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Jonah 1

Jonah 1:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
γsent out
tuwl (Hebrew #2904)
to pitch over or reel; hence (transitively) to cast down or out
KJV usage: carry away, (utterly) cast (down, forth, out), send out.
Pronounce: tool
Origin: a primitive root
g a great
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
wind
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
into the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
, and there was a mighty
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
tempest
ca`ar (Hebrew #5591)
from 5590; a hurricane
KJV usage: storm(-y), tempest, whirlwind.
Pronounce: sah'-ar
Origin: or (feminine) ctarah {seh-aw-raw'}
in the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
, so that the ship
'oniyah (Hebrew #591)
a ship
KJV usage: ship((-men)).
Pronounce: on-ee-yaw'
Origin: feminine of 590
was δlike
chashab (Hebrew #2803)
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
KJV usage: (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
Pronounce: khaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
to be broken
shabar (Hebrew #7665)
to burst (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken((-hearted)), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, X quite, tear, view (by mistake for 7663).
Pronounce: shaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
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γ
cast forth.
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Psa. 107:25• 25For he speaketh, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof: (Psa. 107:25)
δ
thought.

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Sea,
Ships,
Wind

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the Lord.
Ex. 10:13,19• 13And Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and Jehovah brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
 19And Jehovah turned a very powerful west wind, which took away the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea: there remained not one locust in all the borders of Egypt. (Ex. 10:13,19)
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Ex. 14:21• 21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah made the sea go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. (Ex. 14:21)
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Ex. 15:10• 10Thou didst blow with thy breath, the sea covered them; They sank as lead in the mighty waters. (Ex. 15:10)
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Num. 11:31• 31And there went forth a wind from Jehovah, and drove quails from the sea, and cast them about the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and about a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the earth. (Num. 11:31)
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Psa. 107:24‑31• 24These see the works of Jehovah, and his wonders in the deep.
 25For he speaketh, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof:
 26They mount up to the heavens, they go down to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble;
 27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and they are at their wits' end:
 28Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses;
 29He maketh the storm a calm, and the waves thereof are still:
 30And they rejoice because they are quiet; and he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
 31Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men; (Psa. 107:24‑31)
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Psa. 135:7• 7Who causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; who maketh lightnings for the rain; who bringeth the wind out of his treasuries: (Psa. 135:7)
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Amos 4:13• 13For behold, he who formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, who maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth,--Jehovah, the God of hosts, is his name. (Amos 4:13)
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Matt. 8:24‑27• 24and behold, the water became very agitated on the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves; but *he* slept.
 25And the disciples came and awoke him, saying, Lord save: we perish.
 26And he says to them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then, having arisen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
 27But the men were astonished, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him? (Matt. 8:24‑27)
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Acts 27:13‑20• 13And the south wind blowing gently, supposing that they had gained their object, having weighed anchor they sailed close in shore along Crete.
 14But not long after there came down it a hurricane called Euroclydon.
 15And the ship being caught and driven, and not able to bring her head to the wind, letting her go we were driven before it.
 16But running under the lee of a certain island called Clauda, we were with difficulty able to make ourselves masters of the boat;
 17which having hoisted up, they used helps, frapping the ship; and fearing lest they should run into Syrtis and run aground, and having lowered the gear they were so driven.
 18But the storm being extremely violent on us, on the next day they threw cargo overboard,
 19and on the third day with their own hands they cast away the ship furniture.
 20And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm lying on us, in the end all hope of our being saved was taken away. (Acts 27:13‑20)
sent out.
Heb. cast forth.
like.
Heb. thought.
• Jonah too faithfully represents the Jews in his unwillingness that God should show mercy to the Gentiles. The effect of this uncomely narrowness and indeed failure in bearing a real witness to the true God is, that far from being the channel of blessings to the Gentiles, he brings a curse upon them. (“Jonah” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But Jehovah sent out a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest upon the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.