Baʻănâh — H1196

Definition

masculine proper noun

Baanah, the name of four Israelites

1. Baana or Baanah = "in affliction"
2. a Benjamite, son Rimmon, who with his brother Rechab murdered Ish-bosheth. For this, killed by David, mutilated bodies hung up over the pool at Hebron
3. a Netophathite, father of Heleb or Heled, one of David's mighty warriors
4. the head of a family of exiles returning with Zerubbabel
5. a chief of the people

Usually translated as

Baanah

Origin

from a derivative of H6031 with prepositional prefix; in affliction

• Derived from ʻânâh (H6031)

Occurrences

Baʻănâh occurs 9 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (4), 1 Chronicles (1), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (3)

• 2 Samuel 4:2 — And Saul’s son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah (בַּֽעֲנָ֜ה), and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:
• 2 Samuel 4:6 — And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah (וּבַעֲנָ֥ה) his brother escaped.
• 2 Samuel 4:9 — And David answered Rechab and Baanah (בַּעֲנָ֣ה) his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
• 2 Samuel 23:29 — Heleb the son of Baanah (בַּעֲנָ֖ה), a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
• 1 Chronicles 11:30 — Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah (בַּֽעֲנָ֖ה) the Netophathite,
• Ezra 2:2 — Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah (בַּעֲנָ֑ה). The number of the men of the people of Israel:
• Nehemiah 3:4 — And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
• Nehemiah 7:7 — Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah (בַּעֲנָ֑ה). The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;
• Nehemiah 10:27 — Malluch, Harim, Baanah (בַּעֲנָֽה).