Given name
Shebna
“seat of beauty - captured - please let return”
Shebna is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewשבנא
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Shebna means “seat of beauty - captured - please let return.”
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Where it comes from
Shebna is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb shub (שוב), “to reverse a motion.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Shebna appears in 2 Kings 18:18.
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Shebna’s family of names
See also 13
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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57% boys · 43% girls
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53% boys · 47% girls
Shimei
“renown” · “famous”
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“God has called”
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“ethanite” · “one of the perennial”
43% boys · 57% girls
Elasah
“God has made”
50% boys · 50% girls