בְּנָיָהBᵉnâyâh

proper name, masculine: Yah hath built up

Pronunciation: ben-aw-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1141

Meanings

1. one of David's captains and heroes, son of Jehoiada (2 Samuel 8:18; 2 Samuel 23:20; 2 Samuel 23:22)

2. one of David's thirty (2 Samuel 23:30; 1 Chronicles 11:31; 1 Chronicles 27:14)

3. a Simeonite (1 Chronicles 4:36)

4. Levites

b. id. (2 Chronicles 31:13)

5. Israelites

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 42 times in the Bible.

2 Samuel 8:18 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was captain of the king’s bodyguard. And David’s sons served as priestly leaders.
2 Samuel 20:23 Now Joab was the commander of the army of Israel. Benaiah son of Jehoiada was captain of the king’s bodyguard.
2 Samuel 23:20 There was also Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant warrior from Kabzeel. He did many heroic deeds, which included killing two champions of Moab. Another time, on a snowy day, he chased a lion down into a pit and killed it.
2 Samuel 23:22 Deeds like these made Benaiah as famous as the Three mightiest warriors.
2 Samuel 23:30 Benaiah from Pirathon; Hurai from Nahale-gaash;
1 Kings 1:8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s personal bodyguard refused to support Adonijah.

See every passage

2 Samuel 8:18, 20:23, 23:20, 23:22, 23:30
1 Kings 1:8, 1:10, 1:26, 1:32, 1:36, 1:38, 1:44, 2:25, 2:29, 2:30, 2:34, 2:35, 2:46, 4:4
1 Chronicles 4:36, 11:22, 11:24, 11:31, 15:18, 15:20, 15:24, 16:5, 16:6, 18:17, 27:5, 27:6, 27:14, 27:34
2 Chronicles 20:14, 31:13
Ezra 10:25, 10:30, 10:35, 10:43
Ezekiel 11:1, 11:13

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).