Shebaniah ~ ሰበንያ: The name “Shebaniah” means the Lord that converts, or recalls from captivity / HBN, (1 ዜና 15:24)

The root words for ‘Shebaniah’ are ‘Sebene’ (ሰበነ) and ‘Yah’ (ያህ)፥ The meaning is ‘lord of sabeans’/ Ibid.

A Levite appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark of God, “And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat ... doorkeepers for the ark.” (1 Chr 15:24)

Other people with the same name are: Another Levite; (Neh 9:4, 5); A priest (Neh 10:12); A Levite (Neh 10:4)
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ሰበንያ ~Shebaniah: ሰባነ ያህ፣ ሰባነ  ህያው፣ ሳባውያን፣ የአምላክ ሰዎች፣ የጌታ ወገኖች፣ የእግዚአብሔር ቤተሰቦች ማለት ነው። [ተዛማጅ ስም- ሰብታ፣ ሰንበት፣ ሳባ፣ ሳባ ሰዎች፣ ሳባታይ፣ ሳባጥ፣ ሳቤህ፣ ሳቤዔ፣ ሴባ፣ ሤባ፣ ጸባዖት]

‘ሳባን’ እና ‘ያህ’(ያህዌ ፣ ህያው) ከሚሉ ቃላት የተመሠረተ ስም ነው።

በዚህ ስም የሚታወቁ አራት ሰዎች አሉ።

1.                  በእግዚአብሔር ታቦይ ፊት መለከት ይነፉ ከነበሩ አንዱ፥ ሰበንያ፥ “ካህናቱም ሰበንያ፥ ኢዮሳፍጥ፥ ናትናኤል፥ ...” (1 ዜና 15:24)

2.                  ሌዋዊው፥ ሰበንያ፥ (ነህ 9:4፣ 5)

3.                  ካህኑ፥ ሰበንያ፥ “ዘኩር፥ ሰራብያ፥ ሰበንያ፥ ሆዲያ፥ ባኒ፥ ብኒኑ።” (ነህ 10:12)

4.                  ሌላ ሌዋዊ፥ ሰበንያ፥ “ሐጡስ፥ ሰበንያ፥ መሉክ፥ ካሪም፥” (ነህ 10:4)