Shechaniah
Bible Usage:
- Shechaniah used 8 times.
- First Reference: 1 Chronicles 3:21
- Last Reference: Nehemiah 12:3
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: No
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H7935 Used 8 times
Naves Topical Index
Shechaniah
1. A descendant of David
1 Chronicles 3:21-22
2. Two men whose descendants returned with Ezra from captivity in Babylon
Ezra 8:3; Ezra 8:5
3. A Jew who proposed to Ezra the putting away of Gentile wives
Ezra 10:2
4. Father of Shemaiah. Possibly identical with 1 above
Nehemiah 3:29
5. Father-in-law of Tobiah
Nehemiah 6:18
6. A Levite who returned with Zerubbabel from captivity in Babylon
Nehemiah 12:3
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Shechaniah
1. (dweller with Jehovah).
- The tenth in order of the priests who were appointed by lot in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 24:11) (B.C. 1014.)
- A priest in the reign of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 31:15) (B.C. 925.)
2. (dweller with Jehovah).
- A descendant of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:21,22)
- Some descendants of Shechaniah returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:3)
- The sons of Shechaniah were another family who returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:5) (B.C. 459.)
- The son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam. (Ezra 10:2)
- The father of Shemaiah, 2. (Nehemiah 3:29)
- The son of Arah. (Nehemiah 6:18)
- The head of a priestly family who returned with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 12:3)
3. one of the towns of the allotment of Simeon, (Joshua 19:2) probably the same as Shema. (Joshua 15:26)
4. a city "in the district near the wilderness" to which our Lord retired with his disciples when threatened with violence by the priests. (John 11:54)