Shebaniah

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Shebani'ah (Increased By Jehovah).

1. A Levite, in the time of Ezra.  Nehemiah 9:4-5. He sealed the covenant with Nehemiah.  Nehemiah 10:10. (B.C. 459).

2. A priest, or priestly family, who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah.  Nehemiah 10:4;  Nehemiah 112:14, called Shechaniah , in  Nehemiah 12:3.

3. Another Levite, who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah.  Nehemiah 10:12.

4. One of the priests, appointed by David, to blow with the trumpets before the Ark of God.  1 Chronicles 15:24. (B.C. 1043). See Shechaniah .

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Priest who aided in bringing up the ark to Jerusalem.  1 Chronicles 15:24 .

2. Levite who assisted Ezra and sealed the covenant.   Nehemiah 9:4,5;  Nehemiah 10:10 .

3. Priest who sealed the covenant.   Nehemiah 10:4;  Nehemiah 12:14 .

4. Levite who sealed the covenant.   Nehemiah 10:12 .

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Shebaniah . 1 . A Levitical family (  Nehemiah 9:4;   Nehemiah 10:10 ). 2 . A priest or Levite who sealed the covenant (  Nehemiah 10:4;   Nehemiah 12:14 [See Shecaniah]). 3 . Another Levite who sealed the covenant (  Nehemiah 10:12 ). 4 . A priest (  1 Chronicles 15:24 ).

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A Levite ( Nehemiah 10:4 ).

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Shebaniah'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/s/shebaniah.html. 1897.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1.  Nehemiah 9:4-5;  Nehemiah 10:10.

2.  Nehemiah 10:4;  Nehemiah 12:14; Shechaniah in  Nehemiah 12:3.

3.  Nehemiah 10:12.

4.  1 Chronicles 15:24.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 15:24 Nehemiah 9:4-5 Nehemiah 10:4 10:10 10:12 Nehemiah 12:14

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Shebanyah', שְׁבִנְיָה , Increased Of Jehovah ; once [ 1 Chronicles 15:24] in the prolonged form Shebanya'hu, שְׁבִנְיָהוּ ), the name of four Hebrews.

1. (Sept. Σεβενία v.r. Σοβνεία And Σομνία . ) One of the Levitical trumpeters on the removal of the ark from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem ( 1 Chronicles 15:24). B.C. 1043.

2. ( Sept. Σαβανία and Σεχενία , v.r. Σεβανία , Σαχανία , etc.) One of Ezra's Levitical attendants, who stood upon the steps and uttered the prayer of confession and thanksgiving ( Nehemiah 9:4-5), and joined in the sacred covenant (10:10). B.C. 459.

3. (Sept. Σεβανία . ) Another Levite who joined in the same covenant ( Nehemiah 10:12). B.C. 459.

4. (Sept. Σεβανί , Σεχενία . ) A priest who did the same ( Nehemiah 10:4;  Nehemiah 12:14). B.C. 459. He had a son named Joseph ( Nehemiah 12:14). Hie is apparently the same elsewhere ( Nehemiah 12:3) called SHECHANIAH (q.v.).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

sheb - a - nı̄´a , shḗ - ban´ya ( שבניה , shebhanyāh , in   1 Chronicles 15:24 , shebhanyāhū ):

(1) Name of a Levite or a Levitical family that participated in the religious rites that followed the reading of the Law ( Nehemiah 9:4 ). The name is given in  Nehemiah 10:10 among those that sealed the covenant.

(2) A priest or Levite who took part in the sealing of the covenant ( Nehemiah 10:4;  Nehemiah 12:14 ). See Shecaniah .

(3) Another Levite who sealed the covenant ( Nehemiah 10:12 ).

(4) A priest in the time of David ( 1 Chronicles 15:24 ).