Bible Person
Meaning: who is liberal or merciful · Male · 3 cross references
Johanan is a high-priestly figure in the line running from Jeshua to Jaddua in Nehemiah's records. He belongs to the priestly succession that gives the restored community institutional continuity. First appears in Neh 12:11.1
AI summary: Johanan matters because the cross references place him within the preserved succession of high-priestly leadership after the exile. His name helps show that restoration in Jerusalem involved not only walls and households but also durable lines of spiritual office. Taken together, the material presents Johanan as a priestly successor whose place strengthens the continuity of post-exilic worship leadership.1
Central Figure
Johanan
Meaning: who is liberal or merciful
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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.