Lexical Definition

‎שְׁכַנְיָה‎ Shᵉkanyâh (shek-an-yaw') Shecaniah ^N:N-M-P
or (prolonged) שְׁכַנְיָהוּ Shᵉkanyâhûw (shek-an-yaw'-hoo); from ‎שָׁכַן‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; Jah has dwelt

Shecaniah, Shechaniah.

• § Shecaniah or Shechaniah = "dweller with Jehovah"
• Shekanjah, the name of nine Israelites

1) a descendant of Zerubbabel whose descendants returned from exile with Ezra
2) son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam and one who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
3) father of Shemaiah who repaired part of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
4) son of Arah, father-in-law of Tobiah who opposed Nehemiah
5) a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
6) a priest in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah

Extended Information

name of: שְׁבַנְיָה

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.10.4 also called Shecaniah (NIV: Shekaniah) at Neh.12.3
• Another name of she.van.yah (‎ש‎ְׁ‎ב‎ַ‎נ‎ְ‎י‎ָ‎הו‎ּ "Shebaniah" שְׁבַנְיָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

(‎שְׁכַנְיָ֫ה(וּׅ‎) proper name, masculine (‎׳‎‎י‎ hath taken up his abode); — ‎שְׁכַנְיָה‎, Σεχενια(ς), etc.:

1. descendant of Jehoiakin 1Chr 3:21; 1Chr 3:22 (on context see Kit), Ezra 8:3; Ezra 8:5.

2. Ezra 10:2 (different from 1 ?).

3. father of a wall-builder Neh 3:29.

4. father-in-law of Tobiah Neh 6:18.

5. priestly name:
a. Neh 12:3 = ‎שְׁכַנְיָ֫הוּ‎ 1Chr 24:11, compare ‎שְׁכַנְיָה‎ 3 Neh 10:5*; Neh 12:14.

** b.** ‎שְׁכַנְיָ֫הוּ‎ 2Chr 31:15.

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