1141 – בְּנָיָ֫הוּ (Benajaho)

Benaiah

Type:	Noun Noun   masc. ♂ masculine   NameName   Person Person
Persons (12):	Benaiah, Benaiah, Benaiah, Benaiah, Benaiah, Benaiah, Benaiah, Benaiah, Benaiah, Benaiah, Benaiah, Benaiah
Hebrew:	בְּנָיָ֫הוּ (Benajaho)
Pronunciation:	be-na-ja-ho    Listen
Gematria:	73(2 + 50 + 10 + 5 + 6)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	or בּנָיָהוּ (prolonged) from H1129 (בָּנָה) and H3050 (יָהּ) Jah has built
Usage:	42 times in OT

Description

Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up"
1) one of David's mighty warriors, son of Jehoiada the chief priest, a Levite, set by David over his bodyguard, later having remained faithful to Solomon during Adonijah's attempt on the crown, was raised into the place of Joab as commander-in-chief of the army
2) the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite, one of David's thirty mighty warriors, and the captain of the eleventh monthly course
3) a Simeonite, a prince of the families of Simeon
4) a Levite in the time of David who played with a psaltery on Alamoth
5) a priest in the time of David, appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark
6) a Levite of the sons of Asaph
7) a Levite in the time of Hezekiah
8) Four Israelites in the time of Ezra who had taken strange wives
9) the father of Pelatiah

Origin

or בּנָיָהוּ (prolonged) from H1129 (בָּנָה) and H3050 (יָהּ) Jah has built:

בָּנָה	banah	H1129	to build
יָהּ	jah	H3050	YH--

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