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Benaiah (father of Pelatiah)

Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.

Father of Pelatiah, a man who appeared in Ezekiel’s vision of wicked counselors (Ezek 11:1, 13).

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The Lexham Bible Dictionary

Benaiah, Father of Pelatiah

Benaiah, Father of Pelatiah (בְּנָיָהוּ‎, benayahu). Father of Pelatiah, a man who appeared in Ezekiel’s vision of wicked counselors (Ezek 11:1, 13).

The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Benaiah (Person)

BENAIAH (PERSON) [Heb bĕnāyâ (בְּנָיָה‎); bĕnāyāhû (בְּנָיָהוּ)]. The name Benaiah means “Yahweh has made (a child),” with bānâ meaning “make” as in Gen 2:22, where God makes Eve from Adam’s rib (see also Gen 16:2; Ruth 4:11). Parallels in the Semitic onomasticon include Akk Ibni-Marduk, Ug Ybnʾil,

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible

Benaiah

Benaiah. Popular name meaning “the Lord has built,” used primarily by Levites.1. Son of Jehoiada the priest, from the south Judean town of Kabzeel. Benaiah was engaged in military service, and his loyalty gained for him the rank of commander in chief of the army during the reign of Solomon (1 Kgs 2:35;

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Benaiah (father of Pelatiah)

13. The father of Pelatiah who was seen by Ezekiel in his vision (Ezk. 11:1, 13).A. L. Breslich

Benaiah

Benaiah bə-nāʹə, b«-ni\×« [Heb. b^enāyâ, b^enāyāhû,—‘Yahweh has built’].

Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Benaiah

BENAIAH Popular name meaning “the Lord has built,” used primarily by Levites.1. Son of Jehoiada the priest, from the south Judean town of Kabzeel. Benaiah was engaged in military service, and his loyalty gained for him the rank of commander in chief of the army during the reign of Solomon (1 Kgs 2:35;

The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated)

Benaiah

Benaiah (bi-nay´yuh; Heb., “the Lord has built”).1 The son of Jehoiada, a priest (1 Chron. 27:5) from Kabzeel (2 Sam. 23:20) and one of David’s group of elite warriors known as “the Thirty” (1 Chron. 27:6). He supervised the Cherethites and Pelethites (2 Sam. 8:18) and was renowned for his heroic exploits

The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia

Benaiah

BENAIAH1. A Levite, the son of Jehoiada of Kabzeel (1 Sam 23:20) from southern Judah (Josh 15:21). Jehoiada was probably the leader of the priests who joined with the army at Hebron to place David on the throne of all Israel (1 Chr 12:23, 27). Benaiah began his career as the commander of a division

The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition

Benaiah

BENAIAH (Heb. b^enāyāhû, b^enāyâ, ‘Yahweh has built up’). 1. Son of Jehoiada from Kabzeel in S Judah (2 Sa. 23:20). Captain of David’s foreign bodyguard (2 Sa. 8:18; 20:23), he commanded the host for the third month (1 Ch. 27:5–6). He was renowned among ‘the thirty’ of David’s mighty men (2 Sa. 23:20–23;

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible

Benaiah

Benaiah (Heb. bĕnāyâ, bĕnāyāhû)1. The son of Jehoiada the priest, from the southern Judean town of Kabzeel, commander over the army under Solomon. Benaiah came to prominence under David as commander of Cherethites (Cretans) and Pelethites (Philistines), the mercenary troops of David’s bodyguard

Catholic Bible Dictionary

Benaiah

BENAIAH (Hebrew, “Yahweh has made”) Son of Jehoiada and an unshakably loyal soldier in the army of David and Solomon. Benaiah was commander of David’s personal bodyguard unit, the Cherethites and Pelethites (2 Sam 8:18, 20:23; 1 Chr 11:25), and was one of the thirty “mighty men” of David (2 Sam 23:23).

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Benaiah

Bena´iah (made by the Lord).1. The son of Jehoiada the chief priest, 1 Chron. 27:5, of the tribe of Levi, though a native of Kabzeel, 2 Sam. 23:20; set by David, 1 Chron. 11:25, over his body-guard. 2 Sam. 8:18; 20:23; 1 Kings 1:38; 1 Chron. 18:17. One of the mighty men. 2 Sam. 23:22, 23; 1 Chron. 11:25;