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Lexicon :: Strong's H1141 - bᵊnāyâ

Aa
בְּנָיָה
Transliteration
bᵊnāyâ
Pronunciation
ben-aw-yaw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: בניה (Strongs and Gesenius) בניהו (Strongs and Gesenius)

Strong’s Definitions

בְּנָיָה Bᵉnâyâh, ben-aw-yaw'; or בּנָיָהוּ Bnâyâhûw; (prolonged) from H1129 and H3050; Jah has built; Benajah, the name of twelve Israelites:—Benaiah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's H1141 in the following manner: Benaiah (42x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's H1141 in the following manner: Benaiah (42x).

  1. 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 Asaph

    7. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בְּנָיָה Bᵉnâyâh, ben-aw-yaw'; or בּנָיָהוּ Bnâyâhûw; (prolonged) from H1129 and H3050; Jah has built; Benajah, the name of twelve Israelites:—Benaiah.
STRONGS H1141: Abbreviations
† בְּנָיָ֫הוּ, בְּנָיָה 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; 2 Samuel 23:20, 22; 1 Kings 1:8, 10, 26, 32, 36, 38, 44; 1 Kings 2:25, 29, 30 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 2:34; 1 Kings 2:35; 1 Kings 2:46; 1 Kings 4:4; 1 Chronicles 11:24; 1 Chronicles 18:17; 1 Chronicles 27:5, 6 compare 1 Chronicles 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; 1 Chronicles 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. בניה 2 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 Ezekiel 11:1.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

8:18; 20:23; 23:20; 23:22; 23:30

1 Kings

1:8; 1:10; 1:26; 1:32; 1:36; 1:38; 1:44; 2:25; 2:29; 2:30; 2:34; 2:35; 2:46; 4:4

1 Chronicles

4:36; 11:22; 11:24; 11:31; 15:18; 15:20; 15:24; 18:17; 27:5; 27:6; 27:14; 27:34

2 Chronicles

20:14; 31:13

Ezra

10:25; 10:30; 10:35; 10:43

Ezekiel

11:1; 11:13

H1141

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1141 matches the Hebrew בְּנָיָה (bᵊnāyâ),
which occurs 42 times in 41 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:18 - And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:23 - Now Joab was over all the army; and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was at the head of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20 - And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a fighting man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down into a hole and put a lion to death in time of snow:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:22 - These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:30 - Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the valleys of Gaash,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:8 - But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet and Shimei and Rei, and David's men of war did not take the side of Adonijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:10 - But he did not send for Nathan the prophet and Benaiah and the other men of war and Solomon his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:26 - But me, your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon, he has not sent for.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:32 - And King David said, Send for Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:36 - And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, answering the king, said, So be it: and may the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say so.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:38 - So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down and put Solomon on King David's beast and took him to Gihon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:44 - And he sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they put him on the king's beast:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:25 - And King Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and he made an attack on him and put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29 - And they said to King Solomon, Joab has gone in flight to the Tent of the Lord and is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, make an attack on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30 - And Benaiah came to the Tent of the Lord and said to him, The king says, Come out. And he said, No; but let death come to me here. And Benaiah went back to the king and gave him word of the answer which Joab had given.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:34 - So Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, went up, and falling on him, put him to death; and his body was put to rest in his house in the waste land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:35 - And the king put Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, in his place over the army; and Zadok the priest he put in the place of Abiathar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:46 - So the king gave orders to Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada; and he went out and, falling on him, put him to death. And Solomon's authority over the kingdom was complete.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:4 - Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was head of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:36 - And Elioenai and Jaakobah and Jeshohaiah and Asaiah and Adiel and Jesimiel and Benaiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 - Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, a fighting-man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death two young lions going into their secret place; and he went down into a hole and put a lion to death in time of snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:24 - These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:31 - Ithai, the son of Ribai of Gibeah, of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:18 - And with them their brothers of the second order, Zechariah, Bani and Jaaziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Unni, Eliab and Benaiah and Maaseiah and Mattithiah and Eliphelehu and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom and Jeiel, the door-keepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:20 - And Zechariah and Aziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel, Unni and Eliab and Maaseiah and Benaiah, with corded instruments put to Alamoth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:24 - And Shebaniah and Joshaphat and Nethanel and Amasai and Zechariah and Benaiah and Eliezer, the priests, made music on the horns before the ark of God; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were door-keepers for the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:5 - Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Uzziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Mattithiah and Eliab and Benaiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel, with corded instruments of music; and Asaph, with brass instruments sounding loudly;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:6 - And Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests, blowing horns all the time before the ark of the agreement of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:17 - And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief of those whose places were at the king's side.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:5 - The third captain of the army for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:6 - This is the same Benaiah who was the great man of the thirty, chief of the thirty; and in his division was Ammizabad his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:14 - The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the sons of Ephraim; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:34 - After Ahithophel was Jehoiada, the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar; and the captain of the king's army was Joab.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:14 - Then, before all the meeting, the spirit of the Lord came on Jahaziel, the son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite and one of the family of Asaph;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13 - And Jehiel and Azaziah and Nahath and Asahel and Jerimoth and Jozabad and Eliel and Ismachiah and Mahath and Benaiah were overseers, under the directions of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the order of Hezekiah the king and Azariah, the ruler of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:25 - And of Israel, the sons of Parosh, Ramiah and Izziah and Malchijah and Mijamin and Eleazar and Malchijah and Benaiah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:30 - And of the sons of Pahath-moab, Adna and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel and Binnui and Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:35 - Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:43

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:43 - Of the sons of Nebo, Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:1 - And the wind, lifting me up, took me to the east doorway of the Lord's house, looking to the east: and at the door I saw twenty-five men; and among them I saw Jaazaniah, the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, rulers of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13 - Now while I was saying these things, death came to Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah. Then falling down on my face and crying out with a loud voice, I said, Ah, Lord! will you put an end to all the rest of Israel?
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