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Jeremiah 40:15

“Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יוֹחָנָןYôwchânân · yo-khaw-nawn'
H3110 · Hebrew
Definition
Jochanan, the name of nine Israelites
Derivation
a form of H3076 (יְהוֹחָנָן);
KJV renderings
Johanan.
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • יוֹחָנָ֣ן — proper noun
Code HC/Np
Usage
Occurs 22 times in the Hebrew Bible.2 Kings 25:231 Chronicles 3:151 Chronicles 3:241 Chronicles 5:351 Chronicles 5:36

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יוֹחָנָן here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.