Original: בְּנָיָה

Transliteration: Bᵉnâyâh

Phonetic: ben-aw-yaw'

Short Definition: Benaiah

Original: בּניהוּ בּניה

Transliteration: benâyâh benâyâhû

Phonetic: ben-aw-yaw'

BDB Definition:

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

Origin: from H1129 and H3050

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine

Cognate: H1129, H1131, H1137, H1138, H1140, H1146, H2995, H2996, H2997, H2998, H4011, H4012, H8403