Bible dictionaries
Baana
What Bible dictionaries say about “Baana”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Baana - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
Son of affliction. (1.) One of Solomon's purveyors (1 Kings 4:12).
(2.) Son of Hushai, another of Solomon's purveyors (1 Kings 4:16).
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
ba'-a-na (Old Testament and Apocrypha; Baana; ba`ana' "son of oppression"):
(1, 2) Two commissariat-officers in the service of Solomon (1Ki 4:12; 4:16; the King James Version "Baanah").
(3) Father of Zadok, the builder (Ne 3:4).
(4) A leader who returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (1 Esdras 5:8). Compare Bannah (Ezr 2:2; Ne 7:7; 10:27).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915Smith’s Bible Dictionary
- The son of Ahilud, Solmons commissariat officer in Jezreel and the north of the Jordan valley. (1 Kings 4:12) (B.C.1000.)
- Father of Zadok, who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem under Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 3:4) (B.C. 446.)
William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3
The article in Smith