In the bible, Jehohanan is the name of the in his house, Ezra mourned over the unfaithfulness of Israel (EZR 10:6), as well as name of descendant of Bebai who had married a foreign wife (EZR 10:28), son of Tobiah_2 who married daughter of Meshullam_11 (NEH 6:18), and son of Amariah_6 (NEH 12:13). Meaning of the name: grace, or mercy, or gift, of the Lord. Related names are:
Johanan,
Maaseiah,
Meshullam (and others ...)
. The translations of Jehohanan in 50 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Juan in Spanish to
Yohannes in Amharic!
Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. (1CH 26:3)
And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand. (2CH 17:15)
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, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. (2CH 23:1)
Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. (EZR 10:28)
Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; (NEH 12:13)
And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. (NEH 12:42)
Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan 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. (EZR 10:6)
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 had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. (NEH 6:18)