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    Benaiah

    Pronounced beh-NAY-uh

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    ✓ In the King James Bible — Yes — Benaiah appears in the King James Bible, including 2 Samuel 23:20.
    Meaning
    "The Lord has built; Yahweh has built up"
    Origin
    Hebrew

    Benaiah was one of David's mighty men — a warrior of extraordinary courage who killed a lion in a snowy pit and defeated an Egyptian giant with the giant's own spear. His name means 'the Lord has built,' reflecting that true strength is built by God, not self-made.

    Spiritual meaning

    Benaiah embodies God-built courage — the kind of fearless faith that faces lions in snowstorms because it knows who builds its strength.

    Related verses (KJV)

    • "And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow."

      2 Samuel 23:20 (KJV) →

    • "And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host."

      1 Kings 2:35 (KJV) →
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