Johanan

Johanan
   Whom Jehovah graciously bestows.
   1) One of the Gadite heroes who joined David in the desert of Judah (1 Chr. 12:12).
   2) The oldest of King Josiah's sons (1 Chr. 3:15).
   3) Son of Careah, one of the Jewish chiefs who rallied round Gedaliah, whom Nebuchadnezzar had made governor in Jerusalem (2 Kings 25:23; Jer. 40:8). He warned Gedaliah of the plans of Ishmael against him, a warning which was unheeded (Jer. 40:13, 16). He afterwards pursued the murderer of the governor, and rescued the captives (41:8, 13, 15, 16). He and his associates subsequently fled to Tahpanhes in Egypt (43:2, 4, 5), taking Jeremiah with them. "The flight of Gedaliah's community to Egypt extinguished the last remaining spark of life in the Jewish state. The work of the ten centuries since Joshua crossed the Jordan had been undone."

Easton's Bible Dictionary. . 1897.

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  • Johanan — Johanan, so v.w. Jochanan …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • JOHANAN — i.e. Domini gratia, donum, vel misericordiae, nomen viri. 1. Par. c. 26. v. 3. 2. Par. c. 17. v. 15. Esd. c. x. v. 28. Nehem. c. 6. v. 18. et c. 12. v. 41 …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • JOHANAN — (Heb. יוֹחָנָן; YHWH has been gracious ), the son of Kareah, the principal military officer in the entourage of gedaliah the son of Ahikam at Mizpah. After Gedaliah s assassination he led Jeremiah and other Jews down to Egypt (Jer. 40:8, 13–16;… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • JOHANAN BEN NAPPAḤA — (c. 180–c. 279), one of the most prominent Palestinian amoraim of the second generation whose teachings comprise a major portion of the Jerusalem Talmud (TJ), and a significant portion of the Babylonian Talmud as well. The fact that R. Johanan s… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • JOHANAN BEN ZAKKAI — (first century C.E.), tanna, considered in talmudic tradition the leading sage at the end of the Second Temple period and the years immediately following the destruction of the Temple. Johanan b. Zakkai s personality and work are depicted in a… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • JOHANAN BEN JEHOIADA — JOHANAN BEN JEHOIADA, (fifth century B.C.E.), high priest. Opinions differ as to the name of Johanan s father. In a number of places he is called Eliashib (Ezra 10:6; Neh. 12:23), whereas Josephus refers to him as the son of Joiada and grandson… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • JOHANAN BEN JOSHUA HA-KOHEN — (c. ninth or tenth century), liturgical poet. zunz assumed, with reservations, that Johanan, one of the principal representatives of the older piyyut, lived in the period after eleazar kallir , and was of Greek extraction. The discovery of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • JOHANAN BEN NURI — (first half of the second century), tanna. Johanan lived in Bet She arim (Tosef., Ter. 7:14; ibid., Suk. 2:2) and was also in Ginnegar and Sepphoris. His teacher was apparently eliezer b. hyrcanus , since he transmits several   sayings in his… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • JOHANAN HA-SANDELAR — (first half of the second century C.E.), tanna, one of the last pupils of akiva (Ber. 22a; Gen. R. 61:3). Johanan s surname may mean the sandal maker, though it has been suggested that his surname reflects his place of origin ( of Alexandria )… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • JOHANAN BEN BEROKA — (beginning of the second century C.E.), tanna. Johanan s halakhic opinions are cited ten times in the Mishnah and as often in the Tosefta. He was an associate of Eleazar Ḥisma . Although he considered himself a pupil of joshua b. hananiah , whom… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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