Jehohanan - Definition and Meaning, Bible Dictionary

Dictionaries - Easton's Bible Dictionary - Jehohanan

Jehohanan [N] [H] [S]

Jehovah-granted, Jeroboam II.

A Korhite, the head of one of the divisions of the temple porters ( 1 Chronicles 26:3 ).

One of Jehoshaphat's "captains" ( 2 Chronicles 17:15 ).

The father of Azariah ( 2 Chronicles 28:12 ).

The son of Tobiah, an enemy of the Jews ( Nehemiah 6:18 ).

Nehemiah 12:42 .

Nehemiah 12:13 .

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M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.

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Bibliography Information

Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Jehohanan". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

Dictionaries - Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Jehohanan

Jehohanan [N] [E] [S]

grace

Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names. Public Domain. Copy freely.

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Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Jehohanan'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.

Dictionaries - Smith's Bible Dictionary - Jehohanan

Jehohanan [N] [E] [H]

(whom Jehovah gave ), a name of which John is the contraction.

A Korhite Levite, one of the doorkeepers to the tabernacle. ( 1 Chronicles 26:3 ) comp. 1Chr 25:1 (B.C. 1014.)
One of the principal men of Judah under King Jehoshaphat. ( 2 Chronicles 17:15 ) comp. 2Chr 17:13 and 2Chr 17:19 (B.C. 910.)
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.)
One of the Bene-Bebai who was forced to put away his foreign wife. ( Ezra 10:28 ) (B.C. 459.)
A priest, ( Nehemiah 12:13 ) during the high priesthood of Joiakim. ver. ( Nehemiah 12:12 ) (B.C. 406.)
A priest who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. ( Nehemiah 12:42 ) (B.C. 446.)

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
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Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Jehohanan'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

Encyclopedias - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jehohanan

JEHOHANAN

je-ho-ha'-nan (yehochanan, "Yahweh is (or has been) gracious"):

(1) A Korahite 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 12:22,23 = "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).

David Francis Roberts

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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JEHOHANAN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.