Shᵉbanyâh — H7645

Definition

masculine proper noun

Shebanjah, the name of three or four Israelites

1. Shebaniah = "increased by Jehovah"
2. a Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
3. a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
4. a 2nd Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
5. a priest appointed by David to blow with the trumpets before the ark of God

Usually translated as

Shebaniah

Origin

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

• Same as Shebnâʼ (H7644)
• Same as Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Shᵉbanyâh occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (6)

• 1 Chronicles 15:24 — And Shebaniah (וּשְׁבַנְיָ֡הוּ), and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
• Nehemiah 9:4 — Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah (שְׁבַנְיָ֛ה), Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.
• Nehemiah 9:5 — Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah (שְׁבַנְיָ֣ה), and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
• Nehemiah 10:4 — Hattush, Shebaniah (שְׁבַנְיָ֖ה), Malluch,
• Nehemiah 10:10 — And their brethren, Shebaniah (שְׁבַנְיָ֧ה), Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
• Nehemiah 10:12 — Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah (שְׁבַנְיָֽה),
• Nehemiah 12:14 — Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah (לִשְׁבַנְיָ֖ה), Joseph;