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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 39
    Old Testament books
  • 27
    spellings

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.

The other 33 Old Testament books never use the word.

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.

בְּנָאbenato buildUses22
בְּנַסbenasbe angryUses1

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.

    2 Samuel 8:18

    • 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;

    2 Samuel 20:23

    • 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.

    2 Samuel 23:20

    • 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.

    2 Samuel 23:22

    • בְּנָיָ֖הוּbenayahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
  • Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai from the brooks of Gaash,

    2 Samuel 23:30

    • 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.

    1 Kings 1:8

    • 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.

    1 Kings 1:10

    • 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.

    1 Kings 1:26

    • 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.

    1 Kings 1:32

    • 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.

    1 Kings 1:36

    • 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.

    1 Kings 1:38

    • 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.

    1 Kings 1:44

    • 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.

    1 Kings 2:25

    • 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!”

    1 Kings 2:29

    • 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.”

    1 Kings 2:30

    • 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.

    1 Kings 2:34

    • 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.

    1 Kings 2:35

    • 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.

    1 Kings 2:46

    • בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙benayahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
  • Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

    1 Kings 4:4

    • וּבְנָיָ֥הוּuvenayahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benaiah

1 Chronicles

fourteen uses
  • Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,

    1 Chronicles 4:36

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 11:22

    • בְּנָיָ֨הbenayahproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
  • These were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who won a name alongside the three mighty men.

    1 Chronicles 11:24

    • בְּנָיָ֖הוּbenayahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
  • Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

    1 Chronicles 11:31

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 15:18

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 15:20

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 15:24

    • 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

    1 Chronicles 16:5

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 16:6

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 18:17

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 27:5

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 27:6

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 27:14

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 27:34

    • 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.

    2 Chronicles 20:14

    • 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.

    2 Chronicles 31:13

    • 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.

    Ezra 10:25

    • 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.

    Ezra 10:30

    • בְּנָיָ֤הbenayahproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
  • Maadai, Amram, Uel, Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,

    Ezra 10:35

    • בְּנָיָ֥הbenayahproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah
  • And from the descendants of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.

    Ezra 10:43

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 11:1

    • 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?”

    Ezekiel 11:13

    • בְּנָיָ֖הbenayahproper noun (a name)tagged: Benaiah

The letters

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.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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