Strong H1141H1141Iבְּנָיָ֫הוּ
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 of the tribe of Simeon(?) living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.36
Meaning of the name
Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up"
General definition
In the biblical story
Benaiah
A Simeonite leader during the reign of Hezekiah.
Benaiah was one of the Simeonite leaders who, during the reign of Hezekiah, attacked the Hamites and Meunites in their dwellings.
In the Bible
Strong H1141I appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- benaiah1
First verses
- 1 Chronicles 4:36And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,