Baana

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Baana or Baanah ( Bâ'A-Nah ), Son Of Affliction. 1. A Benjamite, one of the murderers of Ish-bosheth.  2 Samuel 4:2. 2. The father of one of David's warriors.  2 Samuel 23:29;  1 Chronicles 11:30. 4. Two officers under Solomon.  1 Kings 4:12. 5. One who returned with Zerubbabel.  Ezra 2:2;  Nehemiah 7:7. 6. A person whose son took part in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem.  Nehemiah 3:4. He may be identical with the one who sealed the covenant.  Nehemiah 10:27.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Kings 4:12 2 2 Samuel 15:37 3 Nehemiah 3:4 4 2 Samuel 4:1 5 2 Samuel 23:29 6 Ezra 2:2 7 Nehemiah 10:27

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Father of Zadok ( Nehemiah 3:4 ).

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Baana'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/b/baana.html. 1897.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

BAANA . 1. 2 . Two of Solomon’s commissariat officers (  1 Kings 4:12;   1 Kings 4:16 ). 3 . Father of Zadok, one of those who rebuilt Jerusalem (  Nehemiah 3:4 ). 4 . One of the leaders who returned with Zerubbabel; possibly identical with the preceding, and with Baanah No. 3 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ba'ana.

1. The son of Ahilud, Solmon's commissariat officer in Jezreel and the north of the Jordan valley.  1 Kings 4:12. (B.C.1000).

2. Father of Zadok, who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem under Nehemiah.  Nehemiah 3:4. (B.C. 446).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Solomon's commissariat officer in Jezreel and the north of the Jordan valley.  1 Kings 4:12 .

2. Father of Zadok who repaired part of the wall of Jerusalem.  Nehemiah 3:4 .

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1.  1 Kings 4:12.

2.  Nehemiah 3:4.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrews Baana', בִּעֲנָא , prob. for בֶּןאּעֲנָא ], Son Of Affliction), the name of three or four men.

1. (Sept. Βανά .) Son of Ahilud, one of Solomon's twelve purveyors; his district comprised Taanach, Megiddo, and all Bethshean, with the adjacent region ( 1 Kings 4:12). B.C. 1012.

2. (Sept. Βαανᾶ .) Son of Hushai, another of Solomon's purveyors, having Asher and Bealoth ( 1 Kings 4:16, where, however, the name is incorrectly Anglicized "Baanah"). B.C. 1012.

3. (Sept. Βαανά .) Father of Zadok, which latter repaired a portion of the walls of Jerusalem on the return from Babylon, between the fish-gate and the oldgate ( Nehemiah 3:4). B.C. 446.

4. ( Βαανά .) One of those who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel ( 1 Esdras 5:8); the BAANAH (See Baanah) (q.v.) of the Hebrews text

( Ezra 2:2).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

bā´a - na (Old Testament and Apocrypha; Βαανά , Baaná  ; בּענא , ba‛ănā' "son of oppression"):

(1, 2) Two commissariat-officers in the service of Solomon ( 1 Kings 4:12;  1 Kings 4:16; the King James Version "Baanah").

(3) Father of Zadok, the builder ( Nehemiah 3:4 ).

(4) A leader who returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (1 Esdras 5:8). Compare Bannah ( Ezra 2:2;  Nehemiah 7:7;  Nehemiah 10:27 ).