- Original: יונה - Transliteration: Yonah - Phonetic: yo-naw' - Definition: Jonah = dove 1. son of amittai and a native of Gath-hepher; 5th of the minor prophets who prophesied during the reign of Jeroboam II and whom God sent also to prophecy to Nineveh - Origin: the same as H3123 - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine - Strong's: the same as H3123 ; Jonah an Israelite: - Jonah. Total KJV Occurrences: 19 • Jonah, 19 2 Kings 14:25; Jonah 1:1; Jonah 1:3; Jonah 1:5; Jonah 1:7; Jonah 1:15; Jonah 1:17(2); Jonah 2:1; Jonah 2:10; Jonah 3:1; Jonah 3:3; Jonah 3:4; Jonah 4:1; Jonah 4:5; Jonah 4:6(2); Jonah 4:8; Jonah 4:9