שְׁכַנְיָהוּ

she.khan.yahShecaniah

hebrewOld TestamentName of a man10 occurrences4 books10 verses

This name belongs to 8 different people in the Bible:

Shebaniah: Priest during the time of Nehemiah
Shecaniah: Levite priest in David's time
Shecaniah: Descendant of David through Jeconiah
Shecaniah: Levite in Hezekiah's time
Shecaniah: Israelite who confessed marrying a foreign wife
Shecaniah: Descendant of Parosh who returned from exile
Shecaniah: Descendant of Jahaziel who returned from exile
Shecaniah: Father-in-law of Tobiah the Ammonite

Definition

or (prolonged) שְׁכַנְיָהוּ; from H7931 and H3050; Jah has dwelt; Shekanjah, the name of nine Israelites
Traditional renderings: Shecaniah, Shechaniah.

Glossary entries

Shebaniah Shecaniah, Shechaniah

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

10 total

1 Chronicles 3:21שְׁכַנְיָֽה׃ס · of Shecaniah
The descendants of Hananiah: Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, and the sons of Rephaiah, of Arnan, of Obadiah, and of Shecaniah.
1 Chronicles 3:22שְׁכַנְיָ֖ה · of Shecaniah
The six descendants of Shecaniah were Shemaiah and his sons: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat.
1 Chronicles 24:11לִשְׁכַנְיָ֖הוּ · to Shecaniah
…the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
2 Chronicles 31:15וּשְׁכַנְיָ֛הוּ · and Shecaniah
Under his authority, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully distributed portions to their fellow priests in their cities, according to their divisions, old and young alike.
Ezra 8:3שְׁכַנְיָ֔הס · of Shecaniah
…of the descendants of Shecaniah; from the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men;
Ezra 8:5שְׁכַנְיָ֖ה · Shecaniah
…from the descendants of Zattu, Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men;
Ezra 10:2שְׁכַנְיָ֨ה · Shecaniah
Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
Nehemiah 3:29שְׁכַנְיָ֔ה · of Shecaniah
Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house, and next to him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the guard of the East Gate, made repairs.
Nehemiah 6:18לִשְׁכַנְיָ֣ה · of Shecaniah
For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, since he was a son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.
Nehemiah 12:3שְׁכַנְיָ֥ה · Shecaniah
Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,