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Prof. Barbara Newman, Northwestern University
from 2006 Bible Literary project

Jonathan 约拿单

图片说明： Jonathan (right) and David
图片版权： V. Gilbert and Arlisle F. Beers

圣经经文

撒母耳记上13：2

意思

此名源于希伯来文יְהוֹנָתָן(Yehonatan)（缩写为יוֹנָתָן (Yonatan)），意思为“上帝的给予”或者“上帝的礼物”。旧约《撒母耳记》形容他為扫罗的大儿子，大卫最好的朋友。尽管扫罗很妒忌大卫，约拿单仍然是大卫的好朋友，帮助他躲藏脫險。大卫得知约拿单在反抗非利士人的战役中被杀害後感到悲痛不已，大卫形容他们之間的兄弟之爱超越了对女性的爱。

性别

男

例句

Keywords

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