Strong H1141H1141Jבְּנָיָ֫הוּ
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 Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.15.18
Meaning of the name
Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up"
General definition
In the biblical story
Benaiah
A Levite musician during the transfer of the ark.
Benaiah, a Levite, played the lyre and served as a gatekeeper during the transfer of the ark to Jerusalem.
In the Bible
Strong H1141J appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- benaiah5
First verses
- 1 Chronicles 15:18And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed–edom, and Jeiel, the porters.
- 1 Chronicles 15:20And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
- 1 Chronicles 15:24And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed–edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
- 1 Chronicles 16:5Asaph 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;
- 1 Chronicles 16:6Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.