Word Origin
from shakan and Yah
Definition
"Yah has taken up His abode," the name of several Isr.
NASB Translation
Shecaniah (10).

(שְׁכַנְיָ֫ה(וּׅ) proper name, masculine (׳י hath taken up his abode); — שְׁכַנְיָה, Σεχενια(ς), etc.:

1 descendant of Jehoiakin 1 Chronicles 3:21,22 (on context see Kit), Ezra 8:3,5.

2 Ezra 10:2 (different from 1 ?).

3 father of a wall-builder Nehemiah 3:29.

4 father-in-law of Tobiah Nehemiah 6:18.

5 priestly name:

a. Nehemiah 12:3 = שְׁכַנְיָ֫הוּ 1 Chronicles 24:11, compare שְׁכַנְיָה

3 Nehemiah 10:5; Nehemiah 12:14.

b. שְׁכַנְיָ֫הוּ2Chronicles 31:15.

וּשְׁכַנְיָ֛הוּ ושכניהו לִשְׁכַנְיָ֖הוּ לִשְׁכַנְיָ֣ה לשכניה לשכניהו שְׁכַנְיָ֔ה שְׁכַנְיָ֖ה שְׁכַנְיָ֥ה שְׁכַנְיָ֨ה שְׁכַנְיָֽה׃ שכניה שכניה׃ liš·ḵan·yā·hū liš·ḵan·yāh lishchanYah lishchanYahu lišḵanyāh lišḵanyāhū šə·ḵan·yāh šəḵanyāh shechanYah ū·šə·ḵan·yā·hū ūšəḵanyāhū ushechanYahuInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts