prophet Jonah

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Hebrew Bible prophet biblical figure prophet

Prophet Jonah is a biblical figure best known for the story in which he is swallowed by a great fish after attempting to flee from God's command to preach repentance to the people of Nineveh.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Jonah	13
Prophet Jonah	2
prophet Jonah canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1044761 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: prophet Jonah
Context triple: [Book of Jonah, attributedTo, prophet Jonah]

A. Book of Jonah
The Book of Jonah is a short biblical narrative about the prophet Jonah, whose attempt to flee God's command leads to his being swallowed by a great fish and ultimately delivering a message of repentance to the city of Nineveh.
B. prophet Zechariah
Prophet Zechariah was a Hebrew biblical prophet of the early Second Temple period, known for his apocalyptic visions and for encouraging the rebuilding and spiritual renewal of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile.
C. Prophet Nathan
Prophet Nathan was a biblical prophet during the reign of King David, known for confronting the king over his sin with Bathsheba and for playing a key role in the succession of Solomon.
D. Prophet Gad
Prophet Gad was a biblical seer and advisor to King David in the Hebrew Bible, known for conveying God’s messages and guidance during David’s reign.
E. Prophets
Prophets is a major section of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that contains the writings and historical accounts of Israel’s prophetic figures and their messages.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: prophet Jonah
Target entity description: Prophet Jonah is a biblical figure best known for the story in which he is swallowed by a great fish after attempting to flee from God's command to preach repentance to the people of Nineveh.

A. Book of Jonah
The Book of Jonah is a short biblical narrative about the prophet Jonah, whose attempt to flee God's command leads to his being swallowed by a great fish and ultimately delivering a message of repentance to the city of Nineveh.
B. prophet Zechariah
Prophet Zechariah was a Hebrew biblical prophet of the early Second Temple period, known for his apocalyptic visions and for encouraging the rebuilding and spiritual renewal of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile.
C. Prophet Nathan
Prophet Nathan was a biblical prophet during the reign of King David, known for confronting the king over his sin with Bathsheba and for playing a key role in the succession of Solomon.
D. Prophet Gad
Prophet Gad was a biblical seer and advisor to King David in the Hebrew Bible, known for conveying God’s messages and guidance during David’s reign.
E. Prophets
Prophets is a major section of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that contains the writings and historical accounts of Israel’s prophetic figures and their messages.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hebrew Bible prophet ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ prophet ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Jonas ⓘ Prophet Yunus ⓘ surface form: Yonah
associatedWithCity	Nineveh ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Tarshish ⓘ
attemptedAction	fled from God’s command ⓘ
audience	King of Assyria ⓘ surface form: king of Nineveh people of Nineveh ⓘ
boarded	ship to Tarshish ⓘ
bookGenre	prophetic narrative ⓘ
calledInQuran	Yunus ⓘ
commandedBy	God ⓘ
considered	minor prophet in Christian tradition ⓘ
emotion	angry at God’s mercy to Nineveh ⓘ
experienced	great storm at sea ⓘ
mentionedIn	Book of Jonah ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament Quran ⓘ surface form: Qur’an
mission	preach repentance to Nineveh ⓘ
name	prophet Jonah self-link ⓘ surface form: Jonah
narrativeTheme	divine mercy ⓘ obedience ⓘ repentance ⓘ universal scope of God’s concern ⓘ
prayedTo	God from the fish’s belly ⓘ
preachedMessage	warning of impending destruction ⓘ
preachedTheme	repentance ⓘ
releasedBy	fish vomited him onto dry land ⓘ
resultOfPreaching	God spared Nineveh ⓘ Ninevites repented ⓘ
role	prophet sent to Nineveh ⓘ
swallowedBy	great fish ⓘ
symbolOf	God’s compassion ⓘ death and deliverance pattern ⓘ repentance of Gentiles ⓘ
taughtBy	God through plant and worm ⓘ
thenObeyedCommand	went to Nineveh ⓘ
thrownOverboardBy	sailors ⓘ
timeInFish	three days and three nights ⓘ
traveledTo	Jaffa ⓘ surface form: Joppa
usedAsSignBy	Jesus in the New Testament ⓘ
veneratedIn	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ

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