Lexical Definition

‎יוֹנָתָן‎ Yôwnâthân (yo-naw-thawn') Jonathan ^N:N-M-P
a form of ‎יְהוֹנָתָן‎

Jonathan.

• § Jonathan or Jehonathan = "Jehovah has given"
• Jonathan, the name of ten Israelites

1) a son of king Saul and a friend of David
2) a son of the high priest Abiathar and the last descendant of Eli of whom we hear
3) one of David's mighty warriors
4) a Levite and father of Zechariah, a priest who blew the trumpet at the dedication of the wall
5) a son of Kareah and a brother of Johanan; a Judaite captain after the fall of Jerusalem
6) another Judaite
7) father of Ebed in the time of Ezra
8) son of Asahel in the time of Ezra
9) a priest of the family of Melicu in the time of Nehemiah
10) son of Joiada and his successor to the high priesthood in the time of Nehemiah

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.12.14

Profile

Male • Returned priest • Head of priestly family of Malluchi

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Jonathan was the head of the priestly family of Malluchi during the high priesthood of Joiakim.

• A priest living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.12.14;
• only referred to as Jonathan יוֹנָתָן.

In Nehemiah 12:14, Jonathan is listed as the head of the priestly family of Malluchi (or Malluch) during the days of Joiakim the high priest. This was in the post-exilic period after the return from Babylon, likely in the late 5th century BC. The priests were organized into groupings called families, with a head over each family. Nehemiah 12 records the heads of priestly families in the generations after the first exiles returned under Jeshua the high priest (Nehemiah 12:1-7) and then in the time of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12-21).

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