Hebrew word · H3122

יוֹנָדָב

yonadav

Jonadab

Appears 7 times in 6 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.13.3;

son of: Shimeah (H8093); also called Jonathan at 2Sa.21.21; 1x27.32;

§ Jonadab or Jehonadab = "Jehovah is willing"

1) a son of Rechab, chief of the Rechabites, in the time of Jehu and Ahab

2) a nephew of David

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

2 Samuel · 4

  1. 2 Samuel 13:3 יֽוֹנָדָ֔ב וְי֣וֹנָדָ֔ב [was] Jonadab, and Jonadab

    Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

  2. 2 Samuel 13:32 יוֹנָדָ֣ב׀ Jonadab

    But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.

  3. 2 Samuel 13:35 יֽוֹנָדָב֙ Jonadab

    So Jonadab said to the king, “Look, the sons of the king have arrived! It is just as your servant said.”

Jeremiah · 3

  1. Jeremiah 35:6 יוֹנָדָ֨ב Jonadab

    “We do not drink wine,” they replied, “for our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us, ‘Neither you nor your descendants are ever to drink wine.

    Here: The clan's founding figure, a shortened form of Yehonadab, a name built on Israel's God (YHWH) and a root meaning willing or generous. He is almost certainly the zealous ally of King Jehu against Baal worship in 2 Kings 10:15-23.

  2. Jeremiah 35:10 יוֹנָדָ֥ב Jonadab

    But we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done exactly as our forefather Jonadab commanded us.

  3. Jeremiah 35:19 לְיוֹנָדָ֧ב to Jonadab

    this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’”

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