Joanna
Ioanna, Ioanan is a personal name borne by a woman named among Jesus’ followers and by a man in a genealogy.
The name identifies a woman named with other followers in Luke 8:3 and Luke 24:10; it also appears in a genealogical father-son sequence for a male individual in Luke 3:27.
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Woman named among followers · dominant
The nominative singular feminine form identifies a woman in two lists. In Luke 8:3 the APB renders “Joanna the wife of Chuza” among those providing from their resources, and in Luke 24:10 it renders Joanna among the women telling the apostles these things.
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Male name in a genealogy · rare
In Luke 3:27, the genitive singular masculine form occurs within a chain of son-of relationships. The APB renders the sequence “the son of Joanna, the son of Rhesa,” placing the named person as father in that genealogy.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the form as “Joanna” in all three verses. Its whole-verse translation identifies a wife, a witness with other women, and a father in a genealogy.