jonathan

«jonathan» in Mova's school dictionary: a common boy's first name — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (Jonathan — a boy's name)

meaning for a pupil

1) Jonathan is a common boy's first name. tree →

2) (Bible) In the Old Testament, Jonathan was the son of King Saul and the loyal best friend of David. tree →

sense in the lessons

In religious education the friendship of David and Jonathan is a famous Bible example of loyal, loving friendship: Jonathan helped David escape when Saul wanted to kill him. In everyday life Jonathan is a common name, short forms Jon or Jonny. In stories it is just a character's name.

examples

• Jonathan is the new boy in our class. tree →
• In the Bible, Jonathan loved David like a brother. tree →
• Jonathan warned David to run away from King Saul. tree →
• We call him Jon for short. tree →
• Jonathan scored the winning goal. tree →
• The story of David and Jonathan teaches us about true friendship. tree →
• Jonathan Swift wrote «Gulliver's Travels». tree →

note

A name, so always with a capital J. The name comes from Hebrew and means «God has given». Spellings vary: Jonathan, Jonathon, Johnathan.

In the corpora

• Jonathan, a giant tortoise on the island of St Helena, hatched around 1832 and is the oldest known living land animal.
• Jonathan, a giant tortoise on St Helena who hatched around 1832, is thought to be the oldest known living land animal.
• In 1712 Jonathan Swift called for rules to stop English changing; people have complained about young people "ruining" English for centuries.
• Jonathan, King Saul's son, became David's best friend and protected him from Saul's jealousy.
• And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «jonathan» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.