Bible Names

Jehonathan: meaning of the name

Jehonathan means “gift of the Lord; gift of a dove.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

People named Jehonathan in the Bible

Jehonathan in Scripture

“Jehonathan” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Chronicles 27:25

    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:

  • 2 Chronicles 17:8

    And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob–adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.

  • Nehemiah 12:18

    Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;