יוֹנָתָן
Yôwnâthân · yo-naw-thawn'
Jonathan, the name of ten Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: a form of H3083 (יְהוֹנָתָן);
Jonathan, the name of ten 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.
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
- 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 fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing › the mark, the covenant sign › the seed, life continuing
The hand that works 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 יוֹנָתָן 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
43 occurrences · 43 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and jonathan13 · 31%
- jonathan9 · 21%
- of jonathan3 · 7%
- behold, jonathan2 · 5%
- to jonathan2 · 5%
- were with jonathan1 · 2%
- and with jonathan1 · 2%
- that jonathan1 · 2%
- not that jonathan1 · 2%
- by which jonathan1 · 2%
- which jonathan1 · 2%
- but jonathan1 · 2%
- in jonathan1 · 2%
- and i and jonathan1 · 2%
- lots between me and jonathan1 · 2%
- shall jonathan1 · 2%
- were jonathan1 · 2%
- only jonathan1 · 2%
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.