Nathans

Proper noun

Nathan (countable and uncountable, plural Nathans)

1. An Old Testament prophet who advised King David.
   • And Dauids anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liueth, the man that hath done this thing, shall surely die. And he shall restore the Lambe fourefold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pittie. And Nathan said to Dauid, Thou art the man: […]1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 12:5–7
2. The fourth son of King David and father of Mattatha
   • the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 5:14
3. A male given name from Hebrew, of Biblical origin.
   • I used to envy my brother his name, and recall once accusing my mother of having favored him, else why did she name me Nathan and him Philip, tell me that, ma, tell me that. He had king Philip and if day-dreaming that association wasn't pleasure enough, there was the then movie star, Phillips...1972, Nate Perlmutter, A Bias of Reflections: Confessions of an Incipient Old Jew, Arlington House, →ISBN, page 27
4. An English surname originating as a patronymic.
5. An Ashkenazi surname from Hebrew [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant of Natan.
6. A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; named for Matthew Nathan, 13th Governor of Queensland.

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