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Strong's H1141 בְּנָיָה (benayah)

Benayah means “Benaiah” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G1141 — daimoniodes (“devilish”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H1141
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 41
Books 6

Strong's H1141 Quick Answer

Strong's H1141 בְּנָיָה בְּנָיָהוּ (Bnayah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Bnayah (ben-aw-yaw') (or (prolonged) Bnayahuw {ben-aw-yaw'-hoo}) n/p. 1. Jah has built 2. Benajah, the name of twelve Israelites It has 41 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include name. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Bnayah (ben-aw-yaw') (or (prolonged) Bnayahuw {ben-aw-yaw'-hoo}) n/p. 1. Jah has built 2. Benajah, the name of twelve Israelites
Usage
41 linked usages
Books
6 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
name

Meaning and Definition

Bnayah (ben-aw-yaw') (or (prolonged) Bnayahuw {ben-aw-yaw'-hoo}) n/p. 1. Jah has built 2. Benajah, the name of twelve Israelites [from H1129 and H3050] KJV: Benaiah. Root(s): H1129, H3050

Original Word
בְּנָיָה בְּנָיָהוּ
Transliteration
Bnayah
Derivation
Root: בנה First root strongs: 1129 Second root strongs: 3050
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1141. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Benaiah

Usage: A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.18; son of: Jehoiada (H3077);

father of: Ammizabad (H5990) § 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

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How Strong's H1141 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Bnayah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

name 2 Samuel 23:22

How Strong's H1141 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 41 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H1141 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H1141 in the Old Testament

41 indexed usages in Old Testament.

2 Samuel 8:18 KJV

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

2 Samuel 20:23 KJV

Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:

2 Samuel 23:20 KJV

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:

Usage Excerpts

First 41 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1141.

2 Samuel 8:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
2 Samuel 20:23 Old Testament, KJV
Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
2 Samuel 23:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
2 Samuel 23:22 Old Testament, KJV
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.
2 Samuel 23:30 Old Testament, KJV
Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,
1 Kings 1:8 Old Testament, KJV
But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
1 Kings 1:10 Old Testament, KJV
But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
1 Kings 1:26 Old Testament, KJV
But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
1 Kings 1:32 Old Testament, KJV
And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
1 Kings 1:36 Old Testament, KJV
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
1 Kings 1:38 Old Testament, KJV
So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
1 Kings 1:44 Old Testament, KJV
And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
1 Kings 2:25 Old Testament, KJV
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
1 Kings 2:29 Old Testament, KJV
And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
1 Kings 2:30 Old Testament, KJV
And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
1 Kings 2:34 Old Testament, KJV
So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
1 Kings 2:35 Old Testament, KJV
And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
1 Kings 2:46 Old Testament, KJV
So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
1 Kings 4:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
1 Chronicles 4:36 Old Testament, KJV
And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
1 Chronicles 11:22 Old Testament, KJV
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
1 Chronicles 11:24 Old Testament, KJV
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
1 Chronicles 11:31 Old Testament, KJV
Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
1 Chronicles 15:18 Old Testament, KJV
And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
1 Chronicles 15:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
1 Chronicles 15:24 Old Testament, KJV
And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
1 Chronicles 16:5 Old Testament, KJV
Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
1 Chronicles 16:6 Old Testament, KJV
Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
1 Chronicles 18:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
1 Chronicles 27:5 Old Testament, KJV
The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chronicles 27:6 Old Testament, KJV
This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.
1 Chronicles 27:14 Old Testament, KJV
The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chronicles 27:34 Old Testament, KJV
And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab.
2 Chronicles 20:14 Old Testament, KJV
Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
2 Chronicles 31:13 Old Testament, KJV
And 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.
Ezra 10:25 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
Ezra 10:30 Old Testament, KJV
And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
Ezra 10:35 Old Testament, KJV
Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,
Ezra 10:43 Old Testament, KJV
Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.
Ezekiel 11:1 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
Ezekiel 11:13 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1141, grouped by book.

2 Samuel 5 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 14 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 14 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 4 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H1141 FAQ

What does benayah (בְּנָיָה) mean?

Benayah (Strong's H1141) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Benaiah". Bnayah (ben-aw-yaw') (or (prolonged) Bnayahuw {ben-aw-yaw'-hoo}) n/p. 1. Jah has built 2. Benajah, the name of twelve Israelites

How many times is benayah (בְּנָיָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 41 linked usages for Strong's H1141 across 6 books.

Where can I study benayah (בְּנָיָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1141 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate benayah (בְּנָיָה)?

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