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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Joanna

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: Yes
  • Included in Hitchcocks: Yes
  • Included in Naves: Yes
  • Included in Smiths: Yes
  • Included in Websters: No
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: No

Strongs Concordance:

 

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Joanna

Whom Jehovah has graciously given.

1. The grandson of Zerubbabel, in the lineage of Christ (Luke 3:27); the same as Hananiah (1 Chronicles 3:19).

2. The wife of Chuza, the steward of Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee (Luke 8:3). She was one of the women who ministered to our Lord, and to whom he appeared after his resurrection (Luke 8:3; 24:10).


Hitchcock's Names Dictionary
Joanna

grace or gift of the Lord


Naves Topical Index
Joanna

1. Wife of Chuza, the steward of Herod Agrippa, and a disciple of Jesus
Luke 8:3; Luke 24:10

2. An ancestor of Jesus
Luke 3:27


Smith's Bible Dictionary
Joanna

(grace or gift of God) (in Revised Version spelled JOANAN).

  1. Son of Rhesa, according to the text of (Luke 3:27) and one of the ancestors of Christ; but according to the view explained in a previous article, son of Zerubbabel, and the same as HANANIAH in (1 Chronicles 3:19)
  2. The name of a woman, occurring twice in (Luke 8:3; 24:10) but evidently denoting the same person, (A.D. 28-30.) In the first passage she is expressly stated to have been "wife of Chuza, steward of Herod," that is, Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee.