בָּנִי

Strong’s Definition

Bani, the name of five Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

from H1129 (בָּנָה); built;

KJV Usage

Bani.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Bânîy; Pronunciation: baw-nee'