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Strong's H3083 יְהוֹנָתָן (yehonathan)

Yehonathan means “Jonathan” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3083 — lytron (“ransom”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3083
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 73
Books 7

Strong's H3083 Quick Answer

Strong's H3083 יְהוֹנָתָן (Yhownathan) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Yhownathan (yeh-ho-naw-thawn') n/p. 1. Jehovah-given 2. Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites It has 73 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include jonathan, jehonathan, name, and jonathan's. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Yhownathan (yeh-ho-naw-thawn') n/p. 1. Jehovah-given 2. Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites
Usage
73 linked usages
Books
7 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
jonathan, jehonathan, name, and jonathan's

Meaning and Definition

Yhownathan (yeh-ho-naw-thawn') n/p. 1. Jehovah-given 2. Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites [from H3068 and H5414] KJV: Jonathan. Root(s): H3068, H5414 Compare: H3129

Original Word
יְהוֹנָתָן
Transliteration
Yhownathan
Derivation
Root: נתן First root strongs: 3068 Second root strongs: 5414
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3083. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Jonathan

Usage: A man living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at Jdg.18.30;

son of: Gershom (H1647)(?) § Jonathan or Jehonathan = "Jehovah has given" 1) a son of king Saul and a friend of David 2) a son of the high priest Abiathar and the last descendant of Eli of whom we hear 3) a nephew of David who like David slew a giant of Gath 4) an uncle of David 5) one of David's mighty warriors 6) one of David's treasurers 7) a scribe in the time of Jeremiah 8) a Levite and father of Zechariah, a priest who blew the trumpet at the dedication of the wall 9) a son or descendant of Gershom, the son

of Moses, and a priest to the tribe of Dan 10) a son of Kareah and a brother of Johanan;

a Judaite captain after the fall of Jerusalem 11) another Judaite father of Peleth 12) father of Ebed in the time of Ezra 13) son of Asahel in the time of Ezra 14) a priest of the family of Melicu in the time of Nehemiah 15) son of Joiada and his successor to the high priesthood in the time of Nehemiah

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How Strong's H3083 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Yhownathan, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Jonathan Judges 18:30 66× Jehonathan 1 Chronicles 27:25 Jonathan's 2 Samuel 9:1 name 1 Samuel 20:42

How Strong's H3083 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 73 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3083 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3083 in the Old Testament

73 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Judges 18:30 KJV

And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

1 Samuel 14:6 KJV

And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.

1 Samuel 14:8 KJV

Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.

Usage Excerpts

First 73 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3083.

Judges 18:30 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
1 Samuel 14:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.
1 Samuel 14:8 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
1 Samuel 18:1 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
1 Samuel 18:3 Old Testament, KJV
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
1 Samuel 18:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
1 Samuel 19:2 Old Testament, KJV
But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
1 Samuel 19:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:
1 Samuel 19:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.
1 Samuel 19:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
1 Samuel 20:1 Old Testament, KJV
And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
1 Samuel 20:3 Old Testament, KJV
And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
1 Samuel 20:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.
1 Samuel 20:5 Old Testament, KJV
And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.
1 Samuel 20:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
1 Samuel 20:10 Old Testament, KJV
Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?
1 Samuel 20:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.
1 Samuel 20:12 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;
1 Samuel 20:13 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.
1 Samuel 20:16 Old Testament, KJV
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
1 Samuel 20:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
1 Samuel 20:18 Old Testament, KJV
Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.
1 Samuel 20:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.
1 Samuel 20:27 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
1 Samuel 20:28 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:
1 Samuel 20:30 Old Testament, KJV
Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?
1 Samuel 20:32 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
1 Samuel 20:33 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.
1 Samuel 20:34 Old Testament, KJV
So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
1 Samuel 20:35 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.
1 Samuel 20:37 Old Testament, KJV
And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?
1 Samuel 20:38 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
1 Samuel 20:39 Old Testament, KJV
But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
1 Samuel 20:40 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
1 Samuel 20:42 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
1 Samuel 23:16 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
1 Samuel 23:18 Old Testament, KJV
And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
1 Samuel 31:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul's sons.
2 Samuel 1:4 Old Testament, KJV
And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.
2 Samuel 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
2 Samuel 1:12 Old Testament, KJV
And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
2 Samuel 1:17 Old Testament, KJV
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
2 Samuel 1:22 Old Testament, KJV
From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
2 Samuel 1:23 Old Testament, KJV
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
2 Samuel 1:25 Old Testament, KJV
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
2 Samuel 1:26 Old Testament, KJV
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
2 Samuel 4:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
2 Samuel 9:1 Old Testament, KJV
And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
2 Samuel 9:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.
2 Samuel 9:6 Old Testament, KJV
Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!
2 Samuel 9:7 Old Testament, KJV
And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
2 Samuel 15:27 Old Testament, KJV
The 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 15:36 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, 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 17:17 Old Testament, KJV
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; 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 17:20 Old Testament, KJV
And 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.
2 Samuel 21:7 Old Testament, KJV
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
2 Samuel 21:12 Old Testament, KJV
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
2 Samuel 21:13 Old Testament, KJV
And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
2 Samuel 21:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
2 Samuel 21:21 Old Testament, KJV
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him.
2 Samuel 23:32 Old Testament, KJV
Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
1 Chronicles 8:33 Old Testament, KJV
And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
1 Chronicles 8:34 Old Testament, KJV
And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah.
1 Chronicles 9:39 Old Testament, KJV
And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
1 Chronicles 9:40 Old Testament, KJV
And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micah.
1 Chronicles 20:7 Old Testament, KJV
But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
1 Chronicles 27:25 Old Testament, KJV
And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:
1 Chronicles 27:32 Old Testament, KJV
Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:
2 Chronicles 17:8 Old Testament, KJV
And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.
Nehemiah 12:18 Old Testament, KJV
Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
Jeremiah 37:15 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
Jeremiah 37:20 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
Jeremiah 38:26 Old Testament, KJV
Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3083, grouped by book.

Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 37 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 23 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 7 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H3083 FAQ

What does yehonathan (יְהוֹנָתָן) mean?

Yehonathan (Strong's H3083) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Jonathan". Yhownathan (yeh-ho-naw-thawn') n/p. 1. Jehovah-given 2. Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites

How many times is yehonathan (יְהוֹנָתָן) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 73 linked usages for Strong's H3083 across 7 books.

Where can I study yehonathan (יְהוֹנָתָן) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3083 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate yehonathan (יְהוֹנָתָן)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as jonathan, jehonathan, name, and jonathan's. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.