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Lexicon :: Strong's H3083 - yᵊhônāṯān

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יְהוֹנָתָן
Transliteration
yᵊhônāṯān
Pronunciation
yeh-ho-naw-thawn'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יְהוֹנָתָן Yᵉhôwnâthân, yeh-ho-naw-thawn'; from H3068 and H5414; Jehovah-given; Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites:—Jonathan. Compare H3129.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 82x

The KJV translates Strong's H3083 in the following manner: Jonathan (76x), Jehonathan (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 82x
The KJV translates Strong's H3083 in the following manner: Jonathan (76x), Jehonathan (6x).

  1. Jonathan or Jehonathan = "Jehovah has given"

    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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יְהוֹנָתָן Yᵉhôwnâthân, yeh-ho-naw-thawn'; from H3068 and H5414; Jehovah-given; Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites:—Jonathan. Compare H3129.
STRONGS H3083: Abbreviations
יְהוֺנָתָן, [H3129 יוֺנָתָן] proper name, masculine Greek Version of the LXX Ἰωναθαν through-out, with occasional variant reading (י׳ hath given; compare אֶלְנָתָן, נְתַנְיָהוּ, נְתַנְאֵל & references, Temanite רמננתן HalRÉJ 1884, ix. 7 f. NbrStud. Bib. i. 211; Sabean והבאום, Hal10) —
1. יְהוֺ׳ son of Saul 1 Samuel 14:6, 1 Samuel 14:8; 1 Samuel 18:1 (twice in verse) + 40 times 1 Samuel; 2 Samuel 1:4 + 18 times 2 Samuel; 1 Chronicles 8:33, 1 Chronicles 8:34; 1 Chronicles 9:39, 1 Chronicles 9:40; =
[H3129 יוֺ׳ 1 Samuel 13:2, 3 + 27 times 1 Samuel; 1 Chronicles 10:2].
† 2. יְהוֺ׳ son of Abiathar 2 Samuel 15:27, 2 Samuel 15:36; 2 Samuel 17:17, 2 Samuel 17:20; =
[H3129 יוֺ׳ 1 Kings 1:42, 43].
† 3. יְהוֺ׳ nephew of David 2 Samuel 21:21 = 1 Chronicles 20:7;
[H3122 apparently: called Jonadab 2 Samuel 13:3ff. where LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ἰωναθαν, compare H3122 יהונדב 2].
† 4. יְהוֺ׳; דּוֺד of David, i.e. his uncle? 1 Chronicles 27:32.
† 5. יְהוֺ׳ one of David's heroes 2 Samuel 23:32 (compare Dr) =
[H3129 יוֺנָתָן 1 Chronicles 11:34].
† 6. יְהוֺ׳ one of David's treasurers 1 Chronicles 27:25.
† 7. יְהוֺ׳ Scribe Jeremiah 37:15, Jeremiah 37:20, Jeremiah 38:26.
† 8. Levites
a. יְהוֺ׳ 2 Chronicles 17:8;
† 9. יְהוֺ׳ a priest Nehemiah 12:18.

To see 8. b. and 10. - 16. of this BDB entry H3129.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

14:6; 14:8; 18:1

2 Samuel

1:4; 15:27; 15:36; 17:17; 17:20; 21:21; 23:32

1 Chronicles

8:33; 8:34; 9:39; 9:40; 20:7; 27:25; 27:32

2 Chronicles

17:8

Nehemiah

12:18

Jeremiah

37:15; 37:20; 38:26

H3083

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3083 matches the Hebrew יְהוֹנָתָן (yᵊhônāṯān),
which occurs 80 times in 72 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (1Sa 14:6–2Sa 9:7)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:6 - Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, “Come, let’s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will act in our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:8 - Jonathan said, “Come on, then; we will cross over toward them and let them see us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:1 - After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:3 - And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:4 - Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, and even his sword, his bow and his belt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - and warned him, “My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. Be on your guard tomorrow morning; go into hiding and stay there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:4 - Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Let not the king do wrong to his servant David; he has not wronged you, and what he has done has benefited you greatly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:6 - Saul listened to Jonathan and took this oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:7 - So Jonathan called David and told him the whole conversation. He brought him to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:1 - Then David fled from Naioth at Ramah and went to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my crime? How have I wronged your father, that he is trying to kill me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:3 - But David took an oath and said, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said to himself, ‘Jonathan must not know this or he will be grieved.’ Yet as surely as the LORD lives and as you live, there is only a step between me and death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:4 - Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you want me to do, I’ll do for you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:5 - So David said, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon feast, and I am supposed to dine with the king; but let me go and hide in the field until the evening of the day after tomorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:9 - “Never!” Jonathan said. “If I had the least inkling that my father was determined to harm you, wouldn’t I tell you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:10 - David asked, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:11 - “Come,” Jonathan said, “let’s go out into the field.” So they went there together.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:12 - Then Jonathan said to David, “I swear by the LORD, the God of Israel, that I will surely sound out my father by this time the day after tomorrow! If he is favorably disposed toward you, will I not send you word and let you know?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:13 - But if my father intends to harm you, may the LORD deal with Jonathan, be it ever so severely, if I do not let you know and send you away in peace. May the LORD be with you as he has been with my father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:16 - So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD call David’s enemies to account.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:17 - And Jonathan had David reaffirm his oath out of love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:18 - Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon feast. You will be missed, because your seat will be empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:25 - He sat in his customary place by the wall, opposite Jonathan,[fn] and Abner sat next to Saul, but David’s place was empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:27 - But the next day, the second day of the month, David’s place was empty again. Then Saul said to his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal, either yesterday or today?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:28 - Jonathan answered, “David earnestly asked me for permission to go to Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:30 - Saul’s anger flared up at Jonathan and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you have sided with the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:32 - “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?” Jonathan asked his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33 - But Saul hurled his spear at him to kill him. Then Jonathan knew that his father intended to kill David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34 - Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger; on that second day of the feast he did not eat, because he was grieved at his father’s shameful treatment of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:35 - In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for his meeting with David. He had a small boy with him,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:37 - When the boy came to the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called out after him, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38 - Then he shouted, “Hurry! Go quickly! Don’t stop!” The boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:39 - (The boy knew nothing about all this; only Jonathan and David knew.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:40 - Then Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy and said, “Go, carry them back to town.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:42 - Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘The LORD is witness between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.’ ” Then David left, and Jonathan went back to the town.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:16 - And Saul’s son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:18 - The two of them made a covenant before the LORD. Then Jonathan went home, but David remained at Horesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:2 - The Philistines were in hot pursuit of Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:4 - “What happened?” David asked. “Tell me.” “The men fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:5 - Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:12 - They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the LORD and for the nation of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:17 - David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:22 - “From the blood of the slain, from the flesh of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, the sword of Saul did not return unsatisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23 - Saul and Jonathan— in life they were loved and admired, and in death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:25 - “How the mighty have fallen in battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26 - I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:4 - (Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in both feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she hurried to leave, he fell and became disabled. His name was Mephibosheth.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:1 - David asked, “Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:3 - The king asked, “Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show God’s kindness?” Ziba answered the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan; he is lame in both feet.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:6 - When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed down to pay him honor. David said, “Mephibosheth!” “At your service,” he replied.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:7 - “Don’t be afraid,” David said to him, “for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”

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