Strong's Hebrew #7935 - שְׁכַנְיָה Shekanyah or Shekanyahu ("Yah has taken up His abode")
Strong's Exhaustive 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 Englishman's Concordance 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 Part of Speech: noun proper masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H7931 and H3050 Brown-Driver-Briggs (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; Nehemiah 12:14. b. שְׁכַנְיָ֫הוּ2Chronicles 31:15. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 7935. שְׁכַנְיָה (Shekanyah or Shekanyahu) — 10 Occurrences1 Chronicles 3:21 1 Chronicles 3:22 1 Chronicles 24:11 2 Chronicles 31:15 Ezra 8:3 Ezra 8:5 Ezra 10:2 Nehemiah 3:29 Nehemiah 6:18 Nehemiah 12:3 |