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HebrewH3129Proper Noun (Masculine)

יוֹנָתָן

yo.na.tan

35Occurrences
H3129Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jonathan, the name of ten Israelites

a form of H3083 (יְהוֹנָתָן);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Jada (H3047); brother of: Jether (H3500I); father of: Peleth (H6431H) and Zaza (H2117) § 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) one of David's mighty warriors 4) a Levite and father of Zechariah, a priest who blew the trumpet at the dedication of the wall 5) a son of Kareah and a brother of Johanan; a Judaite captain after the fall of Jerusalem 6) another Judaite 7) 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 10) 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

יוֹנָתָן appears 35 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
23
1 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
3
1 Kings
2
Ezra
2
Jeremiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 10:2BSB

The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.

1 Samuel 13:3BSB

Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”

1 Samuel 14:13BSB

So Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer behind him. And the Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer followed and finished them off.

1 Samuel 14:40BSB

Then Saul said to all Israel, “You stand on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will stand on the other side.”“Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied.

1 Samuel 19:1BSB

Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David.But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,

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