Jehonathan

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Samuel 14:8 2 2 Samuel 15:36 2 Samuel 17:20 2 Samuel 21:22 4 1 Chronicles 27:32 5 2 Samuel 23:32 6 1 Chronicles 27:25 7 Jeremiah 37:15 Jeremiah 37:20 Jeremiah 38:26 8 2 Chronicles 17:8 9 Nehemiah 12:18 10 Judges 18:30

The Hebrew text is at times inconsistent in using the longer or shorter form of the name, and modern translators are as equally inconsistent. This article follows the Hebrew text. See Jonathan .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Jehon'athan. (Whom Jehovah Gave).

1. Son of Uzziah; superintendent of certain of King David's storehouses.  1 Chronicles 27:25. (B.C. 1014).

2. One of the Levites, who were sent by Jehoshaphat, through the cities of Judah, with a book of the law, to teach the people.  2 Chronicles 17:8. (B.C. 910).

3. A priest,  Nehemiah 12:18, the representative of the family of Shemaiah,  Nehemiah 12:6, when Joiakim was high priest. (B.C. after 536).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Jehonathan . A more exact rendering of the name usually represented in English as Jonathan . In RV [Note: Revised Version.] this form occurs twice. 1.   2 Chronicles 17:8 one of the Levites sent out by Jehoshaphat with the Book of the Law to teach the people in the cities of Judah. 2.  Nehemiah 12:18  Nehemiah 12:18 the head of the priestly family of Shemaiah in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Nehemiah 12:18 .

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Jehonathan'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/j/jehonathan.html. 1897.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Uzziah, overseer of David's storehouses.  1 Chronicles 27:25 .

2. Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the people.  2 Chronicles 17:8 .

3. Priest 'of Shemaiah,' who returned from exile.  Nehemiah 12:18 . Apparently called Jonathan in  Nehemiah 12:35 .

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1.  1 Chronicles 27:25.

2.  2 Chronicles 17:8-9.

3.  Nehemiah 12:6;  Nehemiah 12:18.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Yehonathan', יְהוֹנָתָן , Jehovah Given; Sept. Ι᾿Ωνάθαν ), the full form of the name of four men.

1. The oldest son of king Saul ( 1 Samuel 14:6;  1 Samuel 14:8;  1 Samuel 14:21;  1 Samuel 18:1;  1 Samuel 18:3-4;  1 Samuel 19:2;  1 Samuel 19:4;  1 Samuel 19:6-7; 1 Samuel 20 throughout and all later passages except  1 Chronicles 10:2, in all which the A.V. has JONATHAN (See Jonathan) [q.v.], as the Hebrew likewise elsewhere has).

2. Son of Uzziah and superintendent of certain of king David's storehouses ( אֹצָרוֹת , the word rendered "treasures" earlier in the verse and in 27, 28 "cellars") ( 1 Chronicles 27:25). B.C. 1014.

3. One of the Levites who were sent by Jehoshaphat through the cities of Judah, with a book of the Law, to teach the people ( 2 Chronicles 17:8). B.C. 910.

4. A priest ( Nehemiah 12:18), and the representative of the family of Shemaiah ( Nehemiah 12:6) when Joiakim was high priest — that is, in the next generation after the return from Babylon under Zerubbabel and Jeshua. B.C. post 536.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

jē̇ - hon´a - than ( יהונתן , yehōnāthān , "Yahweh has given"): The name is the same as Jonathan: the Hebrew has the two forms for the same person sometimes; sometimes only one is found. See Jonathan . The form "Jehonathan" occurs as follows in English Versions of the Bible:

(1) A L evite who took part in teaching the Torah in the cities of Judah under Jehoshaphat ( 2 Chronicles 17:8 English Versions of the Bible and Hebrew).

(2) Head of the priestly family of Shemaiah ( Nehemiah 12:18 English Versions of the Bible and Hebrew).

(3) The King James Version and Hebrew in  1 Chronicles 27:25; see Jonathan , (7).