יְהוֹנָתָן

Strong’s Definition

Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

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

KJV Usage

Jonathan. Compare H3129 (יוֹנָתָן).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.a son of king saul and a friend of david
• 2.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 gath
• 4.an uncle of david
• 5.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 dan
• 10.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 ezra
• 13.son of asahel in the time of ezra
• 14.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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yᵉhôwnâthân; Pronunciation: yeh-ho-naw-thawn'

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