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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 Benayah the son of Yehoiada was over the Kereti and the Peleti; and David's sons were chief ministers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:23 - Now Yo'av was over all the host of Yisra'el; and Benayah the son of Yehoiada was over the Kereti and over the Peleti;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20 - Benayah the son of Yehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kavtz'el, who had done mighty deeds, he killed the two sons of Ari'el of Mo'av: he went down also and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:22 - These things did Benayah the son of Yehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:30 - Benayah a Pir`atonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Ga`ash.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:8 - But Tzadok the Kohen, and Benayah the son of Yehoiada, and Natan the prophet, and Shim`i, and Re`i, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adoniyahu.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:10 - but Natan the prophet, and Benayah, and the mighty men, and Shlomo his brother, he didn't call.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:26 - But he hasn't called me, even me your servant, and Tzadok the Kohen, and Benayah the son of Yehoiada, and your servant Shlomo.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:32 - King David said, Call to me Tzadok the Kohen, and Natan the prophet, and Benayah the son of Yehoiada. They came before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:36 - Benayah the son of Yehoiada answered the king, and said, Amein: the LORD, the God of my lord the king, say so too.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:38 - So Tzadok the Kohen, and Natan the prophet, and Benayah the son of Yehoiada, and the Kereti and the Peleti, went down, and caused Shlomo to ride on king David's mule, and brought him to Gichon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:44 - and the king has sent with him Tzadok the Kohen, and Natan the prophet, and Benayah the son of Yehoiada, and the Kereti and the Peleti; 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 - King Shlomo sent by Benayah the son of Yehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29 - It was told king Shlomo, Yo'av is fled to the Tent of the LORD, and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Shlomo sent Benayah the son of Yehoiada, saying, Go, fall on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30 - Benayah came to the Tent of the LORD, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. He said, No; but I will die here. Benayah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Yo'av, and thus he answered me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:34 - Then Benayah the son of Yehoiada went up, and fell on him, 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 Benayah the son of Yehoiada in his room over the host; and Tzadok the Kohen did the king put in the room of Avyatar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:46 - So the king commanded Benayah the son of Yehoiada; and he went out, and fell on him, so that he died. The kingdom was established in the hand of Shlomo.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:4 - and Benayah the son of Yehoiada was over the host; and Tzadok and Avyatar were Kohanim;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:36 - and Elyo`enai, and Ya`akovah, and Yeshochayah, and `Asayah, and `Adi'el, and Yesimi'el, and Benayah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 - Benayah the son of Yehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kavtz'el, who had done mighty deeds, he killed the two sons of Ari'el of Mo'av: he went down also and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:24 - These things did Benayah the son of Yehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:31 - Itai the son of Rivai of Gevah of the children of Binyamin, Benayah the Pir`atonite,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:18 - and with them their brothers of the second degree, Zekharyah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramot, and Yechi'el, and Unni, Eli'av, and Benayah, and Ma`aseyah, and Mattityah, and Eliflehu, and Mikneyahu, and Obed-edom, and Ye`i'el, the doorkeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:20 - and Zekharyah, and Aziel, and Shemiramot, and Yechi'el, and Unni, and Eli'av, and Ma`aseyah, and Benayah, with psalteries set to `Alamot;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:24 - Shevanyah, and Yoshafat, and Netan'el, and `Amasai, and Zekharyah, and Benayah, and Eli`ezer, the Kohanim, did blow the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Yechiyah were doorkeepers for the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:5 - Asaf the chief, and second to him Zekharyah, Ye`i'el, and Shemiramot, and Yechi'el, and Mattityah, and Eli'av, and Benayah, and Obed-edom, and Ye`i'el, with psalteries and with harps; and Asaf with cymbals, sounding aloud;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:6 - and Benayah and Yachazi'el the Kohanim with 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 Benayah the son of Yehoiada was over the Kereti and the Peleti; and the sons of David were chief about the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:5 - The third captain of the host for the third month was Benayah, the son of Yehoiada the Kohen, chief: and in his course were twenty-four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:6 - This is that Benayah, who was the mighty man of the thirty, and over the thirty: and of his course was `Ammizavad his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:14 - The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benayah the Pir`atonite, of the children of Efrayim: and in his course were Twenty-four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:34 - and after Achitofel was Yehoiada the son of Benayah, and Avyatar: and the captain of the king's host was Yo'av.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:14 - Then on Yachazi'el the son of Zekharyah, the son of Benayah, the son of Ye`i'el, the son of Mattanyah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaf, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the assembly;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13 - Yechi'el, and `Azazyahu, and Nachat, and `Asa'el, and Yerimot, and Yozavad, and Eli'el, and Yismakhyahu, and Machat, and Benayah, were overseers under the hand of Kananyahu and Shim`i his brother, by the appointment of Hizkiyahu the king, and `Azaryah the ruler of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:25 - Of Yisra'el: Of the sons of Par`osh: Ramyah, and Yizziyah, and Malkiyah, and Miyamin, and El`azar, and Malkiyah, and Benayah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:30 - Of the sons of Pachat-Mo'av: `Adna, and Kelal, Benayah, Ma`aseyah, Mattanyah, Betzal'el, and Binnui, and Menashsheh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:35 - Benayah, Bedeyah, Keluhu,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:43

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:43 - Of the sons of Nevo: Ye`i'el, Mattityah, Zavad, Zevina, Yaddai, and Yo'el, Benayah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:1 - Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of the LORD's house, which looks eastward: and see, at the door of the gate twenty-five men; and I saw in the midst of them Ya`azanyah the son of Azur, and Pelatyah the son of Benayah, princes of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13 - It happened, when I prophesied, that Pelatyah the son of Benayah died. Then fell I down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! will you make a full end of the remnant of Yisra'el?
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