Yohanan
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Yohanan ('), sometimes transcribed as Johanan, is a Hebrew male given name that can also appear in the longer form of ('), meaning "YHWH is gracious".
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Adaptations
- People of that name
- Hebrew bible (c. 7th – 5th century BCE)
- Hasmonean period
- Roman era (c. 1st century BC – 4th century AD)
- Rabbinic sages
- Middle ages (4th century – 15th century)
- Modern period
- See also
- References
Yohanan ('), sometimes transcribed as Johanan, is a Hebrew male given name that can also appear in the longer form of ('), meaning "YHWH is gracious".
The name is ancient, recorded as the name of Johanan, high priest of the Second Temple around 400 BCE.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yohanan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.