יוֹנָתָן
yo.na.tan
Jonathan
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Jonathan (יוֹנָתָן) Based on the lexicon data provided, Jonathan is a proper name in Hebrew that appears only once in the biblical text. As a proper noun, it functions as a personal identifier rather than a word with semantic meaning that can be analyzed for definition or usage range in the traditional sense. The single occurrence of this form limits what can be determined about its significance or how it was deployed across biblical narratives. Proper names in biblical Hebrew typically served to identify individuals, and Jonathan would have functioned in this capacity. However, without additional occurrence data or contextual information from the lexicon entry itself, broader claims about the name's importance or the identity of the person bearing it cannot be substantiated from the provided information alone.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence across the text