Jonathan

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Jonathan
       n : red late-ripening apple; primarily eaten raw

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Jonathan


     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 (Judg. 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 (1
     Sam. 13:2). Like his father, he was a man of great strength and
     activity (2 Sam. 1:23), and excelled in archery and slinging (1
     Chr. 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 (1
     Sam. 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 (1 Sam. 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. 1 Chr. 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.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Jonathan, given of God