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<p> ''''' bun´ı̄ ''''' ( בּנּי , <i> ''''' bunnı̄ ''''' </i> , בּוּני , <i> ''''' būnı̄ ''''' </i> , בּוּנּי , <i> ''''' būnnı̄ ''''' </i> ; compare [[Bani]] ): </p> <p> (1) A L evite (&nbsp;Nehemiah 9:4 ). The repetition of Bani's name in this passage is probably a scribal error. The [[Syriac]] version for the second "Bani" reads "Binnui"; but as, in &nbsp;Nehemiah 10:9 and &nbsp; Nehemiah 12:8 , Binnui's name comes, as here, between those of [[Jeshua]] and Kadmiel, we should substitute [[Binnui]] here for the first Bani. The [[Septuagint]] renders all three names as if the [[Hebrew]] in each case had been בּני , <i> ''''' benē ''''' </i> , "sons of," reducing the proper names in the verse to five. The names probably stand for chief [[Levitical]] houses rather than individuals. </p> <p> (2) Another Levite, one of the overseers of the temple, father of Hashabiah, according to &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:15; but, according to &nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:14 , [[Hashabiah]] is "of the sons of Merari" The reading in Nehemiah is a corruption of the one in Ch. </p>

<p> the name of two Levites. </p> <p> '''1.''' (Heb. '''''בּוּנַּי''''' , ''Bunni','' either ''Considerate,'' or the same name as BINNUI; Sept. '''''Βοννά''''' .) The great-great-grandfather of one Shemaiah, which latter was appointed an overseer of the [[Temple]] after the captivity (&nbsp;Nehemiah 11:15). B.C. long ante 536. </p> <p> '''2.''' (Heb. '''''בֻּנּי''''' , ''Bunni', Built,'' Sept. translates '''''Υἱός''''' , '''''Υἱοί''''' .) ''One'' of those who pronounced the public prayer and thanksgiving, and sealed the covenant on the return from [[Babylon]] (&nbsp;Nehemiah 9:4; &nbsp;Nehemiah 10:15). B.C. 410. </p> <p> '''3.''' Bunni is said to have been the Jewish name of Nicodemus (Lightfoot on &nbsp;John 3:1; Ewald, ''Isr. Gesch.'' v. 233). (See Nicodemus). </p>