Bible Person

Jehohanan

Meaning: grace · Male · 1 cross reference

This Jehohanan entry refers to the priestly head in Nehemiah 12, not to the gatekeeper, military captain, or post-exilic offender of the same name. He belongs to the post-exilic priestly record in Jerusalem. First appears in Neh 12:13.1

AI summary: This Jehohanan matters because his single cross reference places him within the succession of priestly houses remembered after the return. The entry helps show that restored worship rested on orderly continuity among named priestly families. Taken together, the material presents this Jehohanan as a priestly head in post-exilic Jerusalem.1

Central Figure

Jehohanan

Meaning: grace

Neh.