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Lexicon :: Strong's H1141 - bᵊnāyâ

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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 Box 2Sa 8:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:18 - and Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada was over the Cher'ethites and the Pel'ethites; and David's sons were priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:23 - Now Jo'ab was in command of all the army of Israel; and Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada was in command of the Cher'ethites and the Pel'ethites;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20 - And Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he smote two ariels of Moab. He also went down and slew a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:22 - These things did Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada, and won a name beside the three mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:30 - Benai'ah of Pira'thon, Hid'dai of the brooks of Ga'ash,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:8 - But Zadok the priest, and Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shim'e-i, and Re'i, and David's mighty men were not with Adoni'jah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:10 - but he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benai'ah or the mighty men or Solomon his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:26 - But me, your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada, and your servant Solomon, he has not invited.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:32 - King David said, "Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada." So they came before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:36 - And Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada answered the king, "Amen! May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, say so.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:38 - So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada, and the Cher'ethites and the Pel'ethites, went down and caused Solomon to ride on King David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:44 - and the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada, and the Cher'ethites and the Pel'ethites; and they have caused him to ride on the king's mule;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:25 - So King Solomon sent Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada; and he struck him down, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29 - And when it was told King Solomon, "Jo'ab has fled to the tent of the LORD, and behold, he is beside the altar," Solomon sent Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada, saying, "Go, strike him down."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30 - So Benai'ah came to the tent of the LORD, and said to him, "The king commands, 'Come forth.'" But he said, "No, I will die here." Then Benai'ah brought the king word again, saying, "Thus said Jo'ab, and thus he answered me."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:34 - Then Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada went up, and struck him down and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:35 - The king put Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada over the army in place of Jo'ab, and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abi'athar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:46 - Then the king commanded Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada; and he went out and struck him down, and he died. So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:4 - Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada was in command of the army; Zadok and Abi'athar were priests;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:36 - Eli-o-e'nai, Ja-ako'bah, Jeshohai'ah, Asai'ah, Ad'i-el, Jesim'iel, Benai'ah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 - And Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he smote two ariels of Moab. He also went down and slew a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:24 - These things did Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada, and won a name beside the three mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:31 - Ithai the son of Ribai of Gib'e-ah of the Benjaminites, Benai'ah of Pira'thon,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:18 - and with them their brethren of the second order, Zechari'ah, Ja-a'ziel, Shemi'ramoth, Jehi'el, Unni, Eli'ab, Benai'ah, Ma-asei'ah, Mattithi'ah, Eliph'elehu, and Miknei'ah, and the gatekeepers O'bed-e'dom and Je-i'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:20 - Zechari'ah, A'zi-el, Shemi'ramoth, Jehi'el, Unni, Eli'ab, Ma-asei'ah, and Benai'ah were to play harps according to Al'amoth;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:24 - Shebani'ah, Josh'aphat, Nethan'el, Ama'sai, Zechari'ah, Benai'ah, and Elie'zer, the priests, should blow the trumpets before the ark of God. O'bed-e'dom and Jehi'ah also were to be gatekeepers for the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:5 - Asaph was the chief, and second to him were Zechari'ah, Je-i'el, Shemi'ramoth, Jehi'el, Mattithi'ah, Eli'ab, Benai'ah, O'bed-e'dom, and Je-i'el, who were to play harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:6 - and Benai'ah and Jaha'ziel the priests were to blow trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:17 - and Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada was over the Cher'ethites and the Pel'ethites; and David's sons were the chief officials in the service of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:5 - The third commander, for the third month, was Benai'ah, the son of Jehoi'ada the priest, as chief; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:6 - This is the Benai'ah who was a mighty man of the thirty and in command of the thirty; Ammiz'abad his son was in charge of his division.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:14 - Eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Benai'ah of Pira'thon, of the sons of E'phraim; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:34 - Ahith'ophel was succeeded by Jehoi'ada the son of Benai'ah, and Abi'athar. Jo'ab was commander of the king's army.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:14 - And the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jaha'ziel the son of Zechari'ah, son of Benai'ah, son of Je-i'el, son of Mattani'ah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13 - while Jehi'el, Azazi'ah, Nahath, As'ahel, Jer'imoth, Jo'zabad, Eli'el, Ismachi'ah, Mahath, and Benai'ah were overseers assisting Conani'ah and Shim'e-i his brother, by the appointment of Hezeki'ah the king and Azari'ah the chief officer of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:25 - And of Israel: of the sons of Parosh: Rami'ah, Izzi'ah, Malchi'jah, Mi'jamin, Elea'zar, Hashabi'ah, and Benai'ah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:30 - Of the sons of Pa'hath-mo'ab: Adna, Chelal, Benai'ah, Ma-asei'ah, Mattani'ah, Bez'alel, Bin'nui, and Manas'seh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:35 - Benai'ah, Bedei'ah, Chel'uhi,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:43

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:43 - Of the sons of Nebo: Je-i'el, Mattithi'ah, Zabad, Zebi'na, Jaddai, Jo'el, and Benai'ah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:1 - The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of the house of the LORD, which faces east. And behold, at the door of the gateway there were twenty-five men; and I saw among them Ja-azani'ah the son of Azzur, and Pelati'ah the son of Benai'ah, princes of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13 - And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, that Pelati'ah the son of Benai'ah died. Then I fell down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, "Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?"
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