Johanan
ye.ho.cha.nan is a personal name used to identify men in lists, family relationships, and public settings.
The term is used exclusively as a proper name for men: it occurs in personal lists, identifies fathers and sons in family relationships, and names individuals connected with military leadership, a chamber, and a public gathering.
Senses in use
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Personal name identifying men · dominant
Every supplied occurrence is tagged Noun · Proper and places the form among named individuals. In 2 Chronicles 17:15 the APB renders a named commander with those under him; in 2 Chronicles 23:1 and 2 Chronicles 28:12 it identifies fathers in son-of relationships; and in Ezra 10:6 it renders the chamber of a named son of Eliashib. The name also appears in lists and gatherings, as in 1 Chronicles 26:3, Ezra 10:28, Nehemiah 12:13, Nehemiah 12:42, and Nehemiah 6:18.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the name as "Johanan" in lists, relationships, and narrative clauses. In 1 Chronicles 12:5 and 1 Chronicles 12:13, however, the supplied APB text does not show that name despite the original-language form.