בָּנִי

ba.niProper Noun (Masculine)H1137

Bani

From: from H1129 (בָּנָה); built;

Short Definition

Bani, the name of five Israelites

Full Lexicon Entry

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at § Bani = "built" 1) a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors 2) a Levite of the line of Merari, and forefather to ) a man of Judah of the line of Pharez 4) "children of Bani" returned from captivity with Zerubbabel 5) one or up to three Levites in Nehemiah's time

Grammar

Part of Speech Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology N:N-M-P

DescriptionProper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

12 times

Appears 12 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Ezra
5
Nehemiah
5
1 Chronicles
1
2 Samuel
1

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 9:4
  • Ezra 10:29
  • Ezra 10:38
  • Ezra 8:10
  • Nehemiah 3:17

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.