Johanan [Jōhā'nan]—jehovah is gracious.

1. A son of Kareah or Careah, chief of the “captains of the forces” who, after the fall of Jerusalem, joined Gedaliah at Mizpah (2 Kings 25:23; Jer. 40:13-16).
2. The eldest son of Josiah, king of Judah (1 Chron. 3:15).
3. A son of Elioenai (1 Chron. 3:24).
4. A grandson of Ahimaaz, father of Azariah, a Levite (1 Chron. 6:9, 10).
5. A Benjamite who joined David’s valiant men at Ziklag (1 Chron. 12:4).
6. The eighth of the Gadites who joined forces with David at Ziklag. He was made captain of David’s army (1 Chron. 12:12).
7. An Ephraimite who opposed making slaves of captives, in Ahaz'time (2 Chron. 28:12). Hebrew for name here is Jehohanan.
8. A son of Hakkatan, of the clan of Azgad (Ezra 8:12).
9. A priest who, with Ezra, summoned the exiles to Jerusalem. Called Jehohanan in the Hebrew (Ezra 10:6).
10. A son of Tobiah the Ammonite and husband of Meshullam’s daughter (Neh. 6:18).
11. A priest in the days of Joiakim, the grandson of Jozadak (Neh. 12:22, 23).