Lexical Summary Shekanyah or Shekanyahu: "Yah has taken up His abode", the name of several Israelites Original Word: שְׁכַנְיָהTransliteration: Shekanyah or Shekanyahu Phonetic Spelling: (shek-an-yaw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "Yah has taken up His abode", the name of several Israelites Meaning: Shecaniah -- "Yah has taken up His abode", the name of several Israelites Strong's Concordance Shecaniah, Shechaniah Or (prol.) Shkanyahuw {shek-an-yaw'-hoo}; from shakan and Yahh; Jah has dwelt; Shekanjah, the name of nine Israelites -- Shecaniah, Shechaniah. see HEBREW shakan see HEBREW Yahh Brown-Driver-Briggs H7935. Shekanyah or Shekanyahu (שְׁכַנְיָ֫ה(וּׅ) proper name, masculine (׳י hath taken up his abode); — שְׁכַנְיָה, Σεχενια(ς), etc.: 1 descendant of Jehoiakin 1 Chronicles 3:21-22, (on context see Kit), Ezra 8:3, 5. 2 Ezra 10:2 (different from 1 ?). 3 father of a wall-builder Nehemiah 3:29. 4 father-in-law of Tobiah Nehemiah 6:18. 5 priestly name: a. Nehemiah 12:3 = שְׁכַנְיָ֫הוּ 1 Chronicles 24:11, compare שְׁכַנְיָה 3 Nehemiah 10:5; 12:14. b. שְׁכַנְיָ֫הוּ2 Chronicles 31:15. |
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