Strong H3083H3083Hיְהוֹנָתָן

Jonathan

One of the 9 senses of Strong H3083

Transliteration
yehônâthân
Pronunciation
yeh-ho-naw-thawn'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.13.2;
son of: Saul (H7586G) and Ahinoam (H293);
brother of: Abinadab (H41H), Malchi-shua (H4444), Merab (H4764) and Michal (H4324);
half-brother of: Ish-bosheth (H378), Armoni (H764) and Mephibosheth (H4648H);
father of: Mephibosheth (H4648)
Also named: yo.na.tan (יוֹנָתָן "Jonathan" H3129N)

Meaning of the name

Jonathan or Jehonathan = "Jehovah has given"

General definition

From H3068 and H5414; Jehovah-given;
{Jehonathan} the name of four Israelites: - Jonathan. Compare H3129 .

In the biblical story

Jonathan

Eldest son of King Saul and friend of David

Jonathan, the eldest son of King Saul, was a valiant warrior and a close friend of David, ultimately dying in battle alongside his father (1Sa.14.6,8; 18.1,1,3,4; 19.1,2,4,6,7,7; 20; 23.16,18; 31.2; 2Sa.1; 4.4,4; 9.1,3,6,7; 21.7,7,12,13,14; 1Ch.8.33,34; 9.39,40; 1Sa.13.2,3,16,22,22; 14; 1Ch.10.2).

In the Bible

Strong H3083H appears in 58 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • jonathan57
  • s2

First verses

  1. 1 Samuel 14:6
    And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the Lord will work for us: for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few.
  2. 1 Samuel 14:8
    Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
  3. 1 Samuel 18:1
    And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
  4. 1 Samuel 18:3
    Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
  5. 1 Samuel 18:4
    And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
  6. 1 Samuel 19:2
    But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
  7. 1 Samuel 19:4
    And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:
  8. 1 Samuel 19:6
    And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain.
  9. 1 Samuel 19:7
    And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
  10. 1 Samuel 20:1
    And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
  11. 1 Samuel 20:3
    And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
  12. 1 Samuel 20:4
    Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.
  13. 1 Samuel 20:5
    And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.
  14. 1 Samuel 20:9
    And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
  15. 1 Samuel 20:10
    Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?
  16. 1 Samuel 20:11
    And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.
  17. 1 Samuel 20:12
    And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;
  18. 1 Samuel 20:13
    The Lord do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father.
  19. 1 Samuel 20:16
    So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the Lord even require it at the hand of David’s enemies.
  20. 1 Samuel 20:17
    And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
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