Strong's Hebrew · H1196

H1196 Baʻănâh

בַּעֲנָה

bah-an-aw'

Baanah

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Baʻănâh appears 9 times in Scripture, in 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

Baanah, the name of four Israelites

In the King James Version

Baanah.

Derivation

from a derivative of H6031 (עָנָה) with prepositional prefix; in affliction

Appears 9 times in Scripture

Ezra 2:2

“accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:”

2 Samuel 4:9

“But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,”

2 Samuel 4:2

“Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,”

1 Chronicles 11:30

“Maharai the Netophathite, Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite,”

2 Samuel 23:29

“Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites,”

2 Samuel 4:6

“They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.”

2 Samuel 4:5

“Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.”

Nehemiah 7:7

“accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:”

Nehemiah 10:27

“Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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