Bani בָּנִי

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Bani
בָּנִי
Transliterationbani
Strong's numberH1137 (H1137M, H1137Q, H1137G, H1137H, H1137I, H1137J, H1137K, H1137L, H1137N, H1137O, H1137P)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossBani
Occurrences16 in 15 verses
Most frequent inNehemiah (7)

Bani (Hebrew בָּנִי, Strong's H1137) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Bani”. It occurs 16 times.

Definition

H1137M: Bani

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.8.7; also called Binnui at Neh.10.9; 12.8;
Also named: bin.nuy (בִּנּוּי "Binnui" H1131L)
§ Bani = "built"
1) a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors
2) a Levite of the line of Merari, and forefather to Ethan
3) a man of Judah of the line of Pharez
4) "children of Bani" returned from captivity with Zerubbabel
5) one or up to three Levites in Nehemiah's time

H1137Q: Bani

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.10; also called Binnui at Neh.7.15;
Also named: bin.nuy (בִּנּוּי "Binnui" H1131)
§ Bani = "built"
1) a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors
2) a Levite of the line of Merari, and forefather to Ethan
3) a man of Judah of the line of Pharez
4) "children of Bani" returned from captivity with Zerubbabel
5) one or up to three Levites in Nehemiah's time

H1137G: Bani

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Sa.23.36
§ Bani = "built"
1) a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors
2) a Levite of the line of Merari, and forefather to Ethan
3) a man of Judah of the line of Pharez
4) "children of Bani" returned from captivity with Zerubbabel
5) one or up to three Levites in Nehemiah's time

H1137H: Bani

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.6.46;
son of: Shemer (H8106);
father of: Amzi (H0557)
§ Bani = "built"
1) a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors
2) a Levite of the line of Merari, and forefather to Ethan
3) a man of Judah of the line of Pharez
4) "children of Bani" returned from captivity with Zerubbabel
5) one or up to three Levites in Nehemiah's time

H1137I: Bani

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at 1Ch.9.4;
father of: Imri (H0566)
§ Bani = "built"
1) a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors
2) a Levite of the line of Merari, and forefather to Ethan
3) a man of Judah of the line of Pharez
4) "children of Bani" returned from captivity with Zerubbabel
5) one or up to three Levites in Nehemiah's time

H1137J: Bani

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.34
§ Bani = "built"
1) a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors
2) a Levite of the line of Merari, and forefather to Ethan
3) a man of Judah of the line of Pharez
4) "children of Bani" returned from captivity with Zerubbabel
5) one or up to three Levites in Nehemiah's time

H1137K: `sons`

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.38; also translated "sons";
§ Bani = "built"
1) a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors
2) a Levite of the line of Merari, and forefather to Ethan
3) a man of Judah of the line of Pharez
4) "children of Bani" returned from captivity with Zerubbabel
5) one or up to three Levites in Nehemiah's time

H1137L: Bani

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.3.17;
father of: Rehum (H7348)
§ Bani = "built"
1) a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors
2) a Levite of the line of Merari, and forefather to Ethan
3) a man of Judah of the line of Pharez
4) "children of Bani" returned from captivity with Zerubbabel
5) one or up to three Levites in Nehemiah's time

H1137N: Bani

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.14
§ Bani = "built"
1) a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors
2) a Levite of the line of Merari, and forefather to Ethan
3) a man of Judah of the line of Pharez
4) "children of Bani" returned from captivity with Zerubbabel
5) one or up to three Levites in Nehemiah's time

H1137O: Bani

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.11.22;
son of: Hashabiah (H2811O);
father of: Uzzi (H5813K)
§ Bani = "built"
1) a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors
2) a Levite of the line of Merari, and forefather to Ethan
3) a man of Judah of the line of Pharez
4) "children of Bani" returned from captivity with Zerubbabel
5) one or up to three Levites in Nehemiah's time

H1137P: Bani

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.9.4b
§ Bani = "built"
1) a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors
2) a Levite of the line of Merari, and forefather to Ethan
3) a man of Judah of the line of Pharez
4) "children of Bani" returned from captivity with Zerubbabel
5) one or up to three Levites in Nehemiah's time

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVbani (15)
BSBbani (13), descendants (1)

Verses

Every verse with Bani, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

2 Samuel

1 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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