Jeho’hanan. (whom Jehovah gave). A name of which John is the contraction.
1. A Korhite Levite, one of the doorkeepers to the Tabernacle. 1Ch 26:3. Compare 1Ch 25:1. (B.C. 1014).
2. One of the principal men of Judah, under King Jehoshaphat. 2Ch 17:15. Compare 2Ch 17:13 and 2Ch 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. 2Ch 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. Ezr 10:28. (B.C. 459).
5. A priest, Neh 12:13, during the high priesthood of Joiakim. Neh 12:12. (B.C. 406).
6. A priest, who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. Neh 12:42. (B.C. 446).
("Jehovah’s gift".) The New Testament John, meaning the same as Theodore.
1. 1Ch 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 (2Ch 17:13; 2Ch 17:15; 2Ch 17:19). Probably the same as the father of Ishmael, the captain who helped Jehoiada against Athaliah (2Ch 23:1).
3. Ezr 10:28.
4. Neh 12:2; Neh 12:12-13. Neh 12:5. Neh 12:40-42.
[Jehoha’nan]
1. Son of Meshelemiah, a Korhite. 1Ch 26:3.
2. Captain in the days of Jehoshaphat. 2Ch 17:15.
3. Father of Ishmael one of the captains of Jehoiada. 2Ch 23:1.
4. One who had married a strange wife. Ezr 10:28.
5. Priest ’of Amariah.’ Neh 12:13.
6. Priest who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. Neh 12:42.
JEHOHANAN.—1. 1Ch 26:3 a Korahite doorkeeper. 2. 2Ch 17:15 one of Jehoshaphat’s five captains. 3. Ezr 10:6 (Jonas, 1Es 9:1; Johanan, Neh 12:22-23; Jonathan, Neh 12:11) high priest. He is called son of Eliashib in Ezr 10:6, Neh 12:23, but was probably his grandson, Joiada being his father (Neh 12:11; Neh 12:22). 4. Ezr 10:28 (= Joannes, 1Es 9:29), one of those who had taken ‘strange’ wives. 5. Neh 6:18 son of Tobiah the Ammonite. 6. Neh 12:13 a priest in the days of Joiakim. 7. Neh 12:42 a priest present at the dedication of the walls.
(1) A Korahite doorkeeper in David’s reign, “son” of Meshelemiah (1Ch 26:3). Septuagint, Luc, has “Jehonathan.”
(2) One of the five captains over King Jehoshaphat’s army (2Ch 17:15), probably father of Ishmael, “son of Jehohanan” (2Ch 23:1).
(3) Ezr 10:6 (the King James Version has “Johnnan”) = “Johanan” of Neh 12:22, Neh 12:23 = “Jonathan” of Neh 12:11, “son” of Eliashib (Ezr 10:6; but “grandson” in Neh 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 (Ezr 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 (Neh 6:18, the King James Version “Johanan”).
(6) Head of the priestly family of Amariah (Neh 12:13).
(7) A priest present at the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh 12:42).
(8) The name in the Hebrew of 2Ch 28:12. See JOHANAN, (7).