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His name, which can be interpreted as "Yahweh has grown" or "Yahweh has increased," reflects the theophoric nature common in Hebrew names, indicating a connection to the divine.<br><br><b>Role and Significance</b><br><br>Shebaniah is noted for his role as a priest during the time of Nehemiah, a key leader in the restoration of Jerusalem's walls and religious practices. He is listed among the priests who returned with Zerubbabel and Jeshua, as recorded in <a href="/nehemiah/12.htm">Nehemiah 12:1-7</a>. This return was a significant event, marking the re-establishment of the Jewish community in Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity.<br><br>In <a href="/nehemiah/9-4.htm">Nehemiah 9:4-5</a>, Shebaniah is mentioned as one of the Levites who stood on the stairs and called out to the people during a public confession of sins. This event was part of a larger assembly where the Israelites gathered to fast, wear sackcloth, and put dust on their heads, demonstrating repentance and a desire to renew their covenant with God. The Levites, including Shebaniah, led the people in worship and confession, highlighting his role in the spiritual leadership of the community.<br><br>Furthermore, Shebaniah is also listed among those who sealed the covenant in <a href="/nehemiah/10.htm">Nehemiah 10:1-12</a>. This covenant was a solemn agreement made by the leaders, Levites, and priests to follow God's law, refrain from intermarrying with the surrounding peoples, and observe the Sabbath and other commandments. By sealing the covenant, Shebaniah demonstrated his commitment to the spiritual and communal renewal of the Jewish people.<br><br><b>Biblical References</b><br><br>1. <b><a href="/nehemiah/9-4.htm">Nehemiah 9:4-5</a> :</b> "Then the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Kenani—stood on the stairs and cried out with a loud voice to the LORD their God. And the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said: 'Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.'"<br><br>2. <b><a href="/nehemiah/10.htm">Nehemiah 10:1-12</a> :</b> "Now these are the ones who sealed the covenant: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, along with Zedekiah, Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests."<br><br>3. <b><a href="/nehemiah/12.htm">Nehemiah 12:1-7</a> :</b> "These were the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah, Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah, Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua."<br><br><b>Historical and Theological Context</b><br><br>Shebaniah's involvement in the religious reforms under Nehemiah underscores the importance of spiritual leadership in the post-exilic community. The return from exile was not only a physical restoration but also a spiritual renewal, as the people sought to re-establish their identity as God's chosen people. The covenant renewal and public confession led by figures like Shebaniah were crucial in reorienting the community towards faithfulness to the Mosaic Law.<br><br>Theologically, Shebaniah's actions reflect the themes of repentance, covenant faithfulness, and communal responsibility. His participation in these significant events highlights the role of the priesthood in guiding the people back to a right relationship with God, emphasizing the importance of obedience and worship in the life of the covenant community.<a name="hit" id="hit"></a><div class="vheading2">Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Shebaniah</span><p>the Lord that converts, or recalls from captivity<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Shebaniah</span><p>(<i>increased by Jehovah</i>). <ol> <li>A Levite in the time of Ezra. (<a href="/nehemiah/9-4.htm">Nehemiah 9:4,5</a>) He sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (<a href="/nehemiah/10-10.htm">Nehemiah 10:10</a>) (B.C. 459.)</li> <li>A priest or priestly family who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (<a href="/nehemiah/10-4.htm">Nehemiah 10:4</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/12-14.htm">12:14</a>) Called <a href="../s/shechaniah.htm">SHECHANIAH</a>, <a href="../s/shechaniah.htm">SHECHANIAH</a> in (<a href="/nehemiah/12-3.htm">Nehemiah 12:3</a>)</li> <li>Another Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (<a href="/nehemiah/10-12.htm">Nehemiah 10:12</a>)</li> <li>One of the priests appointed by David to blow with the trumpets before the ark of God. (<a href="/1_chronicles/15-24.htm">1 Chronicles 15:24</a>) (B.C. 1043.)</li> </ol><a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Whom Jehovah hides, or has made grow up. <p>(1.) A Levite appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark of God (<a href="/1_chronicles/15-24.htm">1 Chronicles 15:24</a>).<p>(2.) Another Levite (<a href="/nehemiah/9-4.htm">Nehemiah 9:4</a>, 5).<p>(3.) A priest (<a href="/nehemiah/10-12.htm">Nehemiah 10:12</a>).<p>(4.) A Levite (<a href="/nehemiah/10-4.htm">Nehemiah 10:4</a>). <a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">SHEBANIAH</span><p>sheb-a-ni'-a, she-ban'-ya (shebhanyah, in <a href="/1_chronicles/15-24.htm">1 Chronicles 15:24</a>, shebhanyahu):<br><br>(1) Name of a Levite or a Levitical family that participated in the religious rites that followed the reading of the Law (<a href="/nehemiah/9-4.htm">Nehemiah 9:4</a>). The name is given in <a href="/nehemiah/10-10.htm">Nehemiah 10:10</a> among those that sealed the covenant.<br><br>(2) A priest or Levite who took part in the sealing of the covenant (<a href="/nehemiah/10-4.htm">Nehemiah 10:4</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/12-14.htm">Nehemiah 12:14</a>).<br><br>See <a href="../s/shecaniah.htm">SHECANIAH</a>.<br><br>(3) Another Levite who sealed the covenant (<a href="/nehemiah/10-12.htm">Nehemiah 10:12</a>).<br><br>(4) A priest in the time of David (<a href="/1_chronicles/15-24.htm">1 Chronicles 15:24</a>).<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7645.htm"><span class="l">7645. Shebanyah -- the name of several Israelites</span></a><br><b>...</b> the name of several Israelites. Transliteration: Shebanyah or Shebanyahu Phonetic<br> Spelling: (sheb-an-yaw') Short Definition: <b>Shebaniah</b>. <b>...</b> <b>Shebaniah</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7645.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/shebaniah.htm"><span class="l"><b>Shebaniah</b> (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>SHEBANIAH</b>. <b>...</b> (4) A priest in the time of David (1<br> Chronicles 15:24). Multi-Version Concordance <b>Shebaniah</b> (7 Occurrences). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shebaniah.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shebani'ah.htm"><span class="l">Shebani'ah (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Shebani'ah. <b>Shebaniah</b>, Shebani'ah. Shebarim . Multi-Version Concordance<br> Shebani'ah (7 Occurrences). 1 Chronicles 15:24 And <b>Shebaniah</b><b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shebani'ah.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/sherebiah.htm"><span class="l">Sherebiah (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Nehemiah 9:4 Then stood up on the stairs of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel,<br><b>Shebaniah</b>, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sherebiah.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/sherebi'ah.htm"><span class="l">Sherebi'ah (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Nehemiah 9:4 Then stood up upon the platform of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel,<br><b>Shebaniah</b>, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sherebi'ah.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shecaniah.htm"><span class="l">Shecaniah (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (5.) The father-in-law of Tobiah (Nehemiah 6:18). (6.) A priest who returned from<br> the Captivity with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:3; marg., or <b>Shebaniah</b>). Int. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shecaniah.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/kad'mi-el.htm"><span class="l">Kad'mi-el (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Nehemiah 9:4 Then stood up upon the platform of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel,<br><b>Shebaniah</b>, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/kad'mi-el.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/kadmiel.htm"><span class="l">Kadmiel (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Nehemiah 9:4 Then stood up on the stairs of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel,<br><b>Shebaniah</b>, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/kadmiel.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bani.htm"><span class="l">Bani (15 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Nehemiah 9:4 Then stood up on the stairs of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel,<br><b>Shebaniah</b>, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bani.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shechaniah.htm"><span class="l">Shechaniah (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> of a family which returned with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:3). It is the same name<br> which, by an interchange of "bh" and "kh", appears as <b>Shebaniah</b> (see <b>SHEBANIAH</b><b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shechaniah.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jeshua.htm"><span class="l">Jeshua (30 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Nehemiah 9:4 Then stood up on the stairs of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel,<br><b>Shebaniah</b>, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jeshua.htm - 21k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Shebaniah (7 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-24.htm">1 Chronicles 15:24</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Shebaniah</span>, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-Edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-4.htm">Nehemiah 9:4</a></span><br />Then stood up on the stairs of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, <span class="boldtext">Shebaniah</span>, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice to Yahweh their God.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-5.htm">Nehemiah 9:5</a></span><br />Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, <span class="boldtext">Shebaniah</span>, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting; and blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/10-4.htm">Nehemiah 10:4</a></span><br />Hattush, <span class="boldtext">Shebaniah</span>, Malluch,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/10-10.htm">Nehemiah 10:10</a></span><br />and their brothers, <span class="boldtext">Shebaniah</span>, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/10-12.htm">Nehemiah 10:12</a></span><br />Zaccur, Sherebiah, <span class="boldtext">Shebaniah</span>,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/12-14.htm">Nehemiah 12:14</a></span><br />of Malluchi, Jonathan; of <span class="boldtext">Shebaniah</span>, Joseph;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/s/shebaniah.htm">Shebaniah</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/s/shebaniah--a_levite_who_joined_nehemiah_in_covenant.htm">Shebaniah: A Levite Who Joined Nehemiah in Covenant</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/s/shebaniah--a_priest_in_the_time_of_david.htm">Shebaniah: A Priest in the Time of David</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/s/shebaniah--a_priest_who_joined_nehemiah_in_covenant.htm">Shebaniah: A Priest Who Joined Nehemiah in Covenant</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shebaniah.htm">Shebaniah (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shebarim.htm">Shebarim (1 Occurrence)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/naves/s/shebam--a_city_of_the_tribe_of_reuben.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Shebam: A City of the Tribe of Reuben"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Shebam: A City of the Tribe of Reuben" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/s/shebani'ah.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Shebani'ah"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Shebani'ah" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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