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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.
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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 - Then Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us. For nothing restrains the LORD from saving by many or by few.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:8 - Then Jonathan said, “Very well, let us cross over to these men, and we will show ourselves to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:1 - Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:3 - Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:4 - And Jonathan took off the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his armor, even to his sword and his bow and his belt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - So Jonathan told David, saying, “My father Saul seeks to kill you. Therefore please be on your guard until morning, and stay in a secret place and hide.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:4 - Thus Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:6 - So Saul heeded the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, “As the LORD lives, he shall not be killed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:7 - Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these things. So Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as in times past.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:1 - Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and went and said to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity, and what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:3 - Then David took an oath again, and said, “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:4 - So Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you yourself desire, I will do it for you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:5 - And David said to Jonathan, “Indeed tomorrow is the New Moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king to eat. But let me go, that I may hide in the field until the third day at evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:9 - But Jonathan said, “Far be it from you! For if I knew certainly that evil was determined by my father to come upon you, then would I not tell you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:10 - Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me, or what if your father answers you roughly?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:11 - And Jonathan said to David, “Come, let us go out into the field.” So both of them went out into the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:12 - Then Jonathan said to David: “The LORD God of Israel is witness! When I have sounded out my father sometime tomorrow, or the third day, and indeed there is good toward David, and I do not send to you and tell you,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:13 - “may the LORD do so and much more to Jonathan. But if it pleases my father to do you evil, then I will report it to you and send you away, that you may go in safety. And 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, “Let the LORD require it at the hand of David’s enemies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:17 - Now Jonathan again caused David to vow, because he loved him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

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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; and 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 - Now the king sat on his seat, as at other times, on a seat by the wall. And Jonathan arose,[fn] and Abner sat by Saul’s side, but David’s place was empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:27 - And it happened the next day, the second day of the month, that David’s place was empty. And Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why has the son of Jesse not come to eat, either yesterday or today?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:28

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:30 - Then Saul’s anger was aroused against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:32 - And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, “Why should he be killed? What has he done?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33 - Then Saul cast a spear at him to kill him, by which Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to kill David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34 - So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David, because his father had treated him shamefully.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:35 - And so it was, in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad was with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:37 - When the lad had come to the place where the arrow was which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried out after the lad and said, “Is not the arrow beyond you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38 - And Jonathan cried out after the lad, “Make haste, hurry, do not delay!” So Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows and came back to his master.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:39 - But the lad did not know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew of the matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:40 - Then Jonathan gave his weapons to his lad, and said to him, “Go, carry them to the city.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:42 - Then Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, since we have both sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants, forever.’ ” So he arose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:16 - Then Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went to David in the woods and strengthened his hand in God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:18 - So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David stayed in the woods, and Jonathan went to his own house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:2 - Then the Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul’s sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:4 - Then David said to him, “How did the matter go? Please tell me.” And he answered, “The people have fled from the battle, many of the people are fallen and dead, and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:12 - And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son, for the people of the LORD and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:17 - Then David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:22 - From the blood of the slain,
From the fat of the mighty,
The bow of Jonathan did not turn back,
And the sword of Saul did not return empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23 - “Saul and Jonathan were beloved and pleasant in their lives,
And in their death they were not divided;
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 the midst of the battle!
Jonathan was slain in your high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26 - I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;
You have been very pleasant to me;
Your love to me was wonderful,
Surpassing the love of women.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:4 - Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel; and his nurse took him up and fled. And it happened, as she made haste to flee, that he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:1 - Now David said, “Is there still anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:3 - Then the king said, “Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, to whom I may show the kindness of God?” And Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan who is lame in his feet.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:6 - Now when Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, had come to David, he fell on his face and prostrated himself. Then David said, “Mephibosheth?” And he answered, “Here is your servant!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:7 - So David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your grandfather; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.”

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