Strong H1141H1141Mבְּנָיָ֫הוּ
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 2Ch.31.13
Meaning of the name
Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up"
General definition
In the biblical story
Benaiah
An overseer in the temple during Hezekiah's reign.
Benaiah was one of the overseers appointed by King Hezekiah to distribute the contributions to the priests and Levites in the temple.
In the Bible
Strong H1141M appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- benaiah1
First verses
- 2 Chronicles 31:13And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.