Yᵉhôwchânân — H3076

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jehochanan, the name of eight Israelites

1. Jehohanan = "Jehovah has graced"
2. a priest during the high priesthood of Joiakim who returned with Zerubbabel
3. a high priest in the time of Ezra
4. a Levite priest who took part in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah
5. son of Tobiah
6. a Korhite Levite and one of the doorkeepers to the tabernacle in the time of David
7. a captain of Judah under king Jehoshaphat
8. an Ephraimite
9. an Israelite with a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
10. a Jewish captain after the fall of Jerusalem
11. the eldest son of king Josiah
12. a post-exilic prince of the line of David
13. father of Azariah, priest in Solomon's time
14. a Benjamite, one of David's mighty warriors
15. a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors
16. a returning exile

Usually translated as

Jehohanan, Johanan

Origin

from H3068 and H2603; Jehovah-favored

• Derived from Yᵉhôvâh (H3068)
• Derived from Chânan (H2603)

Occurrences

Yᵉhôwchânân occurs 9 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (3), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (3)

• 1 Chronicles 26:3 — Elam the fifth, Jehohanan (יְהוֹחָנָ֣ן) the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
• 2 Chronicles 17:15 — And next to him was Jehohanan (יְהוֹחָנָ֣ן) the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand.
• 2 Chronicles 23:1 — And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan (יְ֠הוֹחָנָן), and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
• 2 Chronicles 28:12 — Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan (יְהֽוֹחָנָן֙), Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,
• Ezra 10:6 — Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan (יְהוֹחָנָ֣ן) the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
• Ezra 10:28 — Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan (יְהוֹחָנָ֥ן), Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
• Nehemiah 6:18 — For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan (וִֽיהוֹחָנָ֣ן) had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
• Nehemiah 12:13 — Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan (יְהוֹחָנָֽן);
• Nehemiah 12:42 — And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan (וִֽיהוֹחָנָ֥ן), and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.