HASHABNEIAH

hash-ab-ne-i'-a (chashabhneyah; the King James Version Hashabniah, hash-ab-ni'a).

(1) Father of one of the builders of the wall (Nehemiah 3:10).

(2) A Levite mentioned in connection with the prayer preceding the signing of the covenant (Nehemiah 9:5); possibly identical with the Hashabiah (chashabhyah) of Ezra 8:19, 24 Nehemiah 10:11; Nehemiah 11:22; Nehemiah 12:24, or one of these.