The meaning of “בְּנָיָה”
Understanding Bᵉnâyâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or בּנָיָהוּ Bnâyâhûw (ben-aw-yaw'-hoo); (prolonged) from בָּנָה and יָהּ; Jah has built Benaiah. - § Benaiah = "Jehovah...
בְּנָיָה
or בּנָיָהוּ Bnâyâhûw (ben-aw-yaw'-hoo); (prolonged) from בָּנָה and יָהּ; Jah has built Benaiah. - § Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up" - Benajah, the name of twelve Israelites 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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Samuel 23:20 | “And Benaiah 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:” Word: בְּנָיָה (Bᵉnâyâh) | |
| 1 Kings 2:25 | “And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.” Word: בְּנָיָה (Bᵉnâyâh) | |
| 1 Chronicles 16:5 | “Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed–edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;” Word: בְּנָיָה (Bᵉnâyâh) | |
| 2 Chronicles 31:13 | “And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, 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.” Word: בְּנָיָה (Bᵉnâyâh) | |
| Ezra 10:35 | “Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,” Word: בְּנָיָה (Bᵉnâyâh) |