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# יְהוֹנָדָב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3082

**Jehonadab** — used 8 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Jehonadab [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3082/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יְהוֹנָדָב: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3082/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ is noble, or is liberal, or hath impelled, cf. נְדַבְיָה)— יְהוֹ׳ son of Rechab & chief of the Rechabites (𝔊 Ἰωναδαβ) 2 K 10:15(×2), 23; Je 35:8, 14, 16, 18; = יוֹ׳ Je 35:6, 10, 19. יְהוֹ׳ nephew of David (𝔊 Ἰωναδαβ, Ἰωναδαμ; 𝔊L Ἰωναθαν) 2 S 13:5; = יוֹ׳ 2 S 13:3(×2), 32, 35; (appar. called Jonathan 2 S 21:21; 1 Ch 20:7, cf. יְהוֹנָתָן 3.)

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Jonadab (4); of Jonadab (4).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 35:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.35.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.35.16/#tree)

כִּ֣י הֵקִ֗ימוּ בְּנֵי֙ יְהוֹנָדָ֣ב בֶּן־רֵכָ֔ב אֶת־מִצְוַ֥ת אֲבִיהֶ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֑ם וְהָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה לֹ֥א שָׁמְע֖וּ אֵלָֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) they.have.carried.out the.sons of.Jonadab the.son of.Rechab (et) the.commandment their.ancestor their which he commanded.them and the people (the) this not they.have.listened to me

*JPS 1917:* Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father which he commanded them, but this people hath not hearkened unto Me;

[Jeremiah 35:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.35.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.35.8/#tree)

וַנִּשְׁמַ֗ע בְּק֨וֹל יְהוֹנָדָ֤ב בֶּן־רֵכָב֙ אָבִ֔ינוּ לְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֑נוּ לְבִלְתִּ֤י שְׁתֽוֹת־יַ֙יִן֙ כָּל־יָמֵ֔ינוּ אֲנַ֣חְנוּ נָשֵׁ֔ינוּ בָּנֵ֖ינוּ וּבְנֹתֵֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* and we.have.listened to the.voice of.Jonadab the.son of.Rechab ancestor our to all that he commanded.us to not to.drink wine all days our we wives our sons our and daughters our

*JPS 1917:* And we have hearkened to the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3082.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3082/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).