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 timesAppears 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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