Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H7935: שְׁכַנְיָה

Shᵉkanyâh · pronounced shek-an-yaw' · “Shecaniah”

Definition

Shekanjah, the name of nine Israelites

KJV translates it as: Shecaniah, Shechaniah.

Word origin: or (prolonged) שְׁכַנְיָהוּ; from H7931 (שָׁכַן) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has dwelt;

Extended definition

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

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H7935 is translated

  • shecaniah ×10

Bible verses with H7935 (Shᵉkanyâh)

Shᵉkanyâh appears in 10 verses.

  • 1 Chronicles 3:21

    And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.

  • 1 Chronicles 3:22

    And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.

  • 1 Chronicles 24:11

    The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,

  • 2 Chronicles 31:15

    And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:

  • Ezra 8:3

    Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.

  • Ezra 8:5

    Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.

  • Ezra 10:2

    And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

  • Nehemiah 3:29

    After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.

  • Nehemiah 6:18

    For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

  • Nehemiah 12:3

    Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,