Johanan
whom Jehovah graciously bestows. (1.) One of the Gadite heroes who joined David in the desert of Judah (1 Chr. 12:12). (2.) The oldest of King Josiah’s sons (1 Chr. 3:15). (3.) Son of Careah, one of the Jewish chiefs who rallied round Gedaliah, whom Nebuchadnezzar had made governor in Jerusalem (2 Kings 25:23; Jer. 40:8). He warned Gedaliah of the plans of Ishmael against him, a warning which was unheeded (Jer. 40:13, 16). He afterwards pursued the murderer of the governor, and rescued the captives (41:8, 13, 15, 16). He and his associates subsequently fled to Tahpanhes in Egypt (43:2, 4, 5), taking Jeremiah with them. “The flight of Gedaliah’s community to Egypt extinguished the last remaining spark of life in the Jewish state. The work of the ten centuries since Joshua crossed the Jordan had been undone.”
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[joh-han-uh n ben zak-ey-ahy; Sephardic Hebrew yaw-khah-nahn ben zah-kahy] /dʒoʊˈhæn ən bɛn ˈzæk eɪˌaɪ; Sephardic Hebrew ˌyɔ xɑˈnɑn bɛn zɑˈkaɪ/ noun 1. died a.d. c80, Palestinian rabbi who was a leading Pharisaic teacher: disciple of Hillel.
- Johann
[yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ noun 1. a male given name, Germanic form of .
- Johanna
[joh-han-uh, -an-uh] /dʒoʊˈhæn ə, -ˈæn ə/ noun 1. a female given name.
- Johannes
[joh-han-eez, -is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz, -ɪs/ noun, plural johannes. 1. a gold coin formerly used as currency in Portugal, first issued in the early 18th century. [yoh-hah-nis, -han-is] /yoʊˈhɑ nɪs, -ˈhæn ɪs/ noun 1. a male given name, form of . /dʒəʊˈhæniːz/ noun (pl) -nes 1. a Portuguese gold coin minted in the early 18th century
- Johannesburg
[joh-han-is-burg, -hah-nis-; Dutch yoh-hahn-uh s-bœrkh] /dʒoʊˈhæn ɪsˌbɜrg, -ˈhɑ nɪs-; Dutch yoʊˈhɑn əsˌbœrx/ noun 1. a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa. /dʒəʊˈhænɪsˌbɜːɡ/ noun 1. a city in N South Africa; the capital of Gauteng province: South Africa’s largest city and chief industrial centre; grew with the establishment in 1886 of […]