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Jonah 3

Jonah 3:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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So the people
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
of Nineveh
Niynveh (Hebrew #5210)
Nineveh, the capital of Assyria
KJV usage: Nineveh.
Pronounce: nee-nev-ay'
Origin: of foreign origin
believed
'aman (Hebrew #539)
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; once (Isa. 30:21; interchangeable with 541) to go to the right hand
KJV usage: hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, + fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
Pronounce: aw-man'
Origin: a primitive root
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
, and proclaimed
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
a fast
tsowm (Hebrew #6685)
or tsom {tsome}; from from 6684; a fast: --fast(-ing).
Pronounce: tsome
, and put
labash (Hebrew #3847)
a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: (in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.
Pronounce: law-bash'
Origin: or labesh {law-bashe'}
on sackcloth
saq (Hebrew #8242)
properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.)
KJV usage: sack(-cloth, -clothes).
Pronounce: sak
Origin: from 8264
, from the greatest
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'}
of them even to the least
qatan (Hebrew #6996)
from 6962; abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
KJV usage: least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).
Pronounce: kaw-tawn'
Origin: or qaton {kaw-tone'}
of them.

More on:

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Fast; Fasting,
God,
Nineveh,
sackcloth

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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believed.
Ex. 9:18‑21• 18Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since its foundation until now.
 19And now send, and secure thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field: all the men and the cattle that are found in the field, and are not brought home--on them the hail shall come down, and they shall die.
 20He that feared the word of Jehovah among the bondmen of Pharaoh made his bondmen and his cattle flee into the houses.
 21But he that did not regard the word of Jehovah left his bondmen and his cattle in the field. (Ex. 9:18‑21)
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Matt. 12:41• 41Ninevites shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here. (Matt. 12:41)
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Luke 11:32• 32Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here. (Luke 11:32)
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Acts 27:25• 25Wherefore be of good courage, men, for I believe God that thus it shall be, as it has been said to me. (Acts 27:25)
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Heb. 11:1,7• 1Now faith is the substantiating of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
 7By faith, Noah, oracularly warned concerning things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house; by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. (Heb. 11:1,7)
and proclaimed.
2 Chron. 20:3• 3And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek Jehovah, and proclaimed a fast throughout Judah. (2 Chron. 20:3)
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Ezra 8:21• 21And I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. (Ezra 8:21)
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Jer. 36:9• 9And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before Jehovah, for all the people in Jerusalem, and for all the people that came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem. (Jer. 36:9)
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Joel 1:14• 14Hallow a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly, gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah. (Joel 1:14)
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Joel 2:12‑17• 12Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning;
 13and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
 14Who knoweth? He might return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, an oblation and a drink-offering for Jehovah your God?
 15Blow the trumpet in Zion, hallow a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly;
 16gather the people, hallow the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride from her closet.
 17Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare, O Jehovah, thy people, and give not thine inheritance to reproach, that they should be a byword of the nations. Wherefore should they say among the peoples, Where is their God? (Joel 2:12‑17)
from.
Jer. 31:34• 34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will pardon their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more. (Jer. 31:34)
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Jer. 42:1,8• 1And all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,
 8And he called Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, (Jer. 42:1,8)
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Acts 8:10• 10To whom they had all given heed, from small to great, saying, This is the power of God which is called great. (Acts 8:10)
• Here is another use for which our blessed Lord employs Jonah. He does not merely cite the most marvelous part of Jonah’s history as a type of His own rejection in Israel, or of the consequence of that rejection for Israel, but He holds up before the proud and hard spirit of the Jew in His day the repentance of the Ninevites at the preaching of Jonah {Matt. 12:39-41}. (“Jonah 3” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the men of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.