Hebrew word · H1131

בִּנּוּי

binui

Binnui

A name meaning 'building' or 'built,' from the root b-n-h. It is used for a returning clan (Neh 7:15) and for Levites (Ezra 8:33; Neh 10:9; 12:8).

Appears 7 times in 7 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.8.7; also called Binnui at Neh.10.9; 12.8;

Another name of ba.ni (בָּנִי "Bani" H1137M)

§ 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

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Ezra 10:38

Range of meaning

A name meaning 'building' or 'built,' from the root b-n-h. It is used for a returning clan (Neh 7:15) and for Levites (Ezra 8:33; Neh 10:9; 12:8).

Against the English

All English versions keep the name. They differ on whether Binnui is a person or a family heading.

Used elsewhere in the period

Nehemiah 7:15 'sons of Binnui, 648' corresponds to Ezra 2:10 'sons of Bani, 642.' The two names look like variant forms of one clan name, which may explain why Bani and Binnui sit side by side here.

Where it appears

Ezra · 3

  1. Ezra 8:33 בִּנּ֖וּי Binnui

    On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and sacred articles into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, along with the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.

  2. Ezra 10:30 וּבִנּ֖וּי and Binnui

    From the descendants of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.

  3. Ezra 10:38 וּבִנּ֖וּי and Binnui

    From the descendants of Binnui: Shimei,

    Here: A name from the same root as Bani (b-n-h, 'to build'). Binnui is a known returning clan; in Nehemiah 7:15 'the sons of Binnui' match 'the sons of Bani' in Ezra 2:10. Depending on how the first word is read, Binnui is either one more offender or the family that Shimei belonged to.

Nehemiah · 4

  1. Nehemiah 3:24 בִּנּ֛וּי Binnui

    After him, Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the angle and the corner,

  2. Nehemiah 7:15 בִנּ֔וּי Binnui

    the descendants of Binnui, 648;

  3. Nehemiah 10:9 בִּנּ֕וּי Binnui

    The Levites: Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,

  4. Nehemiah 12:8 בִּנּ֛וּי Binnui

    The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his associates, led the songs of thanksgiving.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.