Benaiah — the meaning of the Hebrew name בְּנָיָה

בְּנָיָה

Bᵉnâyâh · pronounced ben-aw-yaw' · Strong's H1141 · a man

Benaiah means Jah has built.

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Strong's definition

or בּנָיָהוּ; (prolonged) from H1129 and H3050; Jah has built; Benajah, the name of twelve Israelites.

First appearance

2Sam 8:18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers. (KJV)

Every verse that names Benaiah

41 occurrences in 41 verses — 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Ezekiel

2Sam 8:182Sam 20:232Sam 23:202Sam 23:222Sam 23:301Kgs 1:81Kgs 1:101Kgs 1:261Kgs 1:321Kgs 1:361Kgs 1:381Kgs 1:441Kgs 2:251Kgs 2:291Kgs 2:301Kgs 2:341Kgs 2:351Kgs 2:461Kgs 4:41Chr 4:361Chr 11:221Chr 11:241Chr 11:311Chr 15:181Chr 15:201Chr 15:241Chr 16:51Chr 16:61Chr 18:171Chr 27:51Chr 27:61Chr 27:141Chr 27:342Chr 20:142Chr 31:13Ezra 10:25Ezra 10:30Ezra 10:35Ezra 10:43Ezek 11:1Ezek 11:13

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