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Nathan

masc. proper name, biblical prophet, from Hebrew Nathan, literally "he has given," from verb nathan, related to mattan "gift."

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Nathan (given name)

Nathan is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Hebrew verb נתן meaning to give ( standard Hebrew Natan, Yiddish Nussen or Nosson, Tiberian Hebrew Nāṯān). The meaning of the name in Jewish culture could be rendered "he [God] has given" or "he will give".

The related name Elnathan could be rendered "Gift of God". Four different people named Elnathan are mentioned in the Hebrew Bible: one at , and three in . Similar ancient names are Nathaniel, with the same meaning as Elnathan, and Jonathan which signifies "God has given". Nathan can also be used as a nickname for Nathaniel.

Familiar forms of Nathan used in English include Nat, and Nate.

Nathan (son of David)

Nathan was the third of four sons born to King David and Bathsheba in Jerusalem. He was a younger brother to Solomon.

In the New Testament, the genealogy of Jesus according to the Gospel of Luke traces Jesus' lineage back to King David through the line of Nathan, although the Gospel of Matthew traces it through Solomon. One conventional explanation, from as early as John of Damascus, is that Nathan is the ancestor of the Virgin Mary, while Solomon is the ancestor of Mary's husband Joseph.

Nathan is also mentioned to be the son of David in 2 Samuel 5:14, & 1 Chronicles 3:5 & 14:4.

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Nathan (band)

Nathan are a Canadian alternative country band formed in 2001 in Winnipeg.

After their debut independent album Stranger (Released 2001) won a Prairie Music Award for Outstanding Independent Album, the band signed to Nettwerk Records. In 2004 they released their second album, Jimson Weed, which also won two Western Canada Music Awards, two Canadian Folk Music Awards and was nominated for the Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year at the 2005 Juno Awards. In 2007, they released their third album, Key Principles, which won the award for Outstanding Roots album at the Western Canadian Music Awards and for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (group) at the 2008 Juno Awards.

The band's singer, Keri Latimer, has also written and performed as a solo artist, including contributions to the 2008 film soundtrack Frozen River and the 2010 Great Canadian Song Quest.

Nathan (prophet)
For other biblical people with this name, see Nathan (given name).

Nathan ( Nāṯan; fl. c. 1000 BC) is a person in the Hebrew Bible.

His actions are described in the Books of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles (especially , ).

According to 2 Samuel, he was a court prophet who lived in the time of King David. He announced to David the covenant God was making with him (2 Samuel 7), and he came to David to reprimand him over his committing adultery with Bathsheba while she was the wife of Uriah the Hittite whose death the King had also arranged to hide his previous transgression (2 Samuel 11-12).

According to Chronicles, Nathan wrote histories of the reigns of both David and Solomon , and was involved in the music of the temple (see 2 Chronicles 29:25).

In it is Nathan who tells the dying David of the plot of Adonijah to become king, resulting in Solomon being proclaimed king instead. Nathan presides at the anointing of King Solomon, and his name appears in the coronation anthem Zadok the Priest.

King David named one of his sons Nathan, possibly after the prophet.

The feast day of Nathan the Prophet is on 24 October. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite, he is commemorated as a saint on the Sunday of the Holy Fathers (i.e., the Sunday before the Great Feast of the Nativity of the Lord).

Nathan (surname)

Nathan is a surname derived from Hebrew נתן meaning ''Given ''or Gift from God( standard Hebrew Natan, Yiddish Nussen or Nosson, Tiberian Hebrew Nāṯān).

Nathan (footballer, born 1996)

Nathan Allan de Souza (born 13 March 1996), simply known as Nathan, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Vitesse on loan from Chelsea. Mainly an attacking midfielder, he can also play as a left winger or as a second striker.

Usage examples of "nathan".

But his advisers, especially Allen Dulles and General Nathan Twining, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had pushed and pushed and pushed.

Dated October 12, 1755, the letter was to another of his classmates and his cousin Nathan Webb.

The Green Dragon still remembered Nathan and the Dragon Masters, the group of mages who had fought the Kings in the Turning War and reduced the power of the drakes to its present state despite losing in the end.

A hundred yards away from where that bitchy redhead from New York was confronting the killer, Mason and Nathan Groomer were on the crest of a bald hill.

The situation is further complicated by another fellow, generally referred to as Nathan Kaminsky, an immigrant Jewish bootmaker, the same age and general description as both Kosminski and Cohen.

Nathan Brazil, then remade a Yaxa by the Wellone of a butterflylike race that was entirely female, the males mindless sex machines.

Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, [25]: Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, [26]: Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, [27]: Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, [28]: Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, [29]: Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, [30]: Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash, [31]: Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, [32]: Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, JoNathan, [33]: Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, [34]: Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, [35]: Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, [36]: Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, [37]: Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah, [38]: Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, [39]: Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.

Leona would sing, and Nathan with asexy little twinkle in his eye would follow every line with the words,"Without a pair of pants.

There Nathan looked out through narrow windows on the blue-glittering rim of the world, where strange auroras wove over a coldly distant horizon.

Elha’nan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, [25]: Shammah of Harod, Eli’ka of Harod, [26]: Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh of Teko’a, [27]: Abi-e’zer, of An’athoth, Mebun’nai the Hu’shathite, [28]: Zalmon the Aho’hite, Ma’harai of Netoph’ah, [29]: Heleb the son of Ba’anah of Netoph’ah, It’tai the son of Ri’bai of Gib’e-ah of the Benjaminites, [30]: Benai’ah of Pira’thon, Hid’dai of the brooks of Ga’ash, [31]: Abi-al’bon the Ar’bathite, Az’maveth of Bahu’rim, [32]: Eli’ahba of Sha-al’bon, the sons of Jashen, JoNathan, [33]: Shammah the Har’arite, Ahi’am the son of Sharar the Har’arite, [34]: Eliph’elet the son of Ahas’bai of Ma’acah, Eli’am the son of Ahith’ophel of Gilo, [35]: Hezro of Carmel, Pa’arai the Arbite, [36]: Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, [37]: Zelek the Ammonite, Na’harai of Be-er’oth, the armor-bearer of Jo’ab the son of Zeru’iah, [38]: Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, [39]: Uri’ah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.

When we were married under velvet chuppah in Ben's mother's living room by a rabbi, and we come to see all people to wish us good luck, I turn around and see my brother Nathan and Ben fight with fists.

Nathans could not understand how anyone could manage to elude his intensive demands for information, but the Cremators had done their cover-up work better than anyone could have conceived.

In the meantime the crap game continues at Nathan Detroit's among the small operators, while the other citizens stand around and say that while they hear of many a daffy proposition in their time, this is the daffiest that ever comes to their attention, although Big Nig claims he hears of a daffier one, but cannot think what it is.

It belonged to Nathan Donar III, eldest son to Governor Donar II, and a real pain in the posterior.

Nathan and his father departed for the Corellia room immediately after lunch, while Madame Donar, who had developed a headache, retired to the family's suite.