יוֹנָדָב
Yôwnâdâb · yo-naw-dawb'
Jonadab, the name of an Israelite and of a Rechabite
Lexicon
Derivation: a form of H3082 (יְהוֹנָדָב);
Jonadab, the name of an Israelite and of a Rechabite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jonadab.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing › the doorway, the way in › the house, what is within
The hand that works that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing of the doorway, the way in of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יוֹנָדָב 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and jonadab3 · 43%
- was jonadab1 · 14%
- for jonadab1 · 14%
- according to all that jonadab1 · 14%
- jonadab1 · 14%
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.