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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 Benaiah son of Jehoiada is over both the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the sons of David have been ministers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:23 - And Joab is over all the host of Israel, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada is over the Cherethite, and over the Pelethite,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20 - And Benaiah son of Jehoiada (son of a man of valour, great in deeds from Kabzeel), he hath smitten two lion-like men of Moab, and he hath gone down and smitten the lion in the midst of the pit in a day of snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:22 - These things hath Benaiah son of Jehoiada done, and hath a name among three mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:30 - Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:8 - and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty ones whom David hath, have not been with Adonijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:10 - and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty ones, and Solomon his brother, he hath not called.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:26 - 'And for me -- me, thy servant, and for Zadok the priest, and for Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, and for Solomon thy servant, he hath not called;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:32 - And king David saith, 'Call for me for Zadok the priest, and for Nathan the prophet, and for Benaiah son of Jehoiada;' and they come in before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:36 - And Benaiah son of Jehoiada answereth the king, and saith, 'Amen! so doth Jehovah, God of my lord the king, say;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:38 - And Zadok the priest goeth down, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and they cause Solomon to ride on the mule of king David, and cause him to go unto Gihon,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:44 - and the king sendeth with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and they cause him to ride on the king's mule,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:25 - And king Solomon sendeth by the hand of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he falleth upon him, and he dieth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29 - And it is declared to king Solomon that Joab hath fled unto the tent of Jehovah, and lo, near the altar; and Solomon sendeth Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, 'Go, fall upon him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30 - And Benaiah cometh in unto the tent of Jehovah, and saith unto him, 'Thus said the king, Come out;' and he saith, 'Nay, but here I die.' And Benaiah bringeth back the king word, saying, 'Thus spake Joab, yea, thus he answered me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:34 - And Benaiah son of Jehoiada goeth up and falleth upon him, and putteth him to death, and he is buried in his own house in the wilderness,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:35 - and the king putteth Benaiah son of Jehoiada in his stead over the host, and Zadok the priest hath the king put in the stead of Abiathar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:46 - And the king chargeth Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he goeth out and falleth on him, and he dieth, and the kingdom is established in the hand of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:4 - and Benaiah son of Jehoiada is over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar are priests;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:36 - and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 - Benaiah son of Jehoiada, son of a man of valour, of great deeds, from Kabzeel: he hath smitten the two lion-like Moabites, and he hath gone down and smitten the lion in the midst of the pit, in the day of snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:24 - These things hath Benaiah son of Jehoiada done, and hath a name among the three mighty ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:31 - Ithai son of Ribai of Gibeah, of the sons of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:18 - and with them their brethren, the seconds in rank, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah; and Obed-Edom and Jeiel the gatekeepers;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:20 - and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jeheil, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries besides virgins,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:24 - And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests, are blowing with trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah are gatekeepers for the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:5 - Asaph the head, and his second Zechariah; Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, with instruments of psalteries, and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals is sounding;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:6 - and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests are 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 Benaiah son of Jehoiada is over the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the elder sons of David are at the hand of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:5 - Head of the third host, for the third month, is Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the head priest, and on his course are twenty and four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:6 - This Benaiah is a mighty one of the thirty, and over the thirty, and in his course is Ammizabad his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:14 - Eleventh, for the eleventh month, is Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the sons of Ephraim, and on his course are twenty and four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:34 - and after Ahithophel is Jehoiada son of Benaiah, and Abiathar; and the head of the host of the king is Joab.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:14 - And upon Jahaziel, son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, hath the Spirit of Jehovah been, in the midst of the assembly,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13 - and Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, are inspectors under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah leader 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: Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchijah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:30 - And of the sons of Pahath-Moab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:35 - Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhu,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:43

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:43 - Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:1 - And lift me up doth a spirit, and it bringeth me in unto the east gate of the house of Jehovah, that is facing the east, and lo, at the opening of the gate twenty and five men, and I see in their midst Jaazaniah son of Azzur, and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, heads of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13 - And it cometh to pass, at my prophesying, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah is dying, and I fall on my face, and cry -- a loud voice -- and say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah, an end Thou art making of the remnant of Israel.'
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