1. jonah - Noun
2. Jonah - Proper noun
The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt is pretty clear in the Bible story that the whale swallowing Jonah wasn't meant as a punishment from God, it was God saving him from drowning. So it was actually provision to give him a second chance. The whale itself was the start of Jonah's second chance. Phil Vischer
Call me Jonah. My parents did, or nearly did. They called me John. Kurt Vonnegut
If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it. William Jennings Bryan
Adam hid in the Garden of Eden. Moses tried to substitute his brother. Jonah jumped a boat and was swallowed by a whale... Man likes to run from God. It's a tradition. Mitch Albom
There are a lot of really funny guys who are very natural in what they do: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Seth Rogen. Will Ferrell
If the goal is to make money, then (putting it in terms Jonah might have used), an action that moves us toward making money is productive. And an action that takes away from making money is non-productive. Eliyahu M. Goldratt