Jonah 1:17

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Bible > Jonah > Chapter 1 > Verse 17

Jonah 1:17


← Jonah 1:16 Jonah 1:17 (KJV) Jonah 2:1 →
Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Now the LORDH3068 had preparedH4487 a greatH1419 fishH1709 to swallow upH1104 JonahH3124. And JonahH3124 was in the bellyH4578 of the fishH1709 threeH7969 daysH3117 and threeH7969 nightsH3915.


Original Hebrew

וַיְמַן יְהוָה דָּג גָּדֹול לִבְלֹעַ אֶת־יֹונָה וַיְהִי יֹונָה בִּמְעֵי הַדָּג שְׁלֹשָׁה יָמִים וּשְׁלֹשָׁה לֵילֹות׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וַ/יְמַ֤ן
va/y.Man H4487 HC/Vpw3ms and/ he appointed
יְהוָה֙
Yah.weh H3068 HNp Yahweh
דָּ֣ג
dag H1709 HNcmsa a fish
גָּד֔וֹל
ga.Dol H1419 HAamsa great
לִ/בְלֹ֖עַ
li/v.Lo.a' H1104 HR/Vqc to/ swallow
אֶת
'et- H853 HTo (obj.)
יוֹנָ֑ה
yo.Nah H3124 HNp Jonah
וַ/יְהִ֤י
va/y.Hi H1961 HC/Vqw3ms and/ he was
יוֹנָה֙
yo.Nah H3124 HNp Jonah
בִּ/מְעֵ֣י
bi/m.'Ei H4578 HR/Ncmpc in/ (the) inward parts of
הַ/דָּ֔ג
ha./Dag H1709 HTd/Ncmsa the/ fish
שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה
she.lo.Shah H7969 HAcmsa three
יָמִ֖ים
ya.Mim H3117 HNcmpa days
וּ/שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה
u./she.lo.Shah H7969 HC/Acmsa and/ three
לֵילֽוֹת
lei.Lot H3915 HNcmpa nights
Strong's References
  • H1104 — בָּלַע (bâlaʻ, baw-lah'): a primitive root; to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy; cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
  • H1419 — גָּדוֹל (gâdôwl, gaw-dole'): or גָּדֹל (gâdôl); (shortened) from גָּדַל (gâdal) H1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent; [phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.
  • H1709 — דָּג (dâg, dawg): or (fully) דָּאג (dâʼg); (Nehemiah 13:16), from דָּגָה (dâgâh) H1711; a fish (as prolific); or perhaps rather from דָּאַג (dâʼag) H1672 (as timid); but still better from דָּאַג (dâʼag) H1672 (in the sense of squirming, i.e. moving by the vibratory action of the tail); a fish (often used collectively); fish.
  • H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה (hâyâh) H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ (Yâhh) H3050, יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih) H3069.
  • H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
  • H3124 — יוֹנָה (Yôwnâh, yo-naw'): the same as יוֹנָה (yôwnâh) H3123; Jonah, an Israelite; Jonah.
  • H3915 — לַיִל (layil, lah'-yil): or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל (lêyl); also לַיְלָה (laylâh); from the same as לוּל (lûwl) H3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity; (mid-)night (season).
  • H4487 — מָנָה (mânâh, maw-naw'): a primitive root; properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll; appoint, count, number, prepare, set, tell.
  • H4578 — מֵעֶה (mêʻeh, may-aw'): from an unused root probably meaning to be soft; used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively); belly, bowels, [idiom] heart, womb.
  • H7969 — שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh, shaw-loshe'): or שָׁלֹשׁ (shâlôsh); masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה (shᵉlôwshâh); or שְׁלֹשָׁה (shᵉlôshâh); a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice; [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare שָׁלִישׁ (shâlîysh) H7991.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת (ʼôwth) H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
  • H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא (hâvâʼ) H1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
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Verse Cross-References

Reciprocal references (8): Exodus 2:5, 1 Samuel 30:12, Psalms 124:3, Jonah 2:10, Jonah 4:8, Matthew 17:27, Mark 8:31, 1 Corinthians 15:4

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