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Binnui

בִּנּוּי/BIN-yoo-ee/

“A building, or built up”

Summary

A common name after the exile, borne by several Levites and Israelites involved in the restoration of Jerusalem.

☩Family Head

One Binnui was the head of a family whose 648 descendants returned from Babylon; he is called Bani in the parallel account.

Key verses:Nehemiah 7:15Ezra 2:10

☩Levite Builder

A Levite named Binnui, son of Henadad, returned with Zerubbabel and later assisted in repairing the walls of Jerusalem under Nehemiah. He also joined in the religious covenant. He may be the same person called Bavvai in another passage.

Key verses:Nehemiah 12:8Nehemiah 3:24Nehemiah 10:9

☩Other Individuals

Several other men bore this name: a Levite whose son Noadiah helped weigh the temple vessels, and two Israelites (one of Pahath-moab's sons, another of Bani's sons) who had married foreign wives and put them away during Ezra's reforms.

Key verses:Ezra 8:33Ezra 10:30Ezra 10:38

Related Verses7 mentions

Nehemiah· 4 verses

3:247:1510:912:8

Ezra· 3 verses

8:3310:3010:38

References

  1. 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Binnui," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. I (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
  2. 2.James Orr (ed.), "Binnui," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. I (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).