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Jonah 1

Jonah 1:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto them, I am an Hebrew
`Ibriy (Hebrew #5680)
an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber
KJV usage: Hebrew(-ess, woman).
Pronounce: ib-ree'
Origin: patronymic from 5677
; and I fear
yare' (Hebrew #3373)
fearing; morally, reverent
KJV usage: afraid, fear (-ful).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: from 3372
βthe 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
, the God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
of heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
, whicha hath made
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
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 the dry
yabbashah (Hebrew #3004)
dry ground
KJV usage: dry (ground, land).
Pronounce: yab-baw-shaw'
Origin: from 3001
land.
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or, JEHOVAH.
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Psa. 146:6• 6Who made heavens and earth,{HR}The sea and all that [is] in them;{HR}The keeper of truth forever; (Psa. 146:6)

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Ministry on This Verse

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I am.
Gen. 14:13• 13{i}And one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew. And he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol, and the brother of Aner. And these were Abram's allies.{/i} (Gen. 14:13)
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Gen. 39:14• 14that she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he hath brought in to us a Hebrew man to mock us: he came in to me, {i}to lie with me;{/i}, and I cried with a loud voice; (Gen. 39:14)
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Phil. 3:5• 5in circumcision of eight days, of [the] race of Israel, of [the] tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews, according to law a Pharisee, (Phil. 3:5)
and I.
2 Kings 17:25,28,32‑35• 25{i}And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not Jehovah; and Jehovah sent lions among them, which killed some of them.{/i}
 28{i}Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and abode in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah.{/i}
 32{i}So they feared Jehovah, and made to themselves from all classes of them priests of the high places, who offered sacrifices for them in the houses of the high places.{/i}
 33{i}They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods after the manner of the nations, whence they had been carried away.{/i}
 34{i}To this day they do after their former customs: they fear not Jehovah, neither do they after their statutes or after their ordinances, nor after the law and commandment that Jehovah commanded the sons of Jacob, whom he named Israel.{/i}
 35{i}And Jehovah had made a covenant with them, and charged them saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow down yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;{/i} (2 Kings 17:25,28,32‑35)
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Job 1:9• 9And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, For nought doth Job fear God? (Job 1:9)
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Hos. 3:5• 5afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek their God, and David their king; and shall fear Jehovah and his goodness in the latter days. (Hos. 3:5)
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Acts 27:23• 23For an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve stood by me this night, (Acts 27:23)
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Rev. 15:4• 4Who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for {i}thou{/i} only {i}art{/i} holy: for all the nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy righteousnesses were manifested. (Rev. 15:4)
the Lord.
or, Jehovah.
the God.
Ezra 1:2• 2{i}Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth has Jehovah the God of the heavens given to me, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.{/i} (Ezra 1:2)
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Ezra 5:11• 11{i}And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of the heavens and the earth, and build the house that was built these many years ago; and a great king of Israel built and completed it.{/i} (Ezra 5:11)
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Ezra 7:12‑13• 12{i}Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, an accomplished scribe of the law of the God of the heavens, and so forth.{/i}
 13{i}I have given orders that all they of the people of Israel, and of their priests and the Levites, in my realm, who are disposed to go to Jerusalem, go with thee.{/i} (Ezra 7:12‑13)
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Neh. 1:4• 4{i}And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that{/i} I sat down, and mourned certain days and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven. (Neh. 1:4)
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Neh. 2:4• 4The king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. (Neh. 2:4)
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Psa. 136:26• 26Give thanks to the God of the heavens;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever. (Psa. 136:26)
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Dan. 2:18‑19,44• 18{i}that they would{/i} desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; {i}that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon{/i}.
 19Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night-vision. {i}Then Daniel blessed the God of the heavens.{/i}
 44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. (Dan. 2:18‑19,44)
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Rev. 11:13• 13And in that hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth of the city fell, and there were slain in the earthquake seven thousand names of men: and the rest became afraid, and gave glory to the God of the heaven. (Rev. 11:13)
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Rev. 16:11• 11and blasphemed the God of the heaven for their pains and for their sores, and repented not of their works. (Rev. 16:11)
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Neh. 9:6• 6{i}Thou art the Same, thou alone, Jehovah, who hast made the heaven of heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that is therein, the seas and all that is therein. And thou quickenest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.{/i} (Neh. 9:6)
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Psa. 95:5‑6• 5Whose [is] the sea, and he made it;{HR}And his hands formed the dry [land].
 6Come, let us worship and bow down,{HR}Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker; (Psa. 95:5‑6)
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Psa. 146:5‑6• 5Blessed he, whose help [is] Jacob's God ,{HR}Whose hope [is] in Jehovah his God,
 6Who made heavens and earth,{HR}The sea and all that [is] in them;{HR}The keeper of truth forever; (Psa. 146:5‑6)
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Acts 14:15• 15and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like affections with you, preaching to you that ye should turn from these vain things unto a living God, who made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in them; (Acts 14:15)
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Acts 17:23‑25• 23for passing through and closely observing the objects of your worship, I found also an altar on which was the inscription: To an unknown God. What therefore, ye, without knowing, worship, this I announce to you.
 24The God that made the world and all things therein, he being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands.
 25Nor is he served by human hands as needing something more, himself giving to all life, and breath, and all things. (Acts 17:23‑25)
• Like Jonah, in the nation’s departure from the Lord, they confess their nationality, but they do not obey the One they profess to be their God! (“The Prophecies of Jonah” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he said unto them, I am a Hebrew, and I fear Jehovah, the God of the heavens, who hath made the sea and the dry land.

W. Kelly Translation

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And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear Jehovah, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.