Jonathan: meaning of the name

Jonathan in Hebrew and Greek

People named Jonathan in the Bible

• Jonathan, son of Saul

  83 verses · first mentioned in 1 Samuel 13:2

• Jonathan, son of Abiathar

  6 verses · first mentioned in 2 Samuel 15:27

• Jonathan, son of Shage

  2 verses · first mentioned in 2 Samuel 23:32

• Jonathan, son of Jada

  2 verses · first mentioned in 1 Chronicles 2:32 · Tribe of Judah

• Jonathan

  2 verses · first mentioned in Jeremiah 37:15

• Jonathan, son of Gershom

  1 verse · first mentioned in Judges 18:30

• Jonathan

  1 verse · first mentioned in Ezra 8:6

• Jonathan, son of Asahel

  1 verse · first mentioned in Ezra 10:15

• Jonathan

  1 verse · first mentioned in Nehemiah 12:14

• Jonathan, son of Shemaiah

  1 verse · first mentioned in Nehemiah 12:35

• Jonathan, son of Kareah

  1 verse · first mentioned in Jeremiah 40:8

Jonathan in Scripture

“Jonathan” appears in 105 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• Judges 18:30

  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 13:2

  Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth–el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

• 1 Samuel 13:3

  And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

• 1 Samuel 13:16

  And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

• 1 Samuel 13:22

  So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

• 1 Samuel 14:1

  Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father.

• 1 Samuel 14:3

  And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I–chabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord’s priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

• 1 Samuel 14:4

  And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.