בָּנִיBânîy

proper name, masculine: one of David's heroes

Pronunciation: baw-nee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1137

Meanings

2. Levites

3. a man of Judah (1 Chronicles 9:4)

4. read בִּנּוּי (Ezra 2:10; Nehemiah 7:15)

5. heads of families of Israel

6. an Israelite (Ezra 10:38)

Same root

בָּנָהbânâh · H1129to build (literally and figuratively)

Where it appears

Appears 15 times in the Bible.

2 Samuel 23:36 Igal son of Nathan from Zobah; Bani from Gad;
1 Chronicles 6:46 Amzi, Bani, Shemer,
1 Chronicles 9:4 One family that returned was that of Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.
Ezra 2:10 The family of Bani 642
Ezra 10:29 From the family of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.
Ezra 10:34 From the family of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel,

See every passage

2 Samuel 23:36
1 Chronicles 6:46, 9:4
Ezra 2:10, 10:29, 10:34, 10:38
Nehemiah 3:17, 8:7, 9:4, 9:5, 10:13, 10:14, 11:22

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).