1. Shecaniah (proper name) — The proper name Shecaniah/Shekanyah/Shekanyahu, referring to several individuals in post-exilic Israel (priests and Levites in Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah). All four clusters are spelling variants or prepositional forms of the same name. Spanish Secanias/Shekanyahu, Arabic Shakaniya, Hindi shakanYaah, Korean seuganya/syegeomiya, Swahili Shekania. The alternation between -yah and -yahu suffixes is a standard theophoric variant, not a different name. 10×
AR["شَكَنيا","شَكَنْيا","شَكَنْيَا","لِ-شَكَنْيا","لِشَكَنْيَاهُو","وَ-شَكَنْيَا"]·ben["ও-শখনিয়","শকনিয়","শকনিয়ের","শখনিয়ের","শখনীয়াহুর-জন্য","শখনীয়ের"]·DE["[ושכניהו]","[לשכניה]","[לשכניהו]","[שכניה]"]·EN["Shecaniah","Shekhanyah","and-Shecaniah","for-Shekhanyahu","to-Shecaniah"]·FR["Schecania","et-Schecania"]·heb["ו-שכניהו","ל-שכניה","ל-שכניהו","שכניה"]·HI["और-शकन्याहू","शकन्याह","शकन्याह-का","शकन्याह-के","शकन्याहू-के-लिए"]·ID["Sekhanya","bagi-Sekhanya","dan-Sekhanya"]·IT["Shecania","e-Shecania"]·jav["Sekanya","Sekhanya","Sékhanya","dhateng-Sékhanya","kangge-Sekanya","lan-Sékhanya"]·KO["그리고-스가니야가","쉐가니야의","스가냐","스가냐-의","스가냐가","스가냐의","에게-쉐거냐야"]·PT["Shekanyah","Shekhanyah","de-Shekanyah","e-Shekhanyahu","para-Sheqanyahu"]·RU["Шехании","Шеханьи","Шеханья","Шеханьягу","Шеханьяху","для-Шеханьяху","и-Шханьяху"]·ES["Secanya","Secanías","Shekhanyah","de-Secanías","para-Shekaniahu","y-Shekanyahu"]·SW["Shekania","Shekanya","kwa-Shekania","wa-Shekania","wּshkanyahwּ"]·TR["Sekanya","Sekanyanin","ve-Şkanya","Şekanya","Şekanya'nın","Şekanya'ya","Şkanya'nın","şekaniya'nın"]·urd["اور-شکنیاہ","سکنیاہ","سکنیاہ-کے-لیے","شکنیاہ","شکنیاہ-کا","شکنیہ","شکَنیاہ","شکَنیاہ-نے"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† שְׁכַנְיָ֫ה(וּ) n.pr.m. (י׳ hath taken up his abode);—שְׁבַנְיָה, Σεχενια(ς), etc.: 1. descendant of Jehoiakin 1 Ch 3:21, 22 (on context v. Kit), Ezr 8:3, 5. 2. Ezr 10:2 (diff. from 1?). 3. father of a wall-builder Ne 3:29. 4. father-in-law of Tobiah Ne 6:18. 5. priestly name: a. Ne 12:3 = שְׁכַנְיָ֫הוּ 1 Ch 24:11, cf. שְׁכַנְיָה 3 Ne 10:5; 12:14. b. שְׁכַנְיָ֫הוּ 2 Ch 31:15.