Type Word Usage Ancient Hebrew Scripts בָּנָה(Ancient Hebrew) Meaning & History Hebrew word meaning "to build" [1]. Related ItemsDetails Given Name DescendantsBenaiah(Biblical) Benaya(Biblical Hebrew) Sources & References Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h1129, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h1129.