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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - שְׁכַנְיָה
שְׁכַנְיָה
H7935
Transliteration: Shᵉkanyâh
Pronunciation: shek-an-yaw'
Definition: Shecaniah
Original: שׁכניהוּ שׁכניה Transliteration: shekanyâh shekanyâhû Phonetic: shek-an-yaw'
BDB Definition:
Shecaniah or Shechaniah = "dweller with Jehovah"- a descendant of Zerubbabel whose descendants returned from exile with Ezra
- son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam and one who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
- father of Shemaiah who repaired part of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
- son of Arah, father-in-law of Tobiah who opposed Nehemiah
- a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
- a priest in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah