Strong H3083H3083Iיְהוֹנָתָן
Jonathan
One of the 9 senses of Strong H3083
- Transliteration
- yehônâthân
- Pronunciation
- yeh-ho-naw-thawn'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Jonathan or Jehonathan = "Jehovah has given"
General definition
In the biblical story
Jonathan
Son of Abiathar the priest during David's reign
Jonathan, the son of Abiathar the priest, served as a messenger and informant for David during Absalom's rebellion (2Sa.15.27,36; 17.17,20; 1Ki.1.42,43).
In the Bible
Strong H3083I appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- jonathan4
First verses
- 2 Samuel 15:27The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
- 2 Samuel 15:36Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok’s son, and Jonathan Abiathar’s son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear.
- 2 Samuel 17:17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En–rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.
- 2 Samuel 17:20And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.