{"id":11624,"date":"2025-02-15T13:06:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T13:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=11624"},"modified":"2026-09-21T14:42:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:42:38","slug":"john-bible-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/john-bible-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Jo\u00e3o est\u00e1 na B\u00edblia? Sim: O hebraico Yohanan, \u201cYahweh \u00e9 gracioso\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Yes. John is the English form of the Hebrew Yohanan, &quot;Yahweh is gracious.&quot; Five men in the New Testament are called John, among them John the Baptist and the apostle John, the son of Zebedee, whom tradition credits with the fourth Gospel, three letters and Revelation. In the Old Testament the same Hebrew name is spelled Johanan. What does John mean? The Hebrew Yohanan joins yo, a short form of Yahweh, the name of God, to hanan, &quot;to be gracious&quot;\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. John is the Hebrew Yohanan, &quot;Yahweh is gracious.&quot; Five New Testament men bear it, among them John the Baptist and the apostle John.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-11624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-names-and-their-biblical-meanings"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18990,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/is-jack-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":11624,"position":0},"title":"Is Jack in the Bible? No, It Began as a Pet Form of John","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Janeiro 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"No one named Jack appears in the Bible. 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