(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.
Jonas
Jesus offered one sign to a crowd that kept asking for proof, “the sign of the prophet Jonas” (Matthew 16:4). Luke adds a short explanation: “as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation” (Luke 11:30). Jonas is the spelling the New Testament uses for the prophet whose story fills the book of Jonah. The same form shows up once more in a different role, when Jesus looks at Simon and calls him “the son of Jona” (John 1:42), which is a father’s name. Luke 11:29-32 is the place to begin.
4 verses
Matthew
Matthew 16:4
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
Luke
Luke 11:29
And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
Luke 11:30
For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
John
John 1:42
And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Matthew George Easton, 1897
From Smith's Bible Dictionary
William Smith, 1884
(a dove).
(1.) The prophet Jonah. (Matthew 12:39,40,41; 16:4)
(2.) Father of Peter. (John 21:15-17) [JONA]