yehonatan · Jonathan

What it means

yehonatan (יְהוֹנָתָן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Jonathan”.

The long form ("Jehonathan") of the same name as יוֹנָתָן; the Hebrew uses both for the same people, and this translation spells them alike. It means "YHWH has given".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Samuel×43
• 2 Samuel×25
• 1 Chronicles×7
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Jeremiah×3

• 1 Samuel 14:6

  Jonathan said to the young man who carried his weapons, “Come, let us cross over to the post of these uncircumcised; perhaps YHWH will act for us, for there is no hindrance for YHWH to save by many or by few.”

• 1 Samuel 14:8

  Jonathan said, “Look, we are crossing over to the men, and we will show ourselves to them.

• 1 Samuel 18:1

  And it came about, when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

• 1 Samuel 18:3

  Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

• 1 Samuel 18:4

  Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, and his garment, and even his sword, and even his bow, and even his belt.

• 1 Samuel 19:2

  Jonathan told David, saying, “Saul my father is seeking to put you to death. Now therefore, be on your guard, please, in the morning, and stay in a hidden place and hide yourself.

• 1 Samuel 19:4

  Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, for he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds are very good for you.

• 1 Samuel 19:6

  Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, “As YHWH lives, he shall not be put to death.”

• 1 Samuel 19:7

  Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these words. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was before him as before.

• 1 Samuel 20:1

  David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity, and what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”

• 1 Samuel 20:3

  David swore again and said, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, as YHWH lives and as your soul lives, there is but as it were a step between me and death.”

• 1 Samuel 20:4

  Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul says, I will do it for you.”

• 1 Samuel 20:5

  David said to Jonathan, “Look, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should surely sit with the king to eat; but let me go, and I will hide in the field until the evening of the third day.

• 1 Samuel 20:9

  Jonathan said, “Far be it from you! For if I should indeed know that the evil is decided on the part of my father to come upon you, would I not tell it to you?”

• 1 Samuel 20:10

  David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me whether your father answers you harshly?”

• 1 Samuel 20:11

  Jonathan said to David, “Come, let us go out into the field.” And the two of them went out into the field.

• 1 Samuel 20:12

  Jonathan said to David, “YHWH, Elohim of Israel! When I sound out my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, and look, there is good toward David, will I not then send to you and make it known to you?

• 1 Samuel 20:13

  So may YHWH do to Jonathan and so may he add: if it seems good to my father to bring the evil upon you, I will make it known to you and send you away, and you shall go in peace. And may YHWH be with you, as he was with my father.

• 1 Samuel 20:16

  Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David: “May YHWH call them to account at the hand of the enemies of David.”

• 1 Samuel 20:17

  And Jonathan again made David swear by his love for him, for he loved him with the love of his soul.

• 1 Samuel 20:18

  Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.

• 1 Samuel 20:25

  The king sat on his seat, as at other times, on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan rose, and Abner sat at the side of Saul, and the place of David was empty.

• 1 Samuel 20:27

  And it came about on the day after the new moon, the second day, that the place of David was empty; and Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why has the son of Jesse not come either yesterday or today to the meal?”

• 1 Samuel 20:28

  Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked of me to go as far as Bethlehem.

• 1 Samuel 20:30

  The anger of Saul burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “Son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you are choosing the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the nakedness of your mother?

• 1 Samuel 20:32

  Jonathan answered Saul his father and said to him, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”

• 1 Samuel 20:33

  Saul hurled the spear at him to strike him, and Jonathan knew that it was decided on the part of his father to put to death David.

• 1 Samuel 20:34

  Jonathan rose from the table in hot anger, and he did not eat bread on the second day of the new moon, for he was grieved for David, because his father had put him to shame.

• 1 Samuel 20:35

  And it came about in the morning that Jonathan went out to the field at the time appointed with David, and a little boy was with him.

• 1 Samuel 20:37

  The boy came as far as the place of the arrow that Jonathan had shot, and Jonathan called after the boy and said, “Is not the arrow beyond you?”

• 1 Samuel 20:38

  Jonathan called after the boy, “Quickly, hurry, do not stand still!” And the boy of Jonathan gathered the arrows and came to his master.

• 1 Samuel 20:39

  But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

• 1 Samuel 20:40

  Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy who was with him, and said to him, “Go, take them to the city.”

• 1 Samuel 20:42

  Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, since we have sworn, both of us, in the name of YHWH, saying, ‘YHWH shall be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.’” He rose and went, and Jonathan went into the city.

• 1 Samuel 23:16

  Jonathan son of Saul arose and went to David at Horesh and strengthened his hand in Elohim.

• 1 Samuel 23:18

  The two of them made a covenant before YHWH; David stayed at Horesh, and Jonathan went to his house.

• 1 Samuel 31:2

  The Philistines kept close after Saul and his sons, and the Philistines struck Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.

• 2 Samuel 1:4

  David said to him, “What happened in the matter? Report it to me, please.” He said, “That the people fled from the battle, and also many of the people fell and died; and also Saul and Jonathan his son are dead.”

• 2 Samuel 1:5

  David said to the young man who was reporting it to him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”

• 2 Samuel 1:12

  They lamented and wept and fasted until the evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son and for the people of YHWH and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

And 40 more times.