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Jonas vs Jonathan - What's the difference?

jonas | jonathan |

As proper nouns the difference between jonas and jonathan

is that jonas is (label) , equivalent to english (jonah), (jonas) while jonathan is a son of saul, first mentioned in 1 samuel.

As a noun jonathan is

(en) an apple cultivar from new york.

jonas

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • of Biblical derivation; the New Testament Greek form of Jonah.
  • * :
  • For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

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    jonathan

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A son of Saul, first mentioned in 1 Samuel.
  • * :
  • 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.
  • of biblical origin.
  • * 1936 (w, Frank O'Connor), In The Train . The Stories of Frank O'Connor, Knopf, 1952. page 166:
  • "Well indeed," said Foley, "'tis a mystery to me how the sergeant puts up with her. If any woman up and called me an outlandish name like Jonathan when everyone knew my name was plain John I'd do fourteen days for her - by God, I would, and a calendar month."
  • * 1998 , The Chimney Sweeper's Boy , ISBN 0670879274, page 168:
  • So I'd change to names I really like. I mean, Jonathan'. If I ever have a son I'm going to call him '''Jonathan''', so I'd have that. And then I like monosyllabic surnames that aren't too common, so I'd have Dean or Bell or King. There you are, how about ' Jonathan King?

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (en) An apple cultivar from New York.