The meaning of “יוֹחָנָן”

Understanding Yôwchânân reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

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Hebrew Text

Strong's Concordance

יוֹחָנָן

Phoneticyo-khaw-nawn'

TransliterationYôwchânân

Grammar Code

N:N-M-P

Noun

Strong's Definition

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

a form of יְהוֹחָנָן Johanan. - § Johanan = "Jehovah has graced" - Jochanan, the name of nine Israelites 1) a priest during the high priesthood of Joiakim who returned with Zerubbabel 2) a Jewish captain after the fall of Jerusalem 3) the eldest son of king Josiah 4) a post-exilic prince of the line of David 5) father of Azariah, priest in Solomon's time 6) a Benjamite, one of David's mighty warriors 7) a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors 8) a returning exile

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

24 total references

Reference	Text
2 Kings 25:23	“And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.”
1 Chronicles 6:10	“And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)”
Ezra 8:12	“And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.”
Nehemiah 12:23	“The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.”
Jeremiah 41:15	“But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.”

Usage Statistics

Total Occurrences

24x

Most Frequent Book

Jeremiah

Book Distribution

2 Kings1

1 Chronicles6

Ezra1

Nehemiah2

Jeremiah14

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