Hebrew word · H7935

שְׁכַנְיָהוּ

shekhanyah

Shecaniah

Appears 10 times in 10 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.3.21;

son of: Hananiah (H2608L);

brother of: Pelatiah (H6410), Jeshaiah (H3470B), Rephaiah (H7509), Arnan (H0770) and Obadiah (H5662H);

father of: Shemaiah (H8098B)

§ Shecaniah or Shechaniah = "dweller with Jehovah"

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

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 3

  1. 1 Chronicles 3:21 שְׁכַנְיָֽה׃ ס Shecaniah

    The descendants of Hananiah: Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, and the sons of Rephaiah, of Arnan, of Obadiah, and of Shecaniah.

  2. 1 Chronicles 3:22 שְׁכַנְיָ֖ה Shecaniah

    The six descendants of Shecaniah were Shemaiah and his sons: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat.

  3. 1 Chronicles 24:11 לִשְׁכַנְיָ֖הוּ to Shecaniah

    the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,

2 Chronicles · 1

  1. 2 Chronicles 31:15 וּשְׁכַנְיָ֛הוּ 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 · 3

  1. Ezra 8:3 שְׁכַנְיָ֔ה ס Shecaniah

    of the descendants of Shecaniah; from the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men;

  2. Ezra 8:5 שְׁכַנְיָ֖ה Shecaniah

    from the descendants of Zattu, Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men;

  3. Ezra 10:2 שְׁכַנְיָ֨ה 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

  1. Nehemiah 3:29 שְׁכַנְיָ֔ה 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.

  2. Nehemiah 6:18 לִשְׁכַנְיָ֣ה 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.

  3. Nehemiah 12:3 שְׁכַנְיָ֥ה Shecaniah

    Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

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