BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2582
che.na.dad — Henadad
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.3.9 § Henadad = "favour of Hadad" head of a family of Levites who took part in the rebuilding of the temple
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1131
bin.nuy — Binnui
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.10; also called Binnui at Neh.7.15; Another spelling of ba.ni (בָּנִי "Bani" H1137Q) § Binnui = "built up" 1) an exile returnee with Zerubbabel, son of Henadad, who assisted at the reparation of the wall of Jerusalem, under Nehemiah 2) a Levite in time of Ezra, father of Noadiah 3) another Levite in time of Ezra, who took a foreign wife 4) still another Levite in time of Ezra, who took a foreign wife
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H942
bav.vay — Bavvai
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.3.18; son of: Henadad (H2582H); also called in KJV: Bevai; in NIV: Binnui; § Bavai = "my goings" a rebuilder of Jerusalem's walls in Nehemiah's time
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Favour of Hadad, the name of a Levite after the Captivity (Ezra 3:9).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
