HebrewH1138Proper Noun (Masculine)
בֻּנִּי
bun.ni
“Bunni”
2Occurrences
H1138Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Bunni or Buni, an Israelite
or (fuller) בּוּנִי; from H1129 (בָּנָה); built;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at § Bunni = "built" 1) a Levite in the time of Nehemiah 2) another Levite of earlier date
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
בֻּנִּי appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Nehemiah
2
Key Passages
Nehemiah 11:15BSB
From the Levites:Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
Nehemiah 9:4BSB
And the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God.
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