King James Bible Dictionary

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).

grace or gift of the Lord

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

(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.