Strong's H1141 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: בְּנָיָה (Bᵉnâyâh)

Pronunciation: ben-aw-yaw'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Derivation: or בּנָיָהוּ (Bnâyâhûw); (prolonged) from בָּנָה (bânâh) H1129 and יָהּ (Yâhh) H3050; Jah has built

Definition: Benajah, the name of twelve Israelites

KJV Renderings: Benaiah

Senses

1. Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up"
2. 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
3. the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite, one of David's thirty mighty warriors, and the captain of the eleventh monthly course
4. a Simeonite, a prince of the families of Simeon
5. a Levite in the time of David who played with a psaltery on Alamoth
6. a priest in the time of David, appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark
7. a Levite of the sons of Asaph
8. a Levite in the time of Hezekiah
9. Four Israelites in the time of Ezra who had taken strange wives
10. the father of Pelatiah

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