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Nehemiah 12:3
“Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שְׁכַנְיָהShᵉkanyâh · shek-an-yaw'
H7935 · Hebrew
H7935 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Shekanjah, the name of nine Israelites
- Derivation
- or (prolonged) שְׁכַנְיָהוּ; from H7931 (שָׁכַן) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has dwelt;
- KJV renderings
- Shecaniah, Shechaniah.
- Grammar
- שְׁכַנְיָ֥ה — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 10 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Chronicles 3:211 Chronicles 3:221 Chronicles 24:112 Chronicles 31:15Ezra 8:3
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שְׁכַנְיָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.