Jehohanan

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Jehohanan 1 .   1 Chronicles 26:3 a Korahite doorkeeper. 2.   2 Chronicles 17:15 one of Jehoshaphat’s five captains. 3.  Ezra 10:6 ( Jonas ,   Esther 9:1  Esther 9:1; Johanan ,   Nehemiah 12:22-23; Jonathan ,   Nehemiah 12:11 ) high priest. He is called son of Eliashib in   Ezra 10:6 ,   Nehemiah 12:23 , but was probably his grandson, Joiada being his father (  Nehemiah 12:11;   Nehemiah 12:22 ). 4.  Ezra 10:28 (= Joannes , 1E  Esther 9:29 ), one of those who had taken ‘strange’ wives. 5.  Nehemiah 6:18  Nehemiah 6:18 son of Tobiah the Ammonite. 6.   Nehemiah 12:13 a priest in the days of Joiakim. 7.   Nehemiah 12:42 a priest present at the dedication of the walls.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Ezra 10:6 Nehemiah 12:22-23  Nehemiah 13:4  Ezra 10:28 3 Nehemiah 6:18MeshullamTobiah

4. Head of a priestly family about 450 B.C. ( Nehemiah 12:13 ).  5 . Priest who helped Nehemiah celebrate completion of Jerusalem wall ( Nehemiah 12:42 ).  6 . A Levite and gatekeeper ( 1 Chronicles 26:3 ).  7 . A military commander under King Jehoshaphat of Judah ( 2 Chronicles 17:15 ).  8 . Father of a military commander under Jehoiada, the high priest, in the assassination of Queen Athaliah and the installation of Joash as king of Judah about 835 B.C. 9. Father of military captain under King Pekah of Israel ( 2 Chronicles 28:12 ).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Jeho'hanan. (Whom Jehovah Gave). A name of which John is the contraction.

1. A Korhite Levite, one of the doorkeepers to the Tabernacle.  1 Chronicles 26:3. Compare  1 Chronicles 25:1. (B.C. 1014).

2. One of the principal men of Judah, under King Jehoshaphat.  2 Chronicles 17:15. Compare  2 Chronicles 17:13 and  2 Chronicles 17:19. (B.C. 910).

3. Father of Ishmael, one of the "captains of hundreds," whom Jehoiada, the priest, took into his confidence, about the restoration of the line of Judah.  2 Chronicles 23:1. (B.C. 910).

4. One of the Bene-Bebai, (that is, sons of Bebai), who was forced to put away his foreign wife.  Ezra 10:28. (B.C. 459).

5. A priest,  Nehemiah 12:13, during the high priesthood of Joiakim.  Nehemiah 12:12. (B.C. 406).

6. A priest, who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem.  Nehemiah 12:42. (B.C. 446).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("Jehovah's gift".) The New Testament John, meaning the same as Theodore.

1.  1 Chronicles 26:1, margin 3; of the sons of Ebiasaph (not Asaph, who was a Gershonite not Kohathite).

2. The captain of 280,000 in and about Jerusalem under Jehoshaphat ( 2 Chronicles 17:13;  2 Chronicles 17:15;  2 Chronicles 17:19). Probably the same as the father of Ishmael, the captain who helped Jehoiada against Athaliah ( 2 Chronicles 23:1).

3.  Ezra 10:28.

4.  Nehemiah 12:2;  Nehemiah 12:12-13.  Nehemiah 12:5.  Nehemiah 12:40-42.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Meshelemiah, a Korhite.  1 Chronicles 26:3 .

2. Captain in the days of Jehoshaphat.  2 Chronicles 17:15 .

3. Father of Ishmael one of the captains of Jehoiada.  2 Chronicles 23:1 .

4. One who had married a strange wife.  Ezra 10:28 .

5. Priest 'of Amariah.'  Nehemiah 12:13 .

6. Priest who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem.  Nehemiah 12:42 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Nehemiah 12:13 .

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Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Jehohanan'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/j/jehohanan.html. 1897.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Yehochanan', יְחֹוֹחָנָן Jehovah-Granted , q.d. Θεοδῶρος ), the name of several men. (See Johanan); (See John), etc.

1. (Sept. Ι᾿Ωνάν ) A Korhite and head of the sixth division of Levitical Temple porters ( 1 Chronicles 26:3). B.C. 1014.

2. (Sept. Ι᾿Ωανάν ) Jehoshaphat's second "captain," in command of 280,000 (?) men ( 2 Chronicles 17:15); probably the same whose son Ishmael supported Jehoiada in his restoration of prince Jehoash ( 2 Chronicles 23:1). B.C. cir. 910.

3. (Sept. Ι᾿Ωανάν , Auth. Vers. "Johanan.") The father of Azariah, which latter was one of the Ephraimite chiefs who insisted upon the return of the captives from the rival kingdom ( 2 Chronicles 28:12). B.C. ante 738.

4. (Sept. Ι᾿Ωανάν , A. Vers. "Johanan.") A priest, the "son" of Eliashib, into whose chamber Ezra retired to bewail the profligacy of his countrymen in marrying Gentile wives ( Ezra 10:6); doubtless the same elsewhere called JOHANAN in the original ( Nehemiah 12:22-23) and perhaps identical with No. 7 below.

5. (Sept. Ι᾿Ωανάν ) One of the "sons" of Bebai, who divorced his Gentile wife after the Babylonian exile ( Ezra 10:28). B.C. 459.

6. (Sept. Ι᾿Ωνάθαν v.r. Ι᾿Ωνάν , Auth. Vers. "Johanan.") Son of Tobiah, the Samaritan enemy of the Jews; and son-in-law of Meshullam ( Nehemiah 6:18). B.C. 446.

7. (Sept. Ι᾿Ωνάν ) One of the priests who celebrated with music the reparation of the walls of Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 12:42). B.C. 446. He was perhaps the same with No. 4 or No. 8.

8. (Sept. Ι᾿Ωανάν ) A leading priest, the "son" of Amariah and contemporary with Joiakim ( Nehemiah 12:13). B.C. cir. 406. He may have been identical with the preceding.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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

(1) A K orahite doorkeeper in David's reign, "son" of Meshelemiah ( 1 Chronicles 26:3 ). Septuagint, Luc, has "Jehonathan."

(2) One of the five captains over King Jehoshaphat's army ( 2 Chronicles 17:15 ), probably father of Ishmael, "son of Jehohanan" ( 2 Chronicles 23:1 ).

(3)  Ezra 10:6 (the King James Version has "Johnnan") = "Johanan" of   Nehemiah 12:22 ,  Nehemiah 12:23 = "Jonathan" of   Nehemiah 12:11 , "son" of Eliashib ( Ezra 10:6; but "grandson" in  Nehemiah 12:11 ). 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 ( Ezra 10:28 ) = "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 ( Nehemiah 6:18 , the King James Version "Johanan").

(6) Head of the priestly family of Amariah ( Nehemiah 12:13 ).

(7) A priest present at the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 12:42 ).

(8) The name in the Hebrew of  2 Chronicles 28:12 . See Johanan , (7).