown; and that for a time peace shall rather be in…