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(Heb. Shebanyah', ùְׁáִðְéָä , increased of Jehovah; once [1Ch_15:24] in the prolonged form Shebanya'hu, ùְׁáִðְéָäåּ ), the name of four Hebrews.
1. (Sept. Óåâåíßá v.r. Óïâíåßá and Óïìíßá .) One of the Levitical trumpeters on the removal of the ark from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem (1Ch_15:24). B.C. 1043.
2. (Sept. Óáâáíßá and Óå÷åíßá , v.r. Óåâáíßá , Óá÷áíßá , etc.) One of Ezra's Levitical attendants, who stood upon the steps and uttered the prayer of confession and thanksgiving (Neh_9:4-5), and joined in the sacred covenant (10:10). B.C. 459.
3. (Sept. Óåâáíßá .) Another Levite who joined in the same covenant (Neh_10:12). B.C. 459.
4. (Sept. Óåâáíß , Óå÷åíßá .) A priest who did the same (Neh_10:4; Neh_12:14). B.C. 459. He had a son named Joseph (Neh_12:14). Hie is apparently the same elsewhere (Neh_12:3) called SHECHANIAH (q.v.).