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Jonas

Jonas—
(1.) Greek form of Jonah (Matt. 12:39, 40, 41, etc.).


(2.) The father of the apostles Peter (John 21:15-17) and Andrew; but the reading should be (also in 1:42), as in the Revised Version, "John," instead of Jonas.