who enlivens or gives life
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
JOHA.1. A Benjamite (1Ch_8:16). 2. One of Davids heroes (1Ch_11:45).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1. Son of Beriah of Benjamin, who was "a head of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon who drove away the inhabitants of Gath" (1Ch_8:13; 1Ch_8:16). A similar border encounter of Ephraim's sons with the marauding Philistines of Gath is recorded in 1Ch_7:21-23, and Beriah is there also mentioned. But this name occurs often, e.g. Asher's son (1Ch_7:30; Gen_46:17).
2. 1Ch_11:45.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Jo'ha. (Jehovah gives life).
1. One of the sons of Beriah, the Benjamite. 1Ch_8:16. (B.C. 588 or 536).
2. The Tizite, one of David's guard. 1Ch_11:45. (B.C. 1046).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
jō?ha (יוחא, yōḥā', meaning unknown, but perhaps = יואח, yō'āḥ, ?Joah?; see HPN, 283, note 4):
(1) A Benjamite (1Ch_8:16).
(2) One of David's mighty men (1Ch_11:45).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Joha
(Heb. Yocha', יוֹחָא, probably contracted for יוֹחִיָּה, whom Jehovah revives), the name of two men.
1. (Sept. Ι᾿ωαζαέ v.r. Ι᾿ωζαέ) A person mentioned as a Tizite, along with his brother Jediael, the son of Shimri, among David's famous bodyguard (1Ch_11:45). B.C. 1046.
2. (Sept. Ι᾿ωαχά v.r. Ι᾿ωδά) The last named among the Benjamite chiefs, descendants of Beriah, resident at Jerusalem (1Ch_8:16). B.C. apparently 588 or 536.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.