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Jonathan may refer to:

In people:

• Jonathan (name), a first name
• Jonathan (Samuel), son of King Saul of Israel and friend of David, in the Books of Samuel
• Jonathan (Judges), figure in the Book of Judges
• Jonathan, minor Biblical figure, son of Abiathar the priest
• Jonathan, son of Shage the Hararite, one of King David's Warriors
• Jonathan Maccabaeus, Hasmonean High Priest, brother and successor of Judas Maccabeus
• Jonathan, Count of Carinola (died 1094), Italian noble
• Jonathan of Dunblane (died c. 1210), Scottish churchman and prelate
• Jonathan of Gaeta (died 1121), Norman noble, Duke of Gaeta
• Jonathan of Tusculum (died before 1167), Italian noble, count of Tusculum
• Goodluck Jonathan (born 1957), Vice President and Acting President of Nigeria

In fiction:

• Jonathan (30 Rock), a character in the American sitcom 30 Rock
• Jonathan (Buffy comic), a 2001 comic book based on the American TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Jonathan E, the central character in the 1975 film Rollerball
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the title character of a novel by Richard Bach
• Jonathan of Conté, a member of the ruling family of Tortall in Tamora Pierce's Tortall series
• Brother Jonathan, a personification of the United States

In other uses:

• Jonathan (apple), a variety of apple
• Jonathan (tortoise), a Seychelles Giant tortoise that lives on the island of St Helena
• Jonathan, Minnesota, a "new town" development in Chaska, Minnesota, US
• Jonathan the Husky, the mascot of the University of Connecticut

See also

• All pages beginning with "Jonathan"
• Jonatan

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English

Etymology

From Hebrew יְהוֹנָתָן (Yəhonatan), יוֹנָתָן (Yonatan), meaning "whom the Lord gave".

Proper noun

Jonathan

1. (Biblical) A son of Saul and friend of David, and other Old Testament persons.
2. A male given name of biblical origin, often falsely considered a variant of John.

Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), 1 Samuel 18:1:

  And it came to pass, when he had made an end to speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

• 1936 Frank O'Connor, In The Train. The Stories of Frank O'Connor, Knopf, 1952. page 166:

  "Well indeed," said Foley, "'tis a mystery to me how the sergeant puts up with her. If any woman up and called me an outlandish name like Jonathan when everyone knew my name was plain John I'd do fourteen days for her - by God, I would, and a calendar month."

• 1998 Barbara Vine, The Chimney Sweeper's Boy, ISBN 0670879274, page 168:

  So I'd change to names I really like. I mean, Jonathan. If I ever have a son I'm going to call him Jonathan, so I'd have that. And then I like monosyllabic surnames that aren't too common, so I'd have Dean or Bell or King. There you are, how about Jonathan King?

Related terms

• nonstandard spellings: Jonathon, Johnathan
• pet forms: Jon, Jonty, Nathan

Translations

Danish

Proper noun

Jonathan

1. A male given name,the modern spelling of biblical Jonatan.

French

Proper noun

Jonathan

1. (Biblical) Jonathan.
2. A male given name.

German

Proper noun

Jonathan

1. (Biblical) Jonathan.
2. A male given name.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Jonathan

1. A male given name,the modern spelling of biblical Jonatan.

Swedish

Proper noun

Jonathan

1. A male given name, a spelling variant of Jonatan.

From BibleWiki

whom Jehovah gave, the name of fifteen or more persons that are mentioned in Scripture. The chief of these are,

1. A Levite descended from Gershom (Jdg 18:30). His history is recorded in 17:7-13 and 18:30. The Rabbins changed this name into Manasseh "to screen the memory of the great lawgiver from the stain of having so unworthy an apostate among his near descendants." He became priest of the idol image at Dan, and this office continued in his family till the Captivity.
2. The eldest son of king Saul, and the bosom friend of David. He is first mentioned when he was about thirty years of age, some time after his father's accession to the throne (1Sam 13:2). Like his father, he was a man of great strength and activity (2 Sam 1:23), and excelled in archery and slinging (1Chr 12:2;2 Sam 1:22). The affection that evidently subsisted between him and his father was interrupted by the growth of Saul's insanity. At length, "in fierce anger," he left his father's presence and cast in his lot with the cause of David (1Sam 20:34). After an eventful career, interwoven to a great extent with that of David, he fell, along with his father and his two brothers, on the fatal field of Gilboa (1Sam 31:2, 8). He was first buried at Jabesh-gilead, but his remains were afterwards removed with those of his father to Zelah, in Benjamin (2 Sam 21:12-14). His death was the occasion of David's famous elegy of "the Song of the Bow" (2 Sam 1:17-27). He left one son five years old, Merib-baal, or Mephibosheth (2 Sam 4:4; comp. 1Chr 8:34).
3. Son of the high priest Abiathar, and one who adhered to David at the time of Absalom's rebellion (2 Sam 15:27, 36). He is the last descendant of Eli of whom there is any record.
4. Son of Shammah, and David's nephew, and also one of his chief warriors (2 Sam 21:21). He slew a giant in Gath.

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