Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H3083
יְהוֹנָתָן
Yehonathanyeh-ho-naw-thawn'
Jonathan
81 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Yᵉhôwnâthân
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3083is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 31spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3083
Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites
The King James renders it: Jonathan. Compare H3129 (יוֹנָתָן).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Yehonathan is rendered "Jonathan". It stands 81 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Forty-three of the uses stand in 1 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Judges 18:30The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
- The Greek text spells it thirty-one different ways.
The first use
The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
Judges 18:30וִ֠יהוֹנָתָן
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Forty-three of the word's eighty-one uses are in 1 Samuel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Jonathan62
- and Jonathan15
- and to Jonathan1
- of Jonathan1
- on Jonathan1
- to Jonathan1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוּדִי | Yehudi | Jew | Uses75 |
| יְהוּדָאִי | Yehudai | Jew | Uses10 |
| יְהוּדִית | Yehudith | Judahite | Uses6 |
The words it stands beside
All 81, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
31 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן12
- יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן11
- יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן9
- יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙8
- וִיהוֹנָתָ֖ן3
- יְהוֹנָתָ֜ן3
- יְהוֹנָתָ֛ן3
- יְהוֹנָתָ֗ן3
- יְהוֹנָתָ֤ן3
- יְהוֹנָתָן֙2
- יְהוֹנָתָ֑ן2
- יְהוֹנָתָ֥ן2
and 19 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)62HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)15HC/Npm
- preposition + proper noun (a name)3HR/Npm
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1HC/R/Npm
Judges
one use
The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
- וִ֠יהוֹנָתָןvihonatonconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jonathan
1 Samuel
forty-three uses
Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”
- יְהוֹנָתָ֜ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
“Very well,” said Jonathan, “we will cross over toward these men and show ourselves to them.
- יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
- יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
- יְהוֹנָתָ֖ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
- יְהוֹנָתָ֛ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.
- יְהוֹנָתָ֗ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,
- וִיהֽוֹנָתָן֙vihonatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jonathan
so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.
- יְהוֹנָתָן֙yehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.
- יְהוֹנָתָ֤ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”
- יְהוֹנָתָ֑ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul to serve him as he had before.
- יְהוֹנָתָן֙yehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
- יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
- יְהוֹנָתָ֤ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”
- יְהוֹנָתָ֗ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
- יְהוֹנָתָ֖ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you desire, I will do for you.”
- יְהוֹנָתָ֖ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.
- יְהוֹנָתָ֗ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
“Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”
- יְהוֹנָתָ֖ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”
- יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
“Come,” he replied, “let us go out to the field.” So the two of them went out into the field,
- יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙yehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
and Jonathan said, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?
- יְהוֹנָתָ֜ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.
- לִֽיהוֹנָתָ֜ןlihonatanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Jonathan
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”
- יְהוֹנָתָ֖ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.
- יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙yehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon, and you will be missed if your seat is empty.
- יְהוֹנָתָ֖ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.
- יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
But on the day after the New Moon, the second day, David’s place was still empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal either yesterday or today?”
- יְהוֹנָתָ֣ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,
- יְהוֹנָתָ֖ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who bore you?
- בִּיה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןbihonatanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: on Jonathan
“Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”
- יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him; so Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.
- יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.
- יְהוֹנָתָ֛ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointment with David, and a small boy was with him.
- יְהוֹנָתָ֛ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
When the boy reached the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called to him, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”
- יְהוֹנָתָ֑ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
- יְהוֹנָתָ֜ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
- יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙yehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
- יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙yehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.
- יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙yehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the boy and said, “Go, take it back to the city.”
- יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙yehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.
- וִיהוֹנָתָ֖ןvihonatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jonathan
And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,
- יְהוֹנָתָ֣ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.
- וִיהוֹנָתָ֖ןvihonatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jonathan
The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
- יְהוֹנָתָ֧ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
2 Samuel
twenty-five uses
“What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”
- וִיהוֹנָתָ֥ןvihonatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jonathan
Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
- וִיהֽוֹנָתָ֥ןvihonatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jonathan
They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
- יְהוֹנָתָ֣ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
- יְהוֹנָתָ֥ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not retreat, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.
- יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
- וִיהוֹנָתָ֗ןvihonatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jonathan
How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
- יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
- יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
- וְלִיהֽוֹנָתָן֙velihonatanconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and to Jonathan
- וִיהֽוֹנָתָ֜ןvihonatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jonathan
Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”
- יְהוֹנָתָֽן׃yehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of Saul’s family to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”
- לִיהוֹנָתָ֖ןlihonatanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Jonathan
And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied.
- יְהוֹנָתָ֤ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
“Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”
- יְהוֹנָתָ֣ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.
- וִיהוֹנָתָ֧ןvihonatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jonathan
Indeed, their two sons, Ahimaaz son of Zadok and Jonathan son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with everything you hear.”
- וִיהוֹנָתָ֖ןvihonatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jonathan
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.
- וִיהוֹנָתָ֨ןvihonatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jonathan
When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
- וִיה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןvihonatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jonathan
Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
- יְהוֹנָתָ֣ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
- יְהוֹנָתָ֥ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.
- יְהוֹנָתָ֣ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
So David had the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan brought from there, along with the bones of those who had been hanged.
- יְהוֹנָתָ֣ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.
- וִיהוֹנָֽתָן־vihonaton-conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jonathan
and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
- יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen,
- יְהוֹנָתָֽן׃ סyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
1 Chronicles
seven uses
Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
- יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙yehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.
- יְהוֹנָתָ֖ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
- יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙yehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, who was the father of Micah.
- יְהוֹנָתָ֖ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
- יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the royal storehouses. Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the country, in the cities, in the villages, and in the fortresses.
- יְהוֹנָתָ֖ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
David’s uncle Jonathan was a counselor; he was a man of insight and a scribe. Jehiel son of Hachmoni attended to the sons of the king.
- וִֽיהוֹנָתָ֤ןvihonatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jonathan
2 Chronicles
one use
accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram.
- וִֽיהוֹנָתָן֩vihonatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jonathan
Nehemiah
one use
of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jonathan;
- יְהוֹנָתָֽן׃yehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
Jeremiah
three uses
The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
- יְהוֹנָתָ֣ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”
- יְהוֹנָתָ֣ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”
- יְהוֹנָתָ֖ןyehonatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Jonathan
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
