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# יְהוֹנָתָן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3083

**Jonathan. Compare** — used 82 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

Jonathan. Compare [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3083/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יְהוֹנָתָן: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3083/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** יְהוֹנָתָן, יוֹנָתָן n.pr.m. 𝔊 Ἰωναθαν throughout, with occasional var. (י׳ hath given; cf. אֶלְנָתָן, נְתַנְיָהוּ, נְתַנְאֵל, & reff., Temanite רמננתן HalRÉJ 1884, ix. 7 f. NbrStud. Bib. i. 211; Sab. והבאום Hal 10)— יְהוֹ׳ son of Saul 1 S 14:6, 8; 18:1(×2) + 40 times 1 S; 2 S 1:4 + 18 times 2 S; 1 Ch 8:33, 34; 9:39, 40; = יוֹ׳ 1 S 13:2, 3 + 27 times 1 S, 1 Ch 10:2. יְהוֹ׳ son of Abiathar 2 S 15:27, 36; 17:17, 20; = יוֹ׳ 1 K 1:42, 43. יְהוֹ׳ nephew of David 2 S 21:21 = 1 Ch 20:7; appar. called Jonadab 2 S 13:3 ff. where 𝔊L Ἰωναθαν, cf. יהונדב 2. יְהוֹ׳; דּוֹד of David, i.e. his uncle? 1 Ch 27:32. יְהוֹ׳ one of David’s heroes 2 S 23:32 (cf. Dr) = יוֹנָתָן 1 Ch 11:34. יְהוֹ׳ one of David’s treasurers 1 Ch 27:25. יְהוֹ׳ a scribe Je 37:15, 20; 38:26. Levites יְהוֹ׳ 2 Ch 17:8; יוֹ׳ Ne 12:35. יְהוֹ׳ a priest Ne 12:18. יְהוֹ׳ priest to the tribe of Dan, son of Gershom Ju 18:30. יוֹ׳ a Judaite captain, after fall of Jerus. Je 40:8. יוֹ׳ a Judaite 1 Ch 2:32, 33. יוֹ׳ father of Ebed Ezr 8:6. יוֹ׳ son of Asahel Ezr 10:15. יוֹ׳ a priest Ne 12:14. יוֹ׳ son of Joiada Ne 12:11(×2) appar. = יְהוֹחָנָן 2.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Jonathan (69); of Jonathan (13).

## In the verses

[2 Samuel 23:32](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.32/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.32/#tree)

אֶלְיַחְבָּא֙ הַשַּׁ֣עַלְבֹנִ֔י בְּנֵ֥י יָשֵׁ֖ן יְהוֹנָתָֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* Eliahba the Shaalbonite the.sons of.Jashen Jonathan

*JPS 1917:* Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan;

[Nehemiah 12:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.18/#tree)

לְבִלְגָּ֣ה שַׁמּ֔וּעַ לִֽשְׁמַעְיָ֖ה יְהוֹנָתָֽן׃

*Word for word:* of Bilgah Shammua of Shemaiah Jonathan

*JPS 1917:* of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3083/): 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).