Lexical Summary Benayahu or Benayah: "Yah has built up", the name of several Israelites Original Word: בְּנָיָהTransliteration: Benayahu or Benayah Phonetic Spelling: (ben-aw-yaw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "Yah has built up", the name of several Israelites Meaning: Benaiah -- "Yah has built up", the name of several Israelites Strong's Concordance Benaiah Or (prolonged) Bnayahuw {ben-aw-yaw'-hoo}; from banah and Yahh; Jah has built; Benajah, the name of twelve Israelites -- Benaiah. see HEBREW banah see HEBREW Yahh Brown-Driver-Briggs H1141. Benayahu or Benayah בְּנָיָה בְּנָיָ֫הוּ, proper name, masculine (Yah hath built up, compare יבנאל, Sabean בנאל DHMZMG 1883, 15) — 1 one of David's captains and heroes, son of Jehoiada, בניהו 2 Samuel 8:18; 23:20, 22; 1 Kings 1:8, 10, 26, 32, 36, 38, 44; 2:25, 29, 30 (twice in verse); 2:34; 2:35; 2:46; 4:4; 1 Chronicles 11:24; 18:17; 27:5-6, compare 27:34 (see Be); = בניה 2 Samuel 20:23; 1 Chronicles 11:22. 2 one of David's thirty, בניהו 2 Samuel 23:30 = בניה 1 Chronicles 11:31; 27:14. 3 a Simeonite, בניה 1 Chronicles 4:36. 4 Levites, a. בניהו 1 Chronicles 15:18, 20, 24; b. (id.) 2 Chronicles 31:13; c. בניה2 Chronicles 20:14. 5 Israelites, בניה a. Ezra 10:25; b. Ezra 10:30; c. Ezra 10:35; d. Ezra 10:43; e. Ezekiel 11:13 = בניהו 11:1. |
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