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Lexicon :: Strong's H1138 - bunnî

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בֻּנִּי
Transliteration
bunnî
Pronunciation
boon-nee'
Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From בָּנָה (H1129)
Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: בני (Strongs and Gesenius) בוני (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

בֻּנִּי Bunnîy, boon-nee'; or (fuller) בּוּנִי Bûwnîy; from H1129; built; Bunni or Buni, an Israelite:—Bunni.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H1138 in the following manner: Bunni (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H1138 in the following manner: Bunni (3x).

  1. Bunni = "built"

    1. a Levite in the time of Nehemiah

    2. another Levite of earlier date

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֻּנִּי Bunnîy, boon-nee'; or (fuller) בּוּנִי Bûwnîy; from H1129; built; Bunni or Buni, an Israelite:—Bunni.
STRONGS H1138: Abbreviations
† בֻּנִּי proper name, masculine
1. Levites,
a. Nehemiah 9:4, but read perhaps בִּנּוּי compare BeRy & see Nehemiah 10:10; Nehemiah 12:8; Ezra 8:33;
b. בּוּנִּי (בֶּן) Nehemiah 11:15, but read perhaps מִן בְּנֵי etc. compare BeRy.
2. a chief of people Nehemiah 10:16, perhaps repetition of בָּנִי Nehemiah 10:15 compare BeRy.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

8:33

Nehemiah

9:4; 10:10; 10:15; 10:16; 11:15; 12:8