Strong's H3083 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: יְהוֹנָתָן (Yᵉhôwnâthân)

Pronunciation: yeh-ho-naw-thawn'

POS: yeh-ho-naw-thawn' Morph: n-pr-m

Exegesis: from and ; Jehovah-given;

Definition: from יְהֹוָה and נָתַן; Jehovah-given; Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites; Jonathan. Compare יוֹנָתָן.

KJV Usage: Jonathan. Compare .

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Jonathan or Jehonathan = "Jehovah has given"
• 2. 1) a son of king Saul and a friend of David
• 3. 2) a son of the high priest Abiathar and the last descendant of Eli of whom we hear
• 4. 3) a nephew of David who like David slew a giant of Gath
• 5. 4) an uncle of David
• 6. 5) one of David's mighty warriors
• 7. 6) one of David's treasurers
• 8. 7) a scribe in the time of Jeremiah
• 9. 8) a Levite and father of Zechariah, a priest who blew the trumpet at the dedication of the wall
• 10. 9) a son or descendant of Gershom, the son of Moses, and a priest to the tribe of Dan
• 11. 10) a son of Kareah and a brother of Johanan; a Judaite captain after the fall of Jerusalem
• 12. 11) another Judaite father of Peleth
• 13. 12) father of Ebed in the time of Ezra
• 14. 13) son of Asahel in the time of Ezra
• 15. 14) a priest of the family of Melicu in the time of Nehemiah
• 16. 15) son of Joiada and his successor to the high priesthood in the time of Nehemiah

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