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2 Samuel 8:18
“And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בְּנָיָהBᵉnâyâh · ben-aw-yaw'
H1141 · Hebrew
H1141 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Benajah, the name of twelve Israelites
- Derivation
- or בּנָיָהוּ; (prolonged) from H1129 (בָּנָה) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has built;
- KJV renderings
- Benaiah.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- בְנָיָ֨הוּ֙ — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 42 times in the Hebrew Bible.2 Samuel 20:232 Samuel 23:202 Samuel 23:222 Samuel 23:301 Kings 1:8
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בְּנָיָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.