Johannes Cocceius (1603 - 1669), Dutch theologian, was born at Bremen in Germany. After studying at Hamburg and Franeker, where Sixtinus Amama was one of his teachers, he became in 1630 professor of biblical philology at the Gymnasium illustre in his native town. In 1636 he was transferred to Franeker, where he held the chair of Hebrew, and from 1643 the chair of theology also, until 1650, when he succeeded the elder Friedrich Spanheim as professor of theology at the University of Leiden. His collected works were published in 12 folio volumes (Amsterdam, 1673-1675).