Binnui
bin.nuy is a proper name used for named people and for a group identified as its sons.
The form is used as a proper name in personal lists and descriptions, including a Levite, a builder, and the father named in a genealogy; it also identifies a group as “the sons of Binnui.”
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Proper name for people and a named family group · dominant
Each occurrence is tagged Noun · Proper. In Ezra 10:30 and Ezra 10:38 the APB renders Binnui among listed names; in Ezra 8:33 it identifies Noadiah as “son of Binnui the Levite,” while Nehemiah 3:24 names Binnui son of Henadad as the one who strengthened a section. In Nehemiah 7:15 the APB renders a numbered group as “The sons of Binnui.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term as “Binnui” in lists, a genealogy, and the building account, including Ezra 10:30, Ezra 8:33, Nehemiah 12:8, Nehemiah 3:24, and Nehemiah 7:15. Although the original form occurs in Nehemiah 10:10, the supplied APB wording does not reproduce the name there.