יְהוֹנָתָן
Yᵉhôwnâthân · yeh-ho-naw-thawn'
Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H5414 (נָתַן); Jehovah-given;
Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jonathan. Compare H3129 (יוֹנָתָן).
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing › the mark, the covenant sign › the seed, life continuing
The hand that works that works to reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing of the mark, the covenant sign of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְהוֹנָתָן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
82 occurrences · 82 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and jonathan31 · 39%
- jonathan12 · 15%
- of jonathan11 · 14%
- then jonathan2 · 3%
- unto jonathan2 · 3%
- to jonathan2 · 3%
- so jonathan2 · 3%
- but jonathan1 · 1%
- let not jonathan1 · 1%
- against jonathan1 · 1%
- him: whereby jonathan1 · 1%
- that jonathan1 · 1%
- which jonathan1 · 1%
- not. and jonathan's1 · 1%
- only jonathan1 · 1%
- and for jonathan1 · 1%
- and over jonathan1 · 1%
- o jonathan1 · 1%
- for jonathan's1 · 1%
- for jonathan1 · 1%
- son, and jonathan1 · 1%
- now jonathan1 · 1%
- was jehonathan1 · 1%
- also jonathan1 · 1%
- and jehonathan1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.