יְהוֹנָדָב
ye.ho.na.dav
“Jonadab”
Definition
Jehonadab, the name of an Israelite and of an Arab
from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H5068 (נָדַב); Jehovah-largessed;
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Masculine)
N:N-M-P
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
יְהוֹנָדָב appears 7 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
When he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab, who was coming to meet him. Jehu greeted him and asked, “Is your heart as true to mine as my heart is to yours?”“It is!” Jehonadab replied.“If it is,” said Jehu, “give me your hand.”So he gave him his hand, and Jehu helped him into his chariot,
Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”
Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”
And we have obeyed the voice of our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab in all he commanded us. So we have not drunk wine all our lives—neither we nor our wives nor our sons and daughters.
The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you have not obeyed Me!
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