Strong H1141H1141Kבְּנָיָ֫הוּ
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, only mentioned at 1Ch.27.34;
father of: Jehoiada (H3077I)
father of: Jehoiada (H3077I)
Meaning of the name
Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up"
General definition
In the biblical story
Benaiah
Father of Jehoiada, who succeeded Ahithophel as David's counselor.
Jehoiada, the son of Benaiah, succeeded Ahithophel as King David's counselor.
In the Bible
Strong H1141K appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- benaiah1
First verses
- 1 Chronicles 27:34And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king’s army was Joab.