Benaiah
Strongs extended:
h1141,
h1141G,
h1141H,
h1141I,
h1141J,
h1141K,
h1141L,
h1141M,
h1141N,
h1141O,
h1141P,
h1141Q,
h1141R
Transliteration:
be.na.yah
Morphhology:
Proper Name Noun Male Person
Definition:
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.20.14; son of: Jeiel (
h3273J); father of: Zechariah (
h2148I) § 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
Pronounciation:
ben-aw-yaw'
Morphhology:
Proper Name Masculine
Definition:
Benajah, the name of twelve Israelites; Benaiah.; or בּנָיָהוּ; (prolonged) from
h1129 (בָּנָה) and
h3050 (יָהּ); Jah has built