(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.).