שְׁכַנְיָהShᵉkanyâh
proper name, masculine: hath taken up his abode
Pronunciation: shek-an-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7935
Meanings
1. descendant of Jehoiakin (1 Chronicles 3:21; 1 Chronicles 3:22; Ezra 8:3)
3. father of a wall-builder (Nehemiah 3:29)
4. father-in-law of Tobiah (Nehemiah 6:18)
5. priestly name
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 3:21 The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah. Jeshaiah’s son was Rephaiah. Rephaiah’s son was Arnan. Arnan’s son was Obadiah. Obadiah’s son was Shecaniah.
- 1 Chronicles 3:22 The descendants of Shecaniah were Shemaiah and his sons, Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat—six in all.
- 1 Chronicles 24:11 The ninth lot fell to Jeshua. The tenth lot fell to Shecaniah.
- 2 Chronicles 31:15 His faithful assistants were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah. They distributed the gifts among the families of priests in their towns by their divisions, dividing the gifts fairly among old and young alike.
- Ezra 8:3 a descendant of Shecaniah. From the family of Parosh: Zechariah and 150 other men were registered.
- Ezra 8:5 From the family of Zattu: Shecaniah son of Jahaziel and 300 other men.
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).