Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H1141
בְּנָיָה
Benayahben-aw-yaw'
Benaiah
42 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Bᵉnâyâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1141is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 27spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1141
Benajah, the name of twelve Israelites
The King James renders it: Benaiah.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Benayah is rendered "Benaiah". It stands 42 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Fifteen of the uses stand in 1 Kings, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Samuel 8:18Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-seven different ways.
The first use
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
2 Samuel 8:18וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Fifteen of the word's forty-two uses are in 1 Kings.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Benaiah23
- and Benaiah17
- and to Benaiah2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 42, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
27 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙4
- בְּנָיָ֧הוּ4
- בְּנָיָ֖הוּ3
- וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙3
- בְּנָיָ֖ה2
- בְּנָיָ֥ה2
- וּבְנָיָ֨הוּ2
- וּבְנָיָ֥הוּ2
- וּבְנָיָ֑הוּ2
- בְּנָיָ֨ה1
- בְּ֠נָיָה1
- בְּנָיָ֤ה1
and 15 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)23HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)17HC/Npm
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)2HC/R/Npm
2 Samuel
five uses
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
- וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙uvenayahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benaiah
Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;
- וּבְנָיָה֙uvenayahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benaiah
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
- וּבְנָיָ֨הוּuvenayahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benaiah
These were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who won a name alongside the three mighty men.
- בְּנָיָ֖הוּbenayahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai from the brooks of Gaash,
- בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙benayahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
1 Kings
fifteen uses
But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.
- וּבְנָיָ֨הוּuvenayahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benaiah
But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or his brother Solomon.
- וּבְנָיָ֜הוּuvenayahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benaiah
But me your servant he did not invite, nor Zadok the priest, nor Benaiah son of Jehoiada, nor your servant Solomon.
- וְלִבְנָיָ֧הוּvelivnayahuconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and to Benaiah
Then King David said, “Call in for me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king.
- וְלִבְנָיָ֖הוּvelivnayahuconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and to Benaiah
“Amen,” replied Benaiah son of Jehoiada. “May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so declare it.
- בְּנָיָ֧הוּbenayahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.
- וּבְנָיָ֣הוּuvenayahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benaiah
And with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the king’s mule.
- וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙uvenayahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benaiah
So King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.
- בְּנָיָ֣הוּbenayahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
It was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!”
- בְּנָיָ֧הוּbenayahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
And Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.”
- בְנָיָ֜הוּvenayahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
- בְּנָיָ֤הוּbenayahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.
- בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙benayahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.
- בְּנָיָ֧הוּbenayahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. Thus the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.
- בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙benayahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
- וּבְנָיָ֥הוּuvenayahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benaiah
1 Chronicles
fourteen uses
Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,
- וּבְנָיָֽה׃uvenayahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benaiah
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
- בְּנָיָ֨הbenayahproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
These were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who won a name alongside the three mighty men.
- בְּנָיָ֖הוּbenayahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
- בְּנָיָ֖הbenayahproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.
- וּבְנָיָ֡הוּuvenayahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benaiah
Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to Alamoth.
- וּבְנָיָ֑הוּuvenayahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benaiah
Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.
- וּבְנָיָ֤הוּuvenayahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benaiah
Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals
- וּבְנָיָהוּ֩uvenayahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benaiah
and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.
- וּבְנָיָ֥הוּuvenayahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benaiah
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.
- וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙uvenayahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benaiah
The third army commander, as chief for the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest. There were 24,000 men in his division.
- בְּנָיָ֧הוּbenayahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
This Benaiah was mighty among the Thirty and was over the Thirty, and his son Ammizabad was in charge of his division.
- בְנָיָ֛הוּvenayahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
The eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
- בְּנָיָ֥הbenayahproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah, then by Abiathar. Joab was the commander of the king’s army.
- בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙benayahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
2 Chronicles
two uses
Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite from Asaph’s descendants, as he stood in the midst of the assembly.
- בְּ֠נָיָהbenayahproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.
- וּבְנָיָ֑הוּuvenayahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benaiah
Ezra
four uses
And among the other Israelites, from the descendants of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah.
- וּבְנָיָֽה׃ סuvenayahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benaiah
From the descendants of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.
- בְּנָיָ֤הbenayahproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
Maadai, Amram, Uel, Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,
- בְּנָיָ֥הbenayahproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
And from the descendants of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.
- בְּנָיָֽה׃benayahproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
Ezekiel
two uses
Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.
- בְּנָיָ֖הוּbenayahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”
- בְּנָיָ֖הbenayahproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
