Johnston, John, a Scotch minister, was a native of Aberdeen, and flourished in the latter half of the 16th century. He was, like his relative Arthur Johnston (q. v.), of a poetical turn of mind, but he also served his Church (the Presbyterian) in the capacity of professor of divinity at St. Andrew's College. He died in 1612. He wrote Consolatio Christiana sub Cruce, etc. (1609, 8vo) -.—Jambi Saa-a (1611) : — Tertrasticha et Lemmata Sacra — Item Cantica Sacra — Item Icones Regum Judece et Israelis (Lugd. Bat. 1612, 4to) ; etc. See Allibone, Diet, of English and American Authors, vol. ii, s. v.
Johnstone, Bryce, an eminent Scottish theologian and writer, was bom at Annan, Dumfriesshire, in 1747, He studied at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated D.D. He entered" the Church, and was for a long time pastor of Holyrood (from 1771), and died m 1805. He wrote. Commentary on the Revelation of John (1794, 2 vols. 8vo) •.—On thv IiijVi, nee of Religion on civil Society and civil Gor<r„»>, /// ( 1 M ) I ) . All of his Sermons and Life were published by liis nephew, the Rev. John Johnstone (1807, 8vo) ; etc. See Gorton's Eiog)'. Dic- tionary, s. V. ; Allibone, Diet. Engl, and Am. A uih. s. v.
Joi'ada (Heb. Yoyada', "'7^*^, a contraction of Je- iioiADA, found only in Nehemiah, who invarialjly uses it), the name of two men.
1. (Sept. 'loJiiSd V. r. 'Itoiea, Yulg. Jojada. A. Vers. " Jehoiada.") Son of Paseah, and apparently one of the chief priests ; in conjunction with Meshullam he repair- ed the Old Gate [see Jeri-salem], with its appurte- nances, after the captivity (Neh. iii, 6). B.C. 446.
2. (Sept. 'Jwrr^a v. r. 'lwiai:.a, 'Ito^aL) Son and successor of Eliashib in the high-priesthood, himself
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succeeded by his son Jonathan (Neh. xli, 10, 11, 22); another of his sons having married a daughter of San- ballat, on which account he was banished (Neh. xiii, 28). B.C. post 446. Josephus (.1«^ xi, 7, 1) Grjecizes the name as Judas (lovSaC). See Higii-priest.
Joi'akim (Heb. Yoi/aJdm', D'^p^i^, a contraction of Jehoiakim, used exclusively by Nehemiah ; Sept. 'IwciKtifi V. r. 'Iwaici'ju), son of Jeshua and father of Eli- ashib, high-priests successively (Neh. xii, 10, 12, 2G). B.C. ante 446. Josephus does not mention him. See Higii-priest.
Joi'arib (Heb. Yoyarib', ni'l^^i"', a contraction of Jehoiarib, occurring exclusively in Ezra and Nehemi- ah), the name of three or four persons.
1. (Sept. 'Iajap('/3 V. r. 'Iwpi'/?.) A priest named (Neh. xi, 10) in connection with Jachin, and as father of Jed- aiah (q. v.), but by some error ; compare 1 Chron. ix, 10, where he is called Jehoiarib (q. v.), well known as founder of one of the sacerdotal " courses." See Priest.
2. (Sept. 'IwiapijS.) A descendant of Judah, son of Zechariali and father of Adaiah (Neh. xi, 5), apparently througli Shelah. See Shiloni. B.C. considerably ante 536.
3. (Sept. "lojiapsiji, 'ItoapijS.) One of the priests who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh. xii, 6). He was the father of Mattenai, a contemporary with the high-priest Joiakim (Neh. xii, 19). B.C. 536.
4. (Sept. 'Idjaptlfx v. r. 'Iwapi/i.) A person men- tioned in connection with Elnathan as a " man of im- derstanding" (the others being called "chief men"), ap- parently among the priests, sent for by Ezra at the river of Ahava to devise means for obtaining a company of Levites to return v.'ith him to Jerusalem (Ezra viii, 16). B.C. 459.
Joining, besides its common sense (pS'^j to clinff or adhere), is technically used of the hinders (ri'',"i2n'2, mi-r/iidiht-rotli'), whether of wood or stone, of the walls of a builcUng (1 Chron. xxii, .3). See Coupling.
Joint, besides its usual meaning {p'2'1 de'bel; afi), etc."), is, in one passage (Cant, vii, 1), verj' erroneously employed in the A.Y. as a rendering of f^p^BH, cham- 7M!<A-M»' (Sept. vaguely pi;.&;uo(,Yulg.j»nc^M?w, occurs no- where else), the wrtz/j/jer* {of the thighs), i. e. c/rr<?re/-s, a part of the female dress ; which, in the case of bridal toilette, are represented as being fringed with a worked edging like lace or a skilfully chased jewel. See Attire.
Jok'deam (Heb. YoMedm', D^'"Ip^, burning o/'the peojih' ; Sept. leKSadi.i,Yu\g.Jiicadam), a town in the mountains of Judah, mentioned between Jezreel and Za- noah (Josh, xv, 56). The associated names indicate a locality in the district south-east of Hebron, perhaps at the ruined site marked as ed-Ikir onYan dcYelde's JIap.jnst north of Jebel Ziph.
Jo'kim (Heb. Yokim', t'pi'^, prob. a contraction of Joiakim; Sept. 'IwaKelfi v. r. 'IwaKi//, Yulg. para- phrases qui stai-e fecit soleni), a person mentioneil among the descendants of Shelah (his third son, according to Burrington), son of Judah (1 Chron. iv, 22). B.C. prob. ante 588. See Jashubi-lehem. " The Targum trans- laces, ' and the prophets and scribes who came forth from the seed of Joshua.' The reading which that and the Yulg. had e-vidently was D'^p'^, applied by some Rabbin- ical tradition to Joshua, and at the same time identify- ing Joash and Saraph, mentioned in the same verse, with Mahlon and Chilion. Jerome quotes a Hebrew legend that Jokim was Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, in whose days the sun stood still on account of the trans- gressors of the law {Qwest. Heb. in Pai-cd.')" (Smith).
Jok'meam (Heb. Yohnedm' ,'C'::'^'^'^,gatherinf/ of the people ; in 1 Kings iv, 12, Sept. Itypi'ian v. r. Aoi;- icf///, Yulg. ./ecnuKin, Auth.Xers. " Jokneam ;" in 1 Chron. vi, 68 [53], 'liKfiadv, Jeanaani), a place elsewhere call-