King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1137
Transliteration: Bani
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-nee')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: the name of several Israelites
Meaning: Bani -- the name of several Israelites
Word Summary
Bani: the name of several Israelites
Original Word: בָּנִיTransliteration: Bani
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-nee')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: the name of several Israelites
Meaning: Bani -- the name of several Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Bani From banah; built; Bani, the name of five Israelites -- Bani.
see HEBREW banah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1137. Bani
בָּנִי proper name, masculine 1. one of David's heroes 2 Samuel 23:36 הַגָּדִי בָּנִי ("" 1 Chronicles 11:38 has בֶּןהַֿגְרִי, but see DrSm).
2 Levites,
b. Nehemiah 3:17; compare 8:7 (= בִּנּוּי 10:10) 9:4 (twice in verse) (repeated probably by error, compare BeRy) 9:5; 10:14; 11:22. On Ezra 2:40 = Nehemiah 7:43 compare GrGeschichte.ii.2, 389; he reads בני קדמיאל for לבני קדמיאל, taking בני as proper name, as 3 Ezra 5:26 Καδμιηλου καὶ Βαννου.
3 a man of Judah 1 Chronicles 9:4 (מִן) בָּנִי Qr ( > Kt בנימן).
4 Ezra 2:10 read בִּנּוּי compare "" Nehemiah 7:15.
5 heads of families of Isr.
a. Ezra 10:29;
b. Nehemiah 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.)