The meaning of Shecaniah in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)

one intimate with Jehovah.

  • A priest to whom the tenth lot came forth when David divided the priests (I Chronicles 24:11).

  • One of the priests who were set "to give to their brethren by courses" of the daily portion (II Chronicles 31:15).

    Shechani'ah, id.

  • A priest whose sons are mentioned in I Chronicles 3:21,22.

  • Ezra 8:5.

  • Ezra 10:2-4.

  • The father of Shemaiah, who repaired the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:29).

  • The father-in-law of Tobiah (Nehemiah 6:18).

  • A priest who returned from the Captivity with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:3; marg., or Shebaniah).


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