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HebrewH3083Proper Noun (Masculine)

יְהוֹנָתָן

ye.ho.na.tan

74Occurrences
H3083Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites

from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H5414 (נָתַן); Jehovah-given;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at ; son of: Gershom (H1647)(?) § Jonathan or Jehonathan = "Jehovah has given" 1) a son of king Saul and a friend of ) a son of the high priest Abiathar and the last descendant of Eli of whom we hear 3) a nephew of David who like David slew a giant of ) an uncle of ) one of David's mighty warriors 6) one of David's treasurers 7) a scribe in the time of Jeremiah 8) a Levite and father of Zechariah, a priest who blew the trumpet at the dedication of the wall 9) a son or descendant of Gershom, the son of Moses, and a priest to the tribe of ) a son of Kareah and a brother of Johanan; a Judaite captain after the fall of Jerusalem 11) another Judaite father of Peleth 12) father of Ebed in the time of ) son of Asahel in the time of ) a priest of the family of Melicu in the time of Nehemiah 15) son of Joiada and his successor to the high priesthood in the time of Nehemiah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יְהוֹנָתָן appears 74 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
38
2 Samuel
23
1 Chronicles
7
Jeremiah
3
2 Chronicles
1
Judges
1
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 20:7BSB

and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

1 Samuel 19:4BSB

Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.

1 Samuel 20:18BSB

Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon, and you will be missed if your seat is empty.

1 Samuel 23:16BSB

And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,

2 Samuel 17:17BSB

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.