Jochanan
Jochanan ( Hebrew יֹוחָנָן jôḥānān ) is a male given name.
variants
- Short form: Jochai
- in Oscar Wilde's drama Salomè Iokanaan or Jokanaan , in Hedwig Lachmann's translation , Jochanaan , on which Richard Strauss' opera is based
- Greek IOANNES ( Ἰωάννης )
- Latin Johannes
Origin and meaning
The name is a sentence name. The subject forms the theophore element יֹו jô , the predicate comes from the root חנן ḥnn “jem. incline / be gracious / have mercy on him ”. The name therefore means "God is gracious".
Name bearer
Early Christianity
- John the Baptist
- John (apostle) , disciple of Jesus
- John the Presbyter (around 60- after 130), important representative of the early Christian communities
- John (Evangelist)
- John, author of the letters of John in the New Testament
- John, author of the Revelation of John
Antiquity
- The book of Nehemiah names a Jochanan in the list of priests who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian captivity , Neh 12 EU verses 13 and 22
- Jochanan ben Levi (around 70), leader of the Jewish uprising, Zealot, see Johann von Gischala
- Jochanan ben Sakkai (around 30 to 90), most important Jewish scholar after the destruction of the temple, Tannait of the 1st generation
- Jochanan ben Bag Bag (1st century), Tannait
- Jochanan ben Nuri (around 100), 2nd generation Tannait
- Jochanan ben Beroka , 2nd generation Tannait
- Jochanan ha-Sandelar , 3rd generation Tannait
- Jochanan bar Nappacha , 2nd generation Palestinian Amora
First name (since 500)
- Jochanan Bloch (1919–1979), Jewish religious scholar
- Jochanan Trilse-Finkelstein (1932–2017; as Christoph Trilse; cover name in exile Krzystof Trilczé or Christoph Trilse), philosopher, literary and theater scholar, writer and publicist
- Yochanan Vollach (* 1945), former Israeli soccer player
- Yochanan Afek (* 1952), Israeli chess composer, player, journalist, organizer and trainer