Lexical Definition

‎יְהוֹחָנָן‎ Yᵉhôwchânân (yeh-ho-khaw-nawn') Johanan ^N:N-M-P
from ‎יְהֹוָה‎ and ‎חָנַן‎; Jehovah-favored

Jehohanan, Johanan. Compare ‎יוֹחָנָן‎.

• § Jehohanan = "Jehovah has graced"
• Jehochanan, the name of eight Israelites

1) a priest during the high priesthood of Joiakim who returned with Zerubbabel
2) a high priest in the time of Ezra
3) a Levite priest who took part in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah
4) son of Tobiah
5) a Korhite Levite and one of the doorkeepers to the tabernacle in the time of David
6) a captain of Judah under king Jehoshaphat
7) an Ephraimite
8) an Israelite with a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
9) a Jewish captain after the fall of Jerusalem
10) the eldest son of king Josiah
11) a post-exilic prince of the line of David
12) father of Azariah, priest in Solomon's time
13) a Benjamite, one of David's mighty warriors
14) a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors
15) a returning exile

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יְהוֺחָנָן‎, ‎יוֺחָנָן‎ proper name, masculine ᵐ5 mostly Ἰωαναν, Ἰωναν (‎׳‎‎י‎ hath been gracious, compare ‎אֶלְחָנָן‎ ‎חֲנַנְאֵל‎ & references; also Phoenician ‎יחנבעל בעליחן‎) —

1. a. ‎׳‎‎יְהוֺ‎ a priest Neh 12:13
b. high priest Ezra 10:6 = ‎יוֺחָנָן‎ Neh 12:22; Neh 12:23 apparently = ‎יוֺנָתָן‎ Neh 12:11 (twice in verse) (ᵐ5 Ἰωναθαν).

2. ‎׳‎‎יְהוֺ‎ Levite Neh 12:42.

3. ‎׳‎‎יְהוֺ‎ son of Tobiah Neh 6:18 (ᵐ5 Manuscripts Ἰωναθαν).

4. ‎׳‎‎יְהוֺ‎ porter in David's time 1Chr 26:3 (ᵐ5 Ἰωνας, ᵐ5^L Ἰωναθαν).

5. ‎׳‎‎יְהוֺ‎ a Judaite captain 2Chr 17:15 apparently also 2Chr 23:1.

6. ‎׳‎‎יְהוֺ‎ an Ephraimite 2Chr 28:12.

7. ‎׳‎‎יְהוֺ‎ an Israelite, Ezra's time Ezra 10:28.

8. ‎׳‎‎יוֺ‎ (& so all following) a Jewish captain, after fall of Jerusalem 2Kgs 25:23; Jer 40:8; Jer 40:13; Jer 40:15; Jer 40:16; Jer 41:11; Jer 41:13; Jer 41:14; Jer 41:15; Jer 41:16; Jer 42:1; Jer 42:8; Jer 43:2; Jer 43:4; Jer 43:5

9. eldest son of king Josiah 1Chr 3:15 ᵐ5^L Ἰωαχας (apparently = ‎יְתוֺאָחָז‎ 2Kgs 23:30 + ).

10. a post-exilic prince of the line of David 1Chr 3:24.

11. father of Azariah, priest in Solomon's time 1Chr 5:35*; 1Chr 5:36*.

12. two of David's mighty men:
a. a Benjamite 1Chr 12:5
b. a Gadite 1Chr 12:13*.

13. a returning exile Ezra 8:12.

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