Sechenias
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Sechenias . 1 . 1Es 8:29 = Shecaniah , Ezra 8:3
2 . 1Es 8:32 = Shecaniah , Ezra 8:6 .
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
sek - ḗ - nı̄´as :
(1) (Codex Alexandrinus Σεχενίας , Sechenı́as ; omitted in Codex Vaticanus and Swete): 1 Esdras 8:29 = "Shecaniah" in Ezra 8:3; the arrangement in Ezra is different.
(2) (Codex Alexandrinus Sechenias , but Codex Vaticanus and Swete, Εἰεχονίας , Eiechonı́as ): Name of a person who went up at the head of a family in the return with Ezra (1 Esdras 8:32) = "Shecaniah" in Ezra 8:5 .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
( Σεχενίας Εἰεχονίας ) , Apocryphal forms of the Heb. name Shechaniah (q.v.); namely,
(a) the father of Lettus ( 1 Esdras 8:29), or rather of one whose name has dropped out of the text ( Ezra 8:3);
(b) the "son" of Jezeluo ( 1 Esdras 8:32) or Jaha-ziel ( Ezra 8:5).
