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šᵊvanyāhū שְׁבַנְיָהוּ ‘Shebaniah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from the same as ševnāʾ שֶׁבְנָא ‘Shebna’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: שׁבנא שׁבנה יה

šᵊvanyāhū pr n m pers
Shebaniah = "increased by Jehovah"
1) a Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
2) a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
3) a 2nd Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
4) a priest appointed by David to blow with the trumpets before the ark of God

Mentioned in Nehemiah 10:11, 9:4, 9:5, 10:13, 10:5, 12:14 1 Chronicles 15:24

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