Senses
1. Benaiah (personal name) — A masculine proper noun (meaning 'Yah has built up') referring to several individuals in the Hebrew Bible, most prominently Benaiah son of Jehoiada, one of David's mighty warriors and captain of the bodyguard who later served Solomon. Also borne by Levitical musicians and other figures in Chronicles and Ezekiel. The clusters reflect only surface variation: bare citation form, with conjunctive waw ('and Benaiah'), with preposition lamed ('and to Benaiah'), and minor spelling variants. All refer to the same proper name across 2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, Ezra, and Ezekiel. 42×
AR["بَنَايَا","بَنَايَاهُو"]·ben["বনায়","বনায়কে","বনায়ের","বেনায়া"]·DE["Benaiah","Benaja","[בניה]"]·EN["Benaiah","Benayah","Benayahu"]·FR["Benaja","Benaïa"]·heb["בניה","בניהו"]·HI["बनायाह","बनायाहका","बनायाहू","बनायाहू-ने"]·ID["-Benaya","Benaya"]·IT["Benaia"]·jav["Benaya","Bénaya","Bénayahu"]·KO["베나야","베나야후","브나야","브나야가","브나야를","브나야와","브나야의","브나야후"]·PT["Benayah","Benayahu"]·RU["Бенайи","Бенайя","Бенайяху","Беная","Бенаягу","Бенаяу"]·ES["Benayah","Benayahu","Benaía","Benaías"]·SW["Benaya","mfalme","mwana-wa","na-Benaya"]·TR["Benaya","Benaya'nın","Benaya'yı","Benayah'nın","Benayahu"]·urd["بنایاہ","بنایاہ-نے","بنایاہ-کا","بنایاہو-نے"]
2 Sam 8:18, 2 Sam 20:23, 2 Sam 23:20, 2 Sam 23:22, 2 Sam 23:30, 1 Kgs 1:8, 1 Kgs 1:10, 1 Kgs 1:26, 1 Kgs 1:32, 1 Kgs 1:36, 1 Kgs 1:38, 1 Kgs 1:44 (+30 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בְּנָיָ֫הוּ, בְּנָיָה n.pr.m. (Yah hath built up, cf. יבנאל, Sab. בנאל DHMZMG 1883, 15)— 1. one of David’s captains and heroes, son of Jehoiada, בניהו 2 S 8:18; 23:20, 22 1 K 1:8, 10, 26, 32, 36, 38, 44; 2:25, 29, 30(×2), 34, 35, 46; 4:4 1 Ch 11:24; 18:17; 27:5, 6 cf. v 34 (v. Be); = בניה 2 S 20:23 1 Ch 11:22. 2. one of David’s thirty, בניהו 2 S 23:30 = בניה 1 Ch 11:31; 27:14. 3. a Simeonite,…