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HebrewH1141Proper Noun (Masculine)

בְּנָיָ֫הוּ

be.na.yah

41Occurrences
H1141Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Benajah, the name of twelve Israelites

or בּנָיָהוּ; (prolonged) from H1129 (בָּנָה) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has built;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; 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 ) 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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

בְּנָיָ֫הוּ appears 41 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
14
1 Kings
14
2 Samuel
5
Ezra
4
2 Chronicles
2
Ezk
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:22BSB

And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.

1 Chronicles 18:17BSB

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.

1 Kings 1:26BSB

But me your servant he did not invite, nor Zadok the priest, nor Benaiah son of Jehoiada, nor your servant Solomon.

1 Kings 2:34BSB

So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.

2 Samuel 23:22BSB

These were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who won a name alongside the three mighty men.

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