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šᵊxanyāhū שְׁכַנְיָהוּ ‘Shecaniah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from šāxan שָׁכַן ‘to dwell’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: שׁכן יה

šᵊxanyāhū pr n m pers
Shecaniah or Shechaniah = "dweller with Jehovah"
1) a descendant of Zerubbabel whose descendants returned from exile with Ezra
2) son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam and one who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
3) father of Shemaiah who repaired part of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
4) son of Arah, father-in-law of Tobiah who opposed Nehemiah
5) a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
6) a priest in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah

Mentioned in Ezra 10:2, 8:3, 8:5 Nehemiah 3:29, 6:18, 12:3 1 Chronicles 3:21, 3:22, 24:11 2 Chronicles 31:15

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