Strong's H1141 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: בְּנָיָה (Bᵉnâyâh)

Pronunciation: ben-aw-yaw'

POS: ben-aw-yaw' Morph: n-pr-m

Exegesis: or ; (prolonged) from and ; Jah has built;

Definition: or בּנָיָהוּ; (prolonged) from בָּנָה and יָהּ; Jah has built; Benajah, the name of twelve Israelites; Benaiah.

KJV Usage: Benaiah.

Senses[edit | edit source]

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

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