יְהוֹנָתָןYᵉhôwnâthân
proper name, masculine: hath given
Pronunciation: yeh-ho-naw-thawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3083
Meanings
1. son of Saul (1 Samuel 14:6; 1 Samuel 14:8; 1 Samuel 18:1)
2. son of Abiathar (2 Samuel 15:27; 2 Samuel 15:36; 2 Samuel 17:17)
3. nephew of David (2 Samuel 21:21; 1 Chronicles 20:7; 2 Samuel 13:3)
4. דּוֺד of David, i.e. his uncle? (1 Chronicles 27:32)
5. one of David's heroes (2 Samuel 23:32; 1 Chronicles 11:34)
6. one of David's treasurers (1 Chronicles 27:25)
7. a scribe (Jeremiah 37:15; Jeremiah 37:20; Jeremiah 38:26)
8. Levites
9. a priest (Nehemiah 12:18)
10. priest to the tribe of Dan, son of Gershom (Judges 18:30)
11. a Judaite captain, after fall of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 40:8)
12. a Judaite (1 Chronicles 2:32; 1 Chronicles 2:33)
14. son of Asahel (Ezra 10:15)
15. a priest (Nehemiah 12:14)
16. a son of Joiada (Nehemiah 12:11)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 82 times in the Bible.
- Judges 18:30 Then they set up the carved image, and they appointed Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Moses, as their priest. This family continued as priests for the tribe of Dan until the Exile.
- 1 Samuel 14:6 “Let’s go across to the outpost of those pagans,” Jonathan said to his armor bearer. “Perhaps the Lord will help us, for nothing can hinder the Lord. He can win a battle whether he has many warriors or only a few!”
- 1 Samuel 14:8 “All right, then,” Jonathan told him. “We will cross over and let them see us.
- 1 Samuel 18:1 After David had finished talking with Saul, he met Jonathan, the king’s son. There was an immediate bond between them, for Jonathan loved David.
- 1 Samuel 18:3 And Jonathan made a solemn pact with David, because he loved him as he loved himself.
- 1 Samuel 18:4 Jonathan sealed the pact by taking off his robe and giving it to David, together with his tunic, sword, bow, and belt.
See every passage
- Judges 18:30
- 1 Samuel 14:6, 14:8, 18:1, 18:3, 18:4, 19:1, 19:2, 19:4, 19:6, 19:7, 20:1, 20:3, 20:4, 20:5, 20:9, 20:10, 20:11, 20:12, 20:13, 20:16, 20:17, 20:18, 20:25, 20:27, 20:28, 20:30, 20:32, 20:33, 20:34, 20:35, 20:37, 20:38, 20:39, 20:40, 20:42, 23:16, 23:18, 31:2
- 2 Samuel 1:4, 1:5, 1:12, 1:17, 1:22, 1:23, 1:25, 1:26, 4:4, 9:1, 9:3, 9:6, 9:7, 15:27, 15:36, 17:17, 17:20, 21:7, 21:12, 21:13, 21:14, 21:21, 23:32
- 1 Chronicles 8:33, 8:34, 9:39, 9:40, 20:7, 27:25, 27:32
- 2 Chronicles 17:8
- Nehemiah 12:18
- Jeremiah 37:15, 37:20, 38:26
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).