Baanias

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(rather Banaias [q.v.], Βαναίας ), one of the Israelites, sons of Phoros, who divorced his Gentile wife after the exile ( 1 Esdras 5:26); evidently the BENAIAH (See Benaiah) (q.v.) of the correct text ( Ezra 2:25).