שְׁבַנְיָהShᵉbanyâh
1.
Pronunciation: sheb-an-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7645
Meanings
a. Levites (Nehemiah 9:4; Nehemiah 9:5; Nehemiah 10:13)
b. priestly family (Nehemiah 10:5; Nehemiah 12:14; Nehemiah 12:3)
2. priest (1 Chronicles 15:24)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 15:24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—all of whom were priests—were chosen to blow the trumpets as they marched in front of the Ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were chosen to guard the Ark.
- Nehemiah 9:4 The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Kenani—stood on the stairway of the Levites and cried out to the Lord their God with loud voices.
- 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!
- Nehemiah 10:4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
- Nehemiah 10:10 and their fellow Levites: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
- Nehemiah 10:12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
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).