Bible Person

Baanah

Meaning: in the answer; in affliction · Male · 1 cross reference

Baanah is a covenant signatory in Nehemiah and belongs to the restored community's formal recommitment to obedience after exile. First appears in Neh 10:27.1

AI summary: Baanah matters because his single cross reference places him among those sealing the covenant. Even without further detail, the entry connects him to one of the defining acts of communal faithfulness in the restored Jerusalem community. Taken together, the material presents Baanah as a participant in post-exilic covenant renewal.1

Central Figure

Baanah

Meaning: in the answer; in affliction