Passage Research
Jonah 1 — Sermon Preparation
Jonah flees God's call to go to Nineveh, a violent storm threatens the ship, and after being thrown overboard he is swallowed by a great fish. Below is a research summary for Jonah 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Jonah 1 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָם | yâm | H3220 | 11 | sea, large body of water |
| יוֹנָה | Yôwnâh | H3124 | 5 | Jonah |
| טוּל | ṭûwl | H2904 | 4 | pitch, reel |
| יָרֵא | yârêʼ | H3372 | 6 | fearing, reverent |
| גָּדוֹל | gâdôwl | H1419 | 6 | great, older |
| אֳנִיָּה | ʼŏnîyâh | H591 | 3 | ship |
| תַּרְשִׁישׁ | Tarshîysh | H8659 | 3 | Tarshish |
How preachers through history handled this text
23 public-domain excerpts on Jonah 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The mariners rowed against wind and tide, the wind of God's displeasure, the tide of his counsel; but it is in vain to think of saving ourselves any other way than by destroying our sins. Even natural conscience cannot but dread blood-guiltiness. And when we are led by Providence God does what he pleases, and we ought to be satisfied, though it may not please us. Throwing Jonah into the sea put an end to the storm. God will not afflict for ever, He will only contend till we submit and turn from our sins. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Jonah 1:13–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Nineveh— Jonah 1:2
- Joppa— Jonah 1:3
- Tarshish 1— Jonah 1:3
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