Strong H7935H7935Lשְׁכַנְיָהוּ
Shecaniah
One of the 8 senses of Strong H7935
- Transliteration
- shekanyâh shekanyâhû
- Pronunciation
- {shek-an-yaw'} shek-an-yaw'-hoo
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Shecaniah or Shechaniah = "dweller with Jehovah"
General definition
In the biblical story
Shecaniah
Israelite who confessed marrying a foreign wife
Shecaniah, an Israelite who admitted to marrying a foreign wife during Ezra's time.
In the Bible
Strong H7935L appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shechaniah2
First verses
- Ezra 10:2And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
- Nehemiah 3:29After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.