- Original: שׁכניהוּ שׁכניה
- Transliteration: Sh@kanyah
- Phonetic: shek-an-yaw'
- 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
- TWOT entry: None
- Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine
- Strong's: From
H7931 and
H3050 ; Jah has dwelt;
Shekanjah the name of nine Israelites: - Shecaniah Shechaniah.
Total KJV Occurrences: 10
• Shecaniah, 2
1 Chronicles 24:11;
2 Chronicles 31:15
• Shechaniah, 8
1 Chronicles 3:21;
1 Chronicles 3:22;
Ezra 8:3;
Ezra 8:5;
Ezra 10:2;
Nehemiah 3:29;
Nehemiah 6:18;
Nehemiah 12:3