Bible Person
Meaning: who is liberal or merciful · Male · 1 cross reference
This Johanan entry refers to the leader named in Ezra 8:12, not to Josiah's son, the Gadite warrior, the post-exilic chamber owner, or the other men of the same name. He belongs to the family representatives who make the return from exile concrete and accountable. First appears in Ezra 8:12.1
AI summary: This Johanan matters because his single cross reference preserves the leadership identity behind one of the groups traveling with Ezra. The entry helps keep the restoration story rooted in named households rather than anonymous totals. Taken together, the material presents this Johanan as a returnee leader in the post-exilic community.1
Central Figure
Johanan
Meaning: who is liberal or merciful
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Ezra |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.