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jonathan
Jon·a·than
UK/ˈd͡ʒɒnəθən/US, dialectal/ˈd͡ʒɑnəθən/Canada, dialectal/ˈd͡ʒɒnəθɪn/Australia/ˈd͡ʒɔnəθɪn/
noun
What it means
- An instrument used by smokers to light pipes.
In a sentence
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.
Where it comes from
- Hebrewיְהוֹנָתָן
- EnglishJonathan
Borrowed from Hebrew יְהוֹנָתָן (yəhōnāṯān), יוֹנָתָן (yōnāṯān, literally “God has given”), apparently with influence from Aramaic [Term?].
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