Places in the Bible · Settlement

Senaah

Senaah is a settlement mentioned in 3 verses. Its most likely location is not a place (people group). The name means “bramble; enemy.”

Where is Senaah?

Approx. 31.9472, 35.3997 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps

Possible modern locations

IdentificationTypeConfidence
not a place (people group)specialMedium
another name for MagdalsennasettlementMedium
Khirbet el Aujah el FoqasettlementLow

Senaah in the Bible dictionary

Thorny, a place many of the inhabitants of which returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:35; Neh. 7:38).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain. Full dictionary entry →

Verses that mention Senaah

  • Ezra 2:35

    The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.

  • Nehemiah 3:3

    But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

  • Nehemiah 7:38

    The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.