Bible Person

Shebaniah

Meaning: the Lord that converts · Male · 3 cross references

This Shebaniah entry refers to the priestly returnee line named in Nehemiah, not to the Levite in the public confession scene. He belongs to the restored priesthood that supports worship and covenant life after the exile. First appears in Neh 10:4.1

AI summary: This Shebaniah matters because the cross references place his name in both the list of returning priests and the later priestly ordering of the restored community. The continuity shows how post-exilic worship depended on remembered houses of service as well as renewed zeal. Taken together, the material presents this Shebaniah as a priestly figure within the institutional recovery of Jerusalem's religious life.1

Central Figure

Shebaniah

Meaning: the Lord that converts

A priest who returned from the Captivity with Zerubbabel (Neh.