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H1141 בְּנָיָה (Bᵉnâyâh) ben-aw-yaw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

or (prolonged) Bnayahuw {ben-aw-yaw'-hoo}; from 1129 and 3050; Jah has built; Benajah, the name of twelve Israelites

KJV Usage: Benaiah

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בְּנָיָ֫הוּ (be.na.yah) — Benaiah. A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.18; son of: Jehoiada (H3077); father of: Ammizabad (H5990) § Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up" 1) one of David's mighty warriors, son of Jehoiada the chief priest, a Levite, set by David over his bodyguard, later having remained faithful to Solomon during Adonijah's attempt on the crown, was raised into the place of Joab as commander-in-chief of the army 2) the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite, one of David's thirty mighty warriors, and the captain of the eleventh monthly course 3) a Simeonite, a prince of the families of Simeon 4) a Levite in the time of David who played with a psaltery on Alamoth 5) a priest in the time of David, appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark 6) a Levite of the sons of Asaph 7) a Levite in the time of Hezekiah 8) Four Israelites in the time of Ezra who had taken strange wives 9) the father of Pelatiah

בְּנָיָ֫הוּ (be.na.yah) — Benaiah. A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.30 § Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up" 1) one of David's mighty warriors, son of Jehoiada the chief priest, a Levite, set by David over his bodyguard, later having remained faithful to Solomon during Adonijah's attempt on the crown, was raised into the place of Joab as commander-in-chief of the army 2) the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite, one of David's thirty mighty warriors, and the captain of the eleventh monthly course 3) a Simeonite, a prince of the families of Simeon 4) a Levite in the time of David who played with a psaltery on Alamoth 5) a priest in the time of David, appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark 6) a Levite of the sons of Asaph 7) a Levite in the time of Hezekiah 8) Four Israelites in the time of Ezra who had taken strange wives 9) the father of Pelatiah

בְּנָיָ֫הוּ (be.na.yah) — Benaiah. A man of the tribe of Simeon(?) living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.36 § Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up" 1) one of David's mighty warriors, son of Jehoiada the chief priest, a Levite, set by David over his bodyguard, later having remained faithful to Solomon during Adonijah's attempt on the crown, was raised into the place of Joab as commander-in-chief of the army 2) the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite, one of David's thirty mighty warriors, and the captain of the eleventh monthly course 3) a Simeonite, a prince of the families of Simeon 4) a Levite in the time of David who played with a psaltery on Alamoth 5) a priest in the time of David, appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark 6) a Levite of the sons of Asaph 7) a Levite in the time of Hezekiah 8) Four Israelites in the time of Ezra who had taken strange wives 9) the father of Pelatiah

בְּנָיָ֫הוּ (be.na.yah) — Benaiah. A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.15.18 § Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up" 1) one of David's mighty warriors, son of Jehoiada the chief priest, a Levite, set by David over his bodyguard, later having remained faithful to Solomon during Adonijah's attempt on the crown, was raised into the place of Joab as commander-in-chief of the army 2) the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite, one of David's thirty mighty warriors, and the captain of the eleventh monthly course 3) a Simeonite, a prince of the families of Simeon 4) a Levite in the time of David who played with a psaltery on Alamoth 5) a priest in the time of David, appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark 6) a Levite of the sons of Asaph 7) a Levite in the time of Hezekiah 8) Four Israelites in the time of Ezra who had taken strange wives 9) the father of Pelatiah

בְּנָיָ֫הוּ (be.na.yah) — Benaiah. A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.27.34; father of: Jehoiada (H3077I) § Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up" 1) one of David's mighty warriors, son of Jehoiada the chief priest, a Levite, set by David over his bodyguard, later having remained faithful to Solomon during Adonijah's attempt on the crown, was raised into the place of Joab as commander-in-chief of the army 2) the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite, one of David's thirty mighty warriors, and the captain of the eleventh monthly course 3) a Simeonite, a prince of the families of Simeon 4) a Levite in the time of David who played with a psaltery on Alamoth 5) a priest in the time of David, appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark 6) a Levite of the sons of Asaph 7) a Levite in the time of Hezekiah 8) Four Israelites in the time of Ezra who had taken strange wives 9) the father of Pelatiah

בְּנָיָ֫הוּ (be.na.yah) — Benaiah. A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.20.14; son of: Jeiel (H3273J); father of: Zechariah (H2148I) § Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up" 1) one of David's mighty warriors, son of Jehoiada the chief priest, a Levite, set by David over his bodyguard, later having remained faithful to Solomon during Adonijah's attempt on the crown, was raised into the place of Joab as commander-in-chief of the army 2) the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite, one of David's thirty mighty warriors, and the captain of the eleventh monthly course 3) a Simeonite, a prince of the families of Simeon 4) a Levite in the time of David who played with a psaltery on Alamoth 5) a priest in the time of David, appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark 6) a Levite of the sons of Asaph 7) a Levite in the time of Hezekiah 8) Four Israelites in the time of Ezra who had taken strange wives 9) the father of Pelatiah

בְּנָיָ֫הוּ (be.na.yah) — Benaiah. A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.31.13 § Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up" 1) one of David's mighty warriors, son of Jehoiada the chief priest, a Levite, set by David over his bodyguard, later having remained faithful to Solomon during Adonijah's attempt on the crown, was raised into the place of Joab as commander-in-chief of the army 2) the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite, one of David's thirty mighty warriors, and the captain of the eleventh monthly course 3) a Simeonite, a prince of the families of Simeon 4) a Levite in the time of David who played with a psaltery on Alamoth 5) a priest in the time of David, appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark 6) a Levite of the sons of Asaph 7) a Levite in the time of Hezekiah 8) Four Israelites in the time of Ezra who had taken strange wives 9) the father of Pelatiah

בְּנָיָ֫הוּ (be.na.yah) — Benaiah. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.25 § Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up" 1) one of David's mighty warriors, son of Jehoiada the chief priest, a Levite, set by David over his bodyguard, later having remained faithful to Solomon during Adonijah's attempt on the crown, was raised into the place of Joab as commander-in-chief of the army 2) the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite, one of David's thirty mighty warriors, and the captain of the eleventh monthly course 3) a Simeonite, a prince of the families of Simeon 4) a Levite in the time of David who played with a psaltery on Alamoth 5) a priest in the time of David, appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark 6) a Levite of the sons of Asaph 7) a Levite in the time of Hezekiah 8) Four Israelites in the time of Ezra who had taken strange wives 9) the father of Pelatiah

בְּנָיָ֫הוּ (be.na.yah) — Benaiah. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.30 § Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up" 1) one of David's mighty warriors, son of Jehoiada the chief priest, a Levite, set by David over his bodyguard, later having remained faithful to Solomon during Adonijah's attempt on the crown, was raised into the place of Joab as commander-in-chief of the army 2) the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite, one of David's thirty mighty warriors, and the captain of the eleventh monthly course 3) a Simeonite, a prince of the families of Simeon 4) a Levite in the time of David who played with a psaltery on Alamoth 5) a priest in the time of David, appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark 6) a Levite of the sons of Asaph 7) a Levite in the time of Hezekiah 8) Four Israelites in the time of Ezra who had taken strange wives 9) the father of Pelatiah

בְּנָיָ֫הוּ (be.na.yah) — Benaiah. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.35 § Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up" 1) one of David's mighty warriors, son of Jehoiada the chief priest, a Levite, set by David over his bodyguard, later having remained faithful to Solomon during Adonijah's attempt on the crown, was raised into the place of Joab as commander-in-chief of the army 2) the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite, one of David's thirty mighty warriors, and the captain of the eleventh monthly course 3) a Simeonite, a prince of the families of Simeon 4) a Levite in the time of David who played with a psaltery on Alamoth 5) a priest in the time of David, appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark 6) a Levite of the sons of Asaph 7) a Levite in the time of Hezekiah 8) Four Israelites in the time of Ezra who had taken strange wives 9) the father of Pelatiah

בְּנָיָ֫הוּ (be.na.yah) — Benaiah. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.43 § Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up" 1) one of David's mighty warriors, son of Jehoiada the chief priest, a Levite, set by David over his bodyguard, later having remained faithful to Solomon during Adonijah's attempt on the crown, was raised into the place of Joab as commander-in-chief of the army 2) the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite, one of David's thirty mighty warriors, and the captain of the eleventh monthly course 3) a Simeonite, a prince of the families of Simeon 4) a Levite in the time of David who played with a psaltery on Alamoth 5) a priest in the time of David, appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark 6) a Levite of the sons of Asaph 7) a Levite in the time of Hezekiah 8) Four Israelites in the time of Ezra who had taken strange wives 9) the father of Pelatiah

בְּנָיָ֫הוּ (be.na.yah) — Benaiah. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezk.11.1; father of: Pelatiah (H6410J) § Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up" 1) one of David's mighty warriors, son of Jehoiada the chief priest, a Levite, set by David over his bodyguard, later having remained faithful to Solomon during Adonijah's attempt on the crown, was raised into the place of Joab as commander-in-chief of the army 2) the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite, one of David's thirty mighty warriors, and the captain of the eleventh monthly course 3) a Simeonite, a prince of the families of Simeon 4) a Levite in the time of David who played with a psaltery on Alamoth 5) a priest in the time of David, appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark 6) a Levite of the sons of Asaph 7) a Levite in the time of Hezekiah 8) Four Israelites in the time of Ezra who had taken strange wives 9) the father of Pelatiah

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

name · בנה · יהוה

Names of People

Benaiah, Benaiahu = man, also known as Benaiahu; ◄ son of Jehoiada; ► warrior and army commander under kings David and Solomon

2SA 20:23 · 1CH 11:22

Names of People

Benaiah = man; ◄ tribe of Simeon

1CH 4:36

Names of People

Benaiah, Benaiahu = man, also known as Benaiahu; ◄ from Pirathon; ► warrior; time of David

1CH 11:31 · 1CH 27:14

Names of People

Benaiah = man; ► Levite; time of David

2CH 20:14

Names of People

Benaiah = man; ◄ descendant of Parosh; ► married a non-Israelite woman; after exile

EZR 10:25

Names of People

Benaiah = man; ◄ descendant of Pahath-Moab; ► married a non-Israelite woman; after exile

EZR 10:30

Names of People

Benaiah = man; ◄ descendant of Bani; ► married a foreign wife; after exile

EZR 10:35

Names of People

Benaiah = man; ◄ descendant of Nebo; ► married a foreign wife; after exile

EZR 10:43

Names of People

Benaiah, Benaiahu = man, also known as Benaiahu; ► father of Pelatiah; time of Ezekiel

EZK 11:13

Reinier de Blois

name · בנה · יהוה

Names of People

Benaiahu, Benaiah = man, also known as Benaiah; ◄ son of Jehoiada; ► warrior and army commander under kings David and Solomon

2SA 8:18 · 2SA 23:20 · 2SA 23:22 · 1KI 1:8 · 1KI 1:10 · 1KI 1:26 · 1KI 1:32 · 1KI 1:36 · 1KI 1:38 · 1KI 1:44 · 1KI 2:25 · 1KI 2:29 · 1KI 2:30 · 1KI 2:30 · 1KI 2:34 · 1KI 2:35 · 1KI 2:46 · 1KI 4:4 · 1CH 11:24 · 1CH 18:17 · 1CH 27:5 · 1CH 27:6

Names of People

Benaiahu, Benaiah = man, also known as Benaiah; ◄ from Pirathon; ► warrior; time of David

2SA 23:30

Names of People

Benaiahu, Benaiah = various men; ► Levites; time of David

1CH 15:18 · 1CH 15:20 · 1CH 15:24 · 1CH 16:5 · 1CH 16:6

Names of People

Benaiahu, Benaiah = man; ► father of Jehoiada, official; time of David

1CH 27:34

Names of People

Benaiahu, Benaiah = man; ► official; time of Hezekiah

2CH 31:13

Names of People

Benaiahu, Benaiah = man, also known as Benaiah; ► father of Pelatiah; time of Ezekiel

EZK 11:1

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בְּנָיָ֫הוּ, בְּנָיָה n.pr.m. (Yah hath built up)— one of David’s captains and heroes, son of Jehoiada

one of David’s thirty

a Simeonite

Levites

Israelites

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