Shecaniah or Shechaniah = "dweller with Jehovah"
- a descendant of Zerubbabel whose descendants returned from exile with Ezra
- son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam and one who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
- father of Shemaiah who repaired part of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
- son of Arah, father-in-law of Tobiah who opposed Nehemiah
- a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
- a priest in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah