Strong H1141H1141Nבְּנָיָ֫הוּ
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 Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.25
Meaning of the name
Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up"
General definition
In the biblical story
Benaiah
An Israelite who married a foreign woman during the Exile.
Benaiah, from the descendants of Parosh, was one of the men who had married foreign women during the Exile.
In the Bible
Strong H1141N appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- benaiah1
First verses
- Ezra 10:25Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.