The meaning of “שְׁכַנְיָה”
Understanding Shᵉkanyâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or (prolonged) שְׁכַנְיָהוּ Shᵉkanyâhûw (shek-an-yaw'-hoo); from שָׁכַן and יָהּ; Jah has dwelt Shecaniah, Shechaniah. -...
שְׁכַנְיָה
or (prolonged) שְׁכַנְיָהוּ Shᵉkanyâhûw (shek-an-yaw'-hoo); from שָׁכַן and יָהּ; Jah has dwelt Shecaniah, Shechaniah. - § Shecaniah or Shechaniah = "dweller with Jehovah" - Shekanjah, the name of nine Israelites 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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 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.” Word: שְׁכַנְיָה (Shᵉkanyâh) | |
| 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:” Word: שְׁכַנְיָה (Shᵉkanyâh) | |
| Ezra 8:5 | “Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.” Word: שְׁכַנְיָה (Shᵉkanyâh) | |
| 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.” Word: שְׁכַנְיָה (Shᵉkanyâh) |