Strongs Number: H7935
- Hebrew Word
- שְׁכַנְיָה
- Transliteration
- Shᵉkanyâh
- Phonetic
- shek-an-yaw'
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Masculine
- Strongs Definition
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Jah has dwelt; {Shekanjah} the name of nine Israelites
- BDB Definition
-
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
- Origin
- From H7931 and H3050
- Bible Usage
- {Shecaniah} Shechaniah.