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Jonah 2

Jonah 2:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then Jonah
Yonah (Hebrew #3124)
Jonah, an Israelite
KJV usage: Jonah.
Pronounce: yo-naw'
Origin: the same as 3123
prayed
palal (Hebrew #6419)
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
KJV usage: intreat, judge(-ment), (make) pray(-er, -ing), make supplication.
Pronounce: paw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
unto 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
his 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
out of the fish’s
dagah (Hebrew #1710)
feminine of 1709, and meaning the same
KJV usage: fish.
Pronounce: daw-gaw'
belly
me`ah (Hebrew #4578)
used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extens. the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively)
KJV usage: belly, bowels, X heart, womb.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be soft
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Fish; Fishers; Fishing,
God,
Jonah,
Prayer

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-9:  The prayer of Jonah.
10:  He is delivered out of the belly of the fish.
prayed.
2 Chron. 33:11‑13• 11And Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with fetters, and bound him with chains of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
 12And when he was in affliction, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
 13and prayed to him. And he was intreated of him and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah, he was God. (2 Chron. 33:11‑13)
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Psa. 50:15• 15And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Psa. 50:15)
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Psa. 91:15• 15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honour him. (Psa. 91:15)
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Isa. 26:16• 16Jehovah, in trouble they sought thee; they poured out their whispered prayer when thy chastening was upon them. (Isa. 26:16)
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Hos. 5:15• 15I will go away, I will return to my place, till they acknowledge their trespass, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. (Hos. 5:15)
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Hos. 6:1‑3• 1Come and let us return unto Jehovah: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
 2After two days will he revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before his face;
 3and we shall know,--we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth. (Hos. 6:1‑3)
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James 5:13• 13Does any one among you suffer evil? let him pray. Is any happy? let him sing psalms. (James 5:13)
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Job 13:15• 15Behold, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him. (Job 13:15)
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Psa. 130:1‑2• 1A Song of degrees. Out of the depths do I call upon thee, Jehovah.
 2Lord, hear my voice; let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication. (Psa. 130:1‑2)
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Lam. 3:53‑56• 53They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.
 54Waters streamed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
 55I called upon thy name, Jehovah, out of the lowest pit.
 56Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my sighing, at my cry. (Lam. 3:53‑56)
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Acts 16:24‑25• 24who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet to the stocks.
 25And at midnight Paul and Silas, in praying, were praising God with singing, and the prisoners listened to them. (Acts 16:24‑25)
• His prayer for deliverance foreshadows that of the Jewish remnant. They will call upon the name of the Lord and on the third day they will be restored. “Three days and three nights” points to resurrection, and thus, there will be a national resurrection of Israel after they turn to the Lord (Isa. 26:19; Dan. 12:2; Hos. 6:2-3). (“The Prophecies of Jonah” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish’s belly;