Dictionaries :: Joanna

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Joanna:

whom Jehovah has graciously given. (1.) The grandson of Zerubbabel, in the lineage of Christ (Luk 3:27); the same as Hananiah (1Ch 3:19).

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

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Joanna:

grace or gift of the Lord

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Joanna:

jo-an'-a (Ioana, or Ioanna): The wife of Chuzas, Herod's steward. She was one of the "women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities" which "ministered unto him (King James Version, i.e. Jesus, or "them" the Revised Version (British and American), i.e. Jesus and His disciples) of their substance," on the occasion of Jesus' tour through Galilee (Lu 8:2,3). Along with other women she accompanied Jesus on His last journey from Galilee to Jerusalem, and was present when His body was laid in the sepulcher (Lu 23:55). She was thus among those who prepared spices and ointments, who found the grave empty, and who "told these things unto the apostles" (Lu 23:56-24:10).

Written by C. M. Kerr

Nave's Topical Bible

Joanna: Wife of Chuza

The steward of Herod Agrippa, and a disciple of Jesus,

Luk 8:3; 24:10.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Joanna:

(grace or gift of God.) In Revised Version spelled JOANAN. SEE [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. SEE [HANANIAH, 8].

(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.