חֲשַׁבְנְיָהChăshabnᵉyâh

Chashabnejah, the name of two Israelites

Pronunciation: khash-ab-neh-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2813

Meanings

1. father of a builder at the wall (Nehemiah 3:10)

2. a Levite (Nehemiah 9:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Nehemiah 3:10 Next Jedaiah son of Harumaph repaired the wall across from his own house, and next to him was Hattush son of Hashabneiah.
  • Nehemiah 9:5 Then the leaders of the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—called out to the people: “Stand up and praise the Lord your God, for he lives from everlasting to everlasting!” Then they prayed: “May your glorious name be praised! May it be exalted above all blessing and praise!

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).