יְהוֹחָנָן
Yᵉhôwchânân · yeh-ho-khaw-nawn'
Jehochanan, the name of eight Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H2603 (חָנַן); Jehovah-favored;
Jehochanan, the name of eight Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jehohanan, Johanan. Compare H3110 (יוֹחָנָן).
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › to separate and protect › the seed, life continuing › the seed, life continuing
The hand that works that works to reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish that works to separate and protect of the seed, life continuing of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְהוֹחָנָן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- jehohanan3 · 33%
- of johanan2 · 22%
- to him was jehohanan1 · 11%
- of jehohanan1 · 11%
- johanan1 · 11%
- and jehohanan1 · 11%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.