jonah

noun

1. 1

   a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale

2. 2

   a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him

3. 3

   (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land