Strong H1141H1141Hבְּנָיָ֫הוּ
Benaiah
One of the 12 senses of Strong H1141
- Transliteration
- benâyâh benâyâhû
- Pronunciation
- {ben-aw-yaw'} ben-aw-yaw'-hoo
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.30
Meaning of the name
Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up"
General definition
In the biblical story
Benaiah
A Pirathonite, one of David's mighty warriors.
Benaiah the Pirathonite was one of David's thirty mighty warriors and served as the leader of the Ephraimites.
In the Bible
Strong H1141H appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- benaiah3
First verses
- 2 Samuel 23:30Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,
- 1 Chronicles 11:31Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
- 1 Chronicles 27:14The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.