Strong's Lexicon

H1137

H1137 — בָּנִי

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewBaniynameOccurrences: 17

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1137
Word:בָּנִי
Part of Speech:name
Etymology:from H1129
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:17
Transliteration:Baniy
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:baw-nee'
Meaning:1. built 2. Bani, the name of five Israelites
KJV Renderings:Bani.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1186

בָּנִי proper name, masculine 1. one of David's heroes 2Sam 23:36 בָּנִי הַגָּדִי (|| 1Chr 11:38 has בֶּןהַֿגְרִי, but see DrSm).

2. Levites,
a. 1Chr 6:31
b. Neh 3:17 compare Neh 8:7 (= בִּנּוּי Neh 10:10) Neh 9:4 (twice in verse) (repeated probably by error, compare BeRy) Neh 9:5; Neh 10:14; Neh 11:22. On Ezra 2:40 = Neh 7:43 compare GrGeschichte.ii.2,389; he reads קדמיאל בני for קדמיאל לבני, taking בני as proper name, as 3 Ezra 5:26 Καδμιηλου καὶ Βαννου.
3. a man of Judah 1Chr 9:4 (מִן) בָּנִי Qr ( > Kt בנימן).
4. Ezra 2:10 read בִּנּוּי compare || Neh 7:15.
5. heads of families of Israel
a. Ezra 10:29
b. Neh 10:15
c. Ezra 10:34 but perhaps read בִּנּוּי or בִּגְּוַי compare above
6. an Israelite Ezra 10:38. — (בני as proper name Palmyrene VogNo. 94.)


Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

הבנים (hov-neem)

Ezekiel 27:15

KJV: The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
EHCC: horns of ivory and ebony. [
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