יוֹנָתָן

Strong’s Definition

Jonathan, the name of ten Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

a form of H3083 (יְהוֹנָתָן);

KJV Usage

Jonathan.

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.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 ezra
• 8.son of asahel in the time of ezra
• 9.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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yôwnâthân; Pronunciation: yo-naw-thawn'