{
  "id": "dict_003008",
  "term": "Jonan",
  "slug": "jonan",
  "letter": "J",
  "entry_type": "biblical_person",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "Jonan is a personal name in Jesus’ genealogy in Luke 3:30. Scripture gives no further details about him.",
  "simple_one_line": "Jonan is a biblical name listed in the genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3:30.",
  "tooltip_text": "A man named in the genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3:30; no other details are given in Scripture.",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [
    "Jesus Christ",
    "Genealogy",
    "Luke"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Luke 3",
    "Davidic line",
    "Genealogies in Scripture"
  ],
  "lede_intro": "Jonan is one of the names listed in the genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3:30. The biblical record does not provide any additional biography, but his name is preserved as part of Luke’s inspired genealogy.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "A biblical proper name appearing in Jesus’ genealogy in Luke 3:30.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "Jonan is identified only by name in Luke 3:30.",
    "Scripture records no deeds, sayings, or biography for him.",
    "His significance is limited to his place in the genealogy of Jesus."
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "Jonan appears in the genealogy of Jesus recorded in Luke 3:30. Scripture gives no narrative details about him beyond his place in that line. Because this entry names a biblical person rather than a theological concept, it belongs in a personal-name category rather than a doctrinal one.",
  "description_academic_full": "Jonan is a biblical proper name listed in Luke 3:30 within the genealogy of Jesus. The text identifies him only as one link in that genealogical sequence and gives no additional biography, actions, or teachings. Accordingly, the entry should be treated as a brief person-name entry rather than as a theological term. Its value lies in preserving the biblical record as written, while keeping the definition limited to what Scripture actually states.",
  "background_biblical_context": "Luke 3 presents Jesus’ genealogy, tracing His line through a chain of named individuals. Jonan is one of those names in the list, and the passage does not attach any further explanation to him.",
  "background_historical_context": "Outside Luke’s genealogy, the biblical record provides no historical profile for Jonan. His significance in the dictionary is therefore confined to the New Testament genealogy.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "Genealogies were important in Jewish Scripture and preserved family lines, covenant continuity, and historical memory. Jonan appears only as one name in that larger genealogical pattern.",
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "Luke 3:30"
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [],
  "original_language_note": "Jonan is preserved as a personal name in Luke’s Greek text. Scripture does not explain the meaning of the name.",
  "theological_significance": "Jonan has no recorded teaching of his own. His significance is that he appears in the genealogy of Jesus, contributing to the biblical witness to Christ’s historical lineage.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "This entry is not a doctrinal concept but a proper name. Its value is documentary rather than conceptual: it identifies a real person in the biblical narrative record.",
  "interpretive_cautions": "Do not build theology from Jonan himself, since Scripture gives no biography or teaching for him. His mention should be read strictly as a genealogical name.",
  "major_views_note": "No major interpretive views are attached to this entry beyond the basic identification of Jonan as a named individual in Luke’s genealogy.",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "Jonan should not be treated as a theological category, symbol, or doctrine. The only safe claim is that Luke 3:30 includes his name in Jesus’ genealogy.",
  "practical_significance": "Jonan’s mention reminds readers that Scripture preserves even brief and seemingly obscure names within the history of redemption and the line leading to Christ.",
  "meta_description": "Jonan is a biblical proper name listed in the genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3:30.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/jonan/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/jonan.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}