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Baanah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1196

בַּעֲנָה

ba.a.nah — Baanah

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.4.2; son of: Rimmon (H7417B); brother of: Rechab (H7394) § Baana or Baanah = "in affliction" 1) a Benjamite, son Rimmon, who with his brother Rechab murdered Ish-bosheth. For this, killed by David, mutilated bodies hung up over the pool at Hebron 2) a Netophathite, father of Heleb or Heled, one of David's mighty warriors 3) the head of a family of exiles returning with Zerubbabel 4) a chief of the people

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7394

רֵכָב

re.khav — Rechab

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.4.2; son of: Rimmon (H7417B); brother of: Baanah (H1196) § Rechab = "rider" 1) father of Jehonadab in the time of king Jehu of the northern kingdom of Israel 2) father of Malchijah, a leader of the district of Beth Haccerem and repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 3) one of the 2 captains whom Ishbosheth took into his service and who conspired to murder him Rechabites, of Rechab "rider" adj pr 4) descendants of Rechab

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1195

בַּעֲנָא

ba.a.na — Baana

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.4.12; son of: Ahilud (H0286); brother of: Jehoshaphat (H3092) § Baana or Baanah = "in the affliction" 1) the son of Ahilud, Solomon's commissariat officer in Jezreel and the north of the Jordan valley 2) another of Solomon's officers 3) father of Zadok who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem under Nehemiah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2460

חֵ֫לֶב

che.lev — Heleb

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.29; son of: Baanah (H1196H); also called Heldai at 1Ch.27.15; Heled at 1Ch.11.30; § Heleb = "milk" son of Baanah, the Netophathite, and one of David's mighty warriors; also spelled 'Heled' ( che.led (חֵ֫לֶד "Heled" H2466))

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2466

חֵ֫לֶד

che.led — Heled

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.29; son of: Baanah (H1196H); also called Heldai at 1Ch.27.15; Heled at 1Ch.11.30; Another name of che.lev (חֵ֫לֶב "Heleb" H2460) § Heled = "transient" son of Baanah, the Netophathite, and one of David's mighty warriors; also spelled 'Heleb' ( che.lev (חֵ֫לֶב "Heleb" H2460))

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Historical dictionary entry

Son of affliction. (1.) One of the two sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, a captain in Saul’s army. He and his brother Rechab assassinated Ishbosheth (2 Sam. 4:2), and were on this account slain by David, and their mutilated bodies suspended over the pool at Hebron (5, 6, 12). (2.) The father of Heled, who was one of David’s thirty heroes (2 Sam. 23:29; 1 Chr. 11:30).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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