Bible Person

Johanan

Meaning: who is liberal or merciful · Male · 1 cross reference

This Johanan entry refers to the chamber associated with Johanan in Ezra 10:6, not to Josiah's son, the warriors, or the other post-exilic figures of the same name. He belongs to the priestly and administrative setting of Ezra's reform. First appears in Ezra 10:6.1

AI summary: This Johanan matters because his single cross reference provides the named location where Ezra withdraws in grief and fasting during the crisis over unlawful marriages. The entry helps anchor that public moment of repentance in the real architectural and social world of the restored community. Taken together, the material presents this Johanan as a post-exilic figure remembered through an associated chamber.1

Central Figure

Johanan

Meaning: who is liberal or merciful