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title: יוֹחָנָן — Johanan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יוֹחָנָן (3110), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 24 times: Johanan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יוֹחָנָן

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«יוֹחָנָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Johanan** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 24 times · **Key:** 3110 · **BDB:** יְהוֹחָנָן

### Glosses

Johanan (22); \[was\].Johanan (1); of.Johanan (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Johanan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3110/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3110/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** † יְהוֹחָנָן, יוֹחָנָן n.pr.m. 𝔊 mostly Ἰωαναν, Ἰωναν (י׳ hath been gracious, cf. אֶלְחָנָן, חֲנַנְאֵל \& reff.; also Ph. יחנבעל בעליחן)— יְהוֹ׳ a priest Ne 12:13; high priest Ezr 10:6 = יוֹחָנָן Ne 12:22, 23 appar. = יוֹנָתָן Ne 12:11(×2) (𝔊 Ἰωναθαν). יְהוֹ׳ Levite Ne 12:42. יְהוֹ׳ son of Tobiah Ne 6:18 (𝔊 Codd. Ἰωναθαν). יְהוֹ׳ porter in David’s time 1 Ch 26:3 (𝔊 Ἰωνας, 𝔊L Ἰωναθαν). יְהוֹ׳ a Judaite captain 2 Ch 17:15 appar. also 23:1. יְהוֹ׳ an Ephraimite 2 Ch 28:12. יְהוֹ׳ an Israelite, Ezra’s time Ezr 10:28. יוֹ׳ (\& so all foll.) a Jewish captain, after fall of Jerus. 2 K 25:23; Je 40:8, 13, 15, 16; 41:11, 13, 14, 15, 16; 42:1, 8; 43:2, 4, 5 eldest son of king Josiah 1 Ch 3:15 𝔊L ͂Ἰωαχας (appar. = יְהוֹאָחָז 2 K 23:30 +). a post-exilic prince of the line of David 1 Ch 3:24. father of Azariah, priest in Sol.’s time 1 Ch 5:35, 36. two of David’s mighty men: a Benjamite 1 Ch 12:5; a Gadite 1 Ch 12:13. a returning exile Ezr 8:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יוֹחָנָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3110/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 12:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.12.13/)

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יֽוֹחָנָן֙ הַשְּׁמִינִ֔י אֶלְזָבָ֖ד הַתְּשִׁיעִֽי׃

*Word for word:* Johanan \[was\].the eighth Elzabad \[was\].the ninth

*JPS 1917:* Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth;

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[1 Chronicles 5:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.5.35/)

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וַאֲחִימַ֙עַץ֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־עֲזַרְיָ֔ה וַעֲזַרְיָ֖ה הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־יוֹחָנָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and Ahimaaz he.fathered (et) Azariah and Azariah he.fathered (et) Johanan

*JPS 1917:* and Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan;

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