בַּעֲנָהBaʻănâh

proper name, masculine: id.

Pronunciation: bah-an-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1196

Meanings

1. a Benjamite, one of the murderers of Ishbosheth (2 Samuel 4:2; 2 Samuel 4:5; 2 Samuel 4:6)

2. father of one of David's heroes (2 Samuel 23:29; 1 Chronicles 11:30)

3. head of a family of returning exiles (Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7; Nehemiah 3:4)

4. a chief of the people (Nehemiah 10:28)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 4:2 Now there were two brothers, Baanah and Recab, who were captains of Ishbosheth’s raiding parties. They were sons of Rimmon, a member of the tribe of Benjamin who lived in Beeroth. The town of Beeroth is now part of Benjamin’s territory
  • 2 Samuel 4:5 One day Recab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon from Beeroth, went to Ishbosheth’s house around noon as he was taking his midday rest.
  • 2 Samuel 4:6 The doorkeeper, who had been sifting wheat, became drowsy and fell asleep. So Recab and Baanah slipped past her.
  • 2 Samuel 4:9 But David said to Recab and Baanah, “The Lord, who saves me from all my enemies, is my witness.
  • 2 Samuel 23:29 Heled son of Baanah from Netophah; Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah (in the land of Benjamin);
  • 1 Chronicles 11:30 Maharai from Netophah; Heled son of Baanah from Netophah;
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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).