Dictionaries :: Bunni

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Bunni:

building me

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Bunni:

bun'-i (bunni, buni, bunni; compare BANI):

(1) A Levite (Ne 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 Ne 10:9 and Ne 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 bene, "sons of," reducing the proper names in the verse to five. The names probably stand for chief Levitical houses rather than individuals.

(2) Another Levite, one of the overseers of the temple, father of Hashabiah, according to Ne 11:15; but, according to 1Ch 9:14, Hashabiah is "of the sons of Merari" The reading in Nehemiah is a corruption of the one in Ch.

Written by Horace J. Wolf

Nave's Topical Bible

Bunni: 1. A Levite

A teacher with Ezra,

Neh 9:4.

Bunni: 2. Ancestor of Shemaiah

Neh 11:15

Bunni: 3. A Family of Jews

Neh 10:15

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Bunni:

(my understanding).

(1.) One of the Levites in the time of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 9:4).

(2.) Another Levite, but of earlier date than the preceding (Nehemiah 11:15).