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Joanan meaning

Joanan in Biblical Greek
Ιωννας
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🔼The name Joanan: Summary

Meaning
Yah Has Been Gracious
Etymology
From (1) יה (yah), short for YHWH, and (2) the verb חנן (hanan), to be gracious.
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• Via יה (yah): See the 'browse by form' menu for a long list of yah-names.
• Via חנן (hanan): Ananias, Anna, Annas, Baal-hanan, Ben-hanan, Elhanan, Elonbeth-hanan, Hanan, Hananel, Hanani, Hananiah, Hannah, Hannathon, Hannibal, Hanniel, Hanun, Hen, Henadad, Jannai, Jannes, Jehohanan, Joanna, Johanan, John, Jonan, Tahan, Tehinnah

🔼The name Joanan in the Bible

The name Joanan — or Joanna, as the KJV and Young translations have it; but although the use of this form may imply a feminine character, the masculine definite article that precedes this name prohibits that conclusion; other translations have: Joannes (Darby), Johannas (Luther, German), Johannes (Statenvertaling, Dutch) — occurs only once in the Bible, namely in Luke 3:27, where he is mentioned among the ancestors of Jesus. We have no idea who this person was.

🔼Etymology of the name Joanan

The name Joanan is the masculine version of the feminine name Joanna, and both transliterate the Hebrew name Johannan: the English name John. All these names consist of two elements, the first being יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), the shortened form of יהוה, which is YHWH. The final part of the name comes from the formidable verb חנן (hanan), meaning to be gracious:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
חנן

The verb חנן (hanan) means to be gracious or to favor. Nouns חן (hen), חנינה (hanina), תחנה (tehinna) and תחנון (tahanun) mean favor or grace. Adverb חנם (hinnam) means freely or gratis, and adjective חנון (hannun) means gracious.

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🔼Joanan meaning

The name Joanan means Yah Has Been Gracious.