יְהוֹחָנָן

Strong’s Definition

Jehochanan, the name of eight Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H2603 (חָנַן); Jehovah-favored;

KJV Usage

Jehohanan, Johanan. Compare H3110 (יוֹחָנָן).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yᵉhôwchânân; Pronunciation: yeh-ho-khaw-nawn'

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