Bible Person

Joanna

Meaning: grace or gift of the Lord · Male · 1 cross reference

This Joanna entry refers to the figure in Luke's genealogy between Rhesa and Juda, not to the better-known woman disciple in the Gospels. The identification follows Luke's ancestral list and the traditional equation with Hananiah, so the page should be read as a genealogy entry rather than a narrative character sketch. First appears in Luke 3:27.1

AI summary: This Joanna matters because the cross reference helps carry Luke's genealogy through otherwise quiet generations. The entry contributes to the evangelist's presentation of Jesus as rooted in an extended human lineage, even where the underlying record is brief. Taken together, the material presents this Joanna as a genealogical figure in Luke's line of descent.1

Central Figure

Joanna

Meaning: grace or gift of the Lord

The grandson of Zerubbabel, in the lineage of Christ (Luke 3:27); the same as Hananiah (1 Chr.

Children