Bᵉnâyâh — H1141

Definition

masculine proper noun

Benajah, the name of twelve Israelites

1. Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up"
2. 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
3. the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite, one of David's thirty mighty warriors, and the captain of the eleventh monthly course
4. a Simeonite, a prince of the families of Simeon
5. a Levite in the time of David who played with a psaltery on Alamoth
6. a priest in the time of David, appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark
7. a Levite of the sons of Asaph
8. a Levite in the time of Hezekiah
9. Four Israelites in the time of Ezra who had taken strange wives
10. the father of Pelatiah

Usually translated as

Benaiah

Origin

or Bnâyâhûw; (prolonged) from H1129 and H3050; Jah has built

• Derived from Bânâh (H1129)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Bᵉnâyâh occurs 42 times in 41 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (5), 1 Kings (14), 1 Chronicles (14), 2 Chronicles (2), Ezra (4), Ezekiel (2)

• 2 Samuel 8:18 — And Benaiah (וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙) the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.
• 2 Samuel 20:23 — Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah (וּבְנָיָה֙) the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
• 2 Samuel 23:20 — And Benaiah (וּבְנָיָ֨הוּ) the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
• 2 Samuel 23:22 — These things did Benaiah (בְּנָיָ֖הוּ) the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.
• 2 Samuel 23:30 — Benaiah (בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙) the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,
• 1 Kings 1:8 — But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah (וּבְנָיָ֨הוּ) the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
• 1 Kings 1:10 — But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah (וּבְנָיָ֜הוּ), and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
• 1 Kings 1:26 — But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah (וְלִבְנָיָ֧הוּ) the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
• 1 Kings 1:32 — And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah (וְלִבְנָיָ֖הוּ) the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
• 1 Kings 1:36 — And Benaiah (בְּנָיָ֧הוּ) the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
• 1 Kings 1:38 — So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah (וּבְנָיָ֣הוּ) the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
• 1 Kings 1:44 — And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah (וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙) the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule:
• 1 Kings 2:25 — And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah (בְּנָיָ֣הוּ) the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
• 1 Kings 2:29 — And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah (בְּנָיָ֧הוּ) the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
• 1 Kings 2:30 — And Benaiah (בְנָיָ֜הוּ) came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
• 1 Kings 2:30 — And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah (בְּנָיָ֤הוּ) brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
• 1 Kings 2:34 — So Benaiah (בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙) the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
• 1 Kings 2:35 — And the king put Benaiah (בְּנָיָ֧הוּ) the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
• 1 Kings 2:46 — So the king commanded Benaiah (בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙) the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
• 1 Kings 4:4 — And Benaiah (וּבְנָיָ֥הוּ) the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
• 1 Chronicles 4:36 — And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah (וּבְנָיָֽה),
• 1 Chronicles 11:22 — Benaiah (בְּנָיָ֨ה) the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
• 1 Chronicles 11:24 — These things did Benaiah (בְּנָיָ֖הוּ) the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
• 1 Chronicles 11:31 — Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah (בְּנָיָ֖ה) the Pirathonite,
• 1 Chronicles 15:18 — And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah (וּבְנָיָ֡הוּ), and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.
• 1 Chronicles 15:20 — And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah (וּבְנָיָ֑הוּ), with psalteries on Alamoth;
• 1 Chronicles 15:24 — And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah (וּבְנָיָ֤הוּ), and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
• 1 Chronicles 16:5 — Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah (וּבְנָיָהוּ֩), and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
• 1 Chronicles 16:6 — Benaiah (וּבְנָיָ֥הוּ) also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
• 1 Chronicles 18:17 — And Benaiah (וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙) the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
• 1 Chronicles 27:5 — The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah (בְּנָיָ֧הוּ) the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
• 1 Chronicles 27:6 — This is that Benaiah (בְנָיָ֛הוּ), who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.
• 1 Chronicles 27:14 — The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah (בְּנָיָ֥ה) the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
• 1 Chronicles 27:34 — And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah (בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙), and Abiathar: and the general of the king’s army was Joab.
• 2 Chronicles 20:14 — Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah (בְּ֠נָיָה), the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
• 2 Chronicles 31:13 — And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah (וּבְנָיָ֑הוּ), were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
• Ezra 10:25 — Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah (וּבְנָיָֽה).
• Ezra 10:30 — And of the sons of Pahath-moab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah (בְּנָיָ֤ה), Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
• Ezra 10:35 — Benaiah (בְּנָיָ֥ה), Bedeiah, Chelluh,
• Ezra 10:43 — Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah (בְּנָיָֽה).
• Ezekiel 11:1 — Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah (בְּנָיָ֖הוּ), princes of the people.
• Ezekiel 11:13 — And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah (בְּנָיָ֖ה) died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?