International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Jehohanan

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Jehohanan


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jē-hō̇-hā´nan (יהוחנן, yehōḥānān, “Yahweh is (or has been) gracious”):

(1) A Korahite doorkeeper in David's reign, “son” of Meshelemiah (). Septuagint, Luc, has “Jehonathan.”

(2) One of the five captains over King Jehoshaphat's army (), probably father of Ishmael, “son of Jehohanan” ().

(3) (the King James Version has “Johnnan”) = “Johanan” of , = “Jonathan” of , “son” of Eliashib (; but “grandson” in ). He was high priest in Ezra's time = “Jonas” in 1 Esdras 9:1 (the King James Version “Joanan”).

(4) One of those who had married foreign wives () = “Joannes” the Revised Version (British and American), “Johannes” the King James Version (1 Esdras 9:29).

(5) Son of Tobiah, the Ammonite, Nehemiah's opponent (, the King James Version “Johanan”).

(6) Head of the priestly family of Amariah ().

(7) A priest present at the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem ().

(8) The name in the Hebrew of . See JOHANAN, (7).