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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 - Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 [fn]was over the Cherethites H3774 and the Pelethites H6432; and David’s H1732 sons H1121 were [fn]chief H3548 ministers H3548.

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Now Joab H3097 was in command of the entire H3605 army H6635 of Israel H3478, and Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 was over H5921 the Cherethites H3774 and the Pelethites H6432;

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Then Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077, the son H1121 of a valiant H2428 man H376 of Kabzeel H6909, who had done great H7227 deeds H6467, [fn]killed H5221 the [fn]two H8147 sons of Ariel H739 of Moab H4124. He also went H3381 down H3381 and killed H5221 a lion H738 in the middle H8432 of a pit H877 on a snowy H7950 day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:22 - These H428 things Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 did H6213, and had a name H8034 [fn]as well as the three H7969 mighty H1368 men H1368.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:30 - Benaiah H1141 a Pirathonite H6553, Hiddai H1914 of the brooks H5158 of Gaash H1608,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:8 - But Zadok H6659 the priest H3548, Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077, Nathan H5416 the prophet H5030, Shimei H8096, Rei H7472, and the mighty H1368 men H1368 who H834 belonged to David H1732, were not with Adonijah H138.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:10 - But he did not invite H7121 Nathan H5416 the prophet H5030, Benaiah H1141, the mighty H1368 men H1368, or his brother H251 Solomon H8010.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:26 - “But me, even me your servant H5650, Zadok H6659 the priest H3548, Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077, and your servant H5650 Solomon H8010, he has not invited H7121.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:32

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Then King H4428 David H1732 said H559, “Summon H7121 to me Zadok H6659 the priest H3548, Nathan H5416 the prophet H5030, and Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077.” And they came H935 into the king’s H4428 presence H6440.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:36 - Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 answered H6030 the king H4428 and said H559, “Amen H543! May the LORD H3068, the God H430 of my lord H113 the king H4428, say H559 the same H3651.

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So Zadok H6659 the priest H3548, Nathan H5416 the prophet H5030, Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077, the Cherethites H3774, and the Pelethites H6432 went H3381 down H3381 and had Solomon H8010 ride H7392 on King H4428 David’s H1732 mule H6506, and brought H1980 him to Gihon H1521.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:44 - “The king H4428 has also sent H7971 with him Zadok H6659 the priest H3548, Nathan H5416 the prophet H5030, Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077, the Cherethites H3774, and the Pelethites H6432; and they have mounted H7392 him on the king’s H4428 mule H6506.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:25 - Then King H4428 Solomon H8010 sent H7971 the order by Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077; and he [fn]struck H6293 him so that he died H4191.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29 - And it was reported H5046 to King H4428 Solomon H8010 that Joab H3097 had fled H5127 to the tent H168 of the LORD H3068, and [fn]was beside H681 the altar H4196. Then Solomon H8010 sent H7971 Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077, saying H559, “Go H1980, [fn]execute H6293 him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30 - So Benaiah H1141 came H935 to the tent H168 of the LORD H3068 and said H559 to him, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the king H4428 has said H559: ‘Come H3318 out H3318.’” But he said H559, “No H3808, for I will die H4191 here H6311.” So Benaiah H1141 brought H7725 back H7725 word H1697 to the king H4428, saying H559, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 Joab H3097 spoke H1696, and so H3541 he answered H6030 me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:34 - Then Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 went H5927 up H5927 and [fn]struck H6293 him and put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191, and he was buried H6912 at his own house H1004 in the wilderness H4057.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:35 - And the king H4428 appointed H5414 Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 over H5921 the army H6635 in H8478 his place H8478, and the king H4428 appointed H5414 Zadok H6659 the priest H3548 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 Abiathar H54.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:46 - So the king H4428 commanded H6680 Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077, and he went H3318 out H3318 and [fn]struck H6293 him so that he died H4191.

And the kingdom H4467 was established H3559 in the hands H3027 of Solomon H8010.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:4 - and Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 was over H5921 the army H6635; and Zadok H6659 and Abiathar H54 were priests H3548;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:36 - and Elioenai H454, Jaakobah H3291, Jeshohaiah H3439, Asaiah H6222, Adiel H5717, Jesimiel H3450, Benaiah H1141,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22

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Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077, the son H1121 of a warrior H376 H2428 of Kabzeel H6909, mighty H7227 in deeds H6467, struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 the [fn]two H8147 sons of Ariel H739 of Moab H4124. He also went H3381 down H3381 and struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 a lion H738 inside H8432 a pit H953 on a snowy H7950 day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:24 - Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 did H6213 these H428 things H428, and had a name H8034 [fn]as well as the three H7969 mighty H1368 men H1368.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:31 - Ithai H863 the son H1121 of Ribai H7380 of Gibeah H1390 of the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144, Benaiah H1141 the Pirathonite H6553,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:18 - and with them their relatives H251 of the second H4932 rank H4932, Zechariah H2148, [fn]Ben H1122, Jaaziel H3268, Shemiramoth H8070, Jehiel H3171, Unni H6042, Eliab H446, Benaiah H1141, Maaseiah H4641, Mattithiah H4993, Eliphelehu H466, Mikneiah H4737, Obed-edom H5654, and Jeiel H3262, the gatekeepers H7778.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:20 - and Zechariah H2148, Aziel H5815, Shemiramoth H8070, Jehiel H3171, Unni H6042, Eliab H446, Maaseiah H4641, and Benaiah H1141, with harps H5035 tuned to [fn]alamoth H5961;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:24 - Shebaniah H7645, Joshaphat H3092, Nethanel H5417, Amasai H6022, Zechariah H2148, Benaiah H1141, and Eliezer H461, the priests H3548, blew H2690 the trumpets H2689 before H6440 the ark H727 of God H430. Obed-edom H5654 and Jehiah H3174 also were gatekeepers H7778 for the ark H727.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:5 - Asaph H623 the chief H7218, and second H4932 to him Zechariah H2148, then [fn]Jeiel H3262, Shemiramoth H8070, Jehiel H3171, Mattithiah H4993, Eliab H446, Benaiah H1141, Obed-edom H5654, and Jeiel H3262, with musical instruments H3627, harps H5035, and lyres H3658; also Asaph H623 played loud-sounding H8085 cymbals H4700,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:6 - and the priests H3548 Benaiah H1141 and Jahaziel H3166 blew trumpets H2689 continually H8548 before H6440 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of God H430.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:17 - and Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 was over H5921 the Cherethites H3774 and the Pelethites H6432, and the sons H1121 of David H1732 were chiefs H7223 at the king’s H4428 side H3027.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:5 - The third H7992 commander H8269 of the army H6635 for the third H7992 month H2320 was Benaiah H1141, the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548, as chief H7218; and in his division H4256 were twenty-four H6242 H702 thousand H505.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:6 - This H1931 Benaiah H1141 was the mighty H1368 man H1368 of the thirty H7970, and was in H5921 charge H5921 of H5921 thirty H7970; and over his division H4256 was his son H1121 Ammizabad H5990.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:14 - The eleventh H6249 H6240, for the eleventh H6249 H6240 month H2320 was Benaiah H1141 the Pirathonite H6553 of the sons H1121 of Ephraim H669; and in his division H4256 were twenty-four H6242 H702 thousand H505.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:34 - Jehoiada H3077 the son H1121 of Benaiah H1141, and Abiathar H54 [fn]succeeded H310 Ahithophel H302; and Joab H3097 was the commander H8269 of the king’s H4428 army H6635.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:14 - Then in the midst H8432 of the assembly H6951 the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 upon Jahaziel H3166 the son H1121 of Zechariah H2148, the son H1121 of Benaiah H1141, the son H1121 of Jeiel H3262, the son H1121 of Mattaniah H4983, the Levite H3881 of the sons H1121 of Asaph H623;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13 - Jehiel H3171, Azaziah H5812, Nahath H5184, Asahel H6214, Jerimoth H3406, Jozabad H3107, Eliel H447, Ismachiah H3253, Mahath H4287, and Benaiah H1141 were overseers H6496 [fn]under H4480 the authority H3027 of Conaniah H3562 and his brother H251 Shimei H8096 by the appointment H4662 of King H4428 Hezekiah H2396, and Azariah H5838 was the chief officer H5057 of the house H1004 of God H430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:25

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Of Israel H3478, of the sons H1121 of Parosh H6551 there were Ramiah H7422, Izziah H3150, Malchijah H4441, Mijamin H4326, Eleazar H499, Malchijah H4441, and Benaiah H1141;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:30 - and of the sons H1121 of Pahath-moab H6355: Adna H5733 and Chelal H3636, Benaiah H1141, Maaseiah H4641, Mattaniah H4983, Bezalel H1212, Binnui H1131, and Manasseh H4519;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:35 - Benaiah H1141, Bedeiah H912, Cheluhi H3622,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:43 - Of the sons H1121 of Nebo H5015 there were Jeiel H3262, Mattithiah H4993, Zabad H2066, Zebina H2081, Jaddai H3035, Joel H3100, and Benaiah H1141.

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Now the Spirit H7307 lifted H5375 me up H5375 and brought H935 me to the east H6931 gate H8179 of the LORD’S H3068 house H1004 which faced H6437 eastward H6931. And behold H2009, there were twenty-five H6242 H2568 men H376 at the entrance H6607 of the gate H8179, and among H8432 them I saw H7200 Jaazaniah H2970 son H1121 of Azzur H5809 and Pelatiah H6410 son H1121 of Benaiah H1141, leaders H8269 of the people H5971.

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Now it came H1961 about H1961, as I prophesied H5012, that Pelatiah H6410 son H1121 of Benaiah H1141 died H4191. Then I fell H5307 on my face H6440 and cried H2199 out H2199 with a loud H1419 voice H6963, and said H559, “Oh H162, Lord H136 GOD H3068! Will You bring H6213 the remnant H7611 of Israel H3478 to a complete H3617 destruction H3617?”

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