Bible Dictionary
Senaah
Senaah was a place or clan whose descendants returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. Its exact location is uncertain, though it was associated by some with a site north of Jericho.
Definition
Senaah was a place or clan whose descendants formed part of the Israelites who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. The name means “thorny.” Its precise location is uncertain.
Biblical Usage
The children or inhabitants of Senaah are listed among those returning from the captivity and among the people of Israel.
Historical Background
The place has been associated with Magdalsenna, a village about seven miles north of Jericho, but the site is not known. The people may also have been connected with the Benjamite clan Hassenuah.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Thorny, a place many of the inhabitants of which returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:35; Neh. 7:38).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(thorny). The “children (i.e. the inhabitants) of Senaah” are enumerated among the “people of Israel” who returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:35; Nehemiah 7:38) (B.C. 536.) The Magdal Senna of Eusebius and Jerome denotes a town seven miles north of Jericho (“Senna”).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>se-na'-a, sen'-a-a (cena'ah; Codex Vaticanus Sanana; Sananat; Codex Alexandrinus Sanana, Sennaa, Hasan): The children of Senaah are mentioned as having formed part of the company returning from the captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:35; Ne 7:38). The numbers vary as given by Ezr (3,630) and Ne (3,930), while 1 Esdras 5:23 puts them at 3,330. In the last place the name is Sanaas, the King James Version "Annaas" (Codex Vaticanus Sama; Codex Alexandrinus Sanaas). In Ne 3:3 the name occurs with the definite article, ha-senaah. The people may be identical with the Benjamite clan Hassenuah (1Ch 9:7). Eusebius, in Onomasticon, speaks of Magdalsenna a village about 7 miles North of Jericho, which may be the place intended; but the site is not known.</p><p>W. Ewing</p>