Lexical Definition

‎שְׁבַנְיָה‎ Shᵉbanyâh (sheb-an-yaw') Shebaniah ^N:N-M-P
or שְׁבַנְיָהוּ Shᵉbanyâhûw (sheb-an-yaw'-hoo); from the same as ‎שֶׁבְנָא‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; Jah has grown (i.e. prospered)

Shebaniah.

• § Shebaniah = "increased by Jehovah"
• Shebanjah, the name of three or four Israelites

1) a Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
2) a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
3) a 2nd Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
4) a priest appointed by David to blow with the trumpets before the ark of God

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שְׁבַנְיָה(וּׅ‎

proper name, masculine 1. ‎יָה‎-
a. Levites, (1) Neh 9:4; Neh 9:5; Neh 10:13*, (2) Neh 10:11* Σεβανια, Σαβανια(ς).
b. priest Neh 10:5*, priestly family Neh 12:14 (ᵐ5^L Σεχενια) = ‎שְׁכַנְיָה‎ vNeh 12:3 (Σεχενια(ς)), and perhaps ‎שְׁכַנְיָהוּ‎ 1Chr 24:11 (Ισχανια, Σεχενια).

2. ‎יָהוּ‎-, priest, 1Chr 15:24 (Σομνια, ᵐ5^L Σαβανια).

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