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HebrewH7645Proper Noun (Masculine)

שְׁבַנְיָהוּ

she.van.yah

4Occurrences
H7645Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Shebanjah, the name of three or four Israelites

or שְׁבַנְיָהוּ; from the same as H7644 (שֶׁבְנָא) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has grown (i.e. prospered);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at § 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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

שְׁבַנְיָהוּ appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Nehemiah
3
1 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 15:24BSB

Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.

Nehemiah 12:14BSB

of Malluchi, Jonathan;of Shebaniah, Joseph;

Nehemiah 9:4BSB

And the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God.

Nehemiah 9:5BSB

Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting:Blessed be Your glorious name,and may it be exaltedabove all blessing and praise.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.