Bible Person
Meaning: in the answer; in affliction · Male · 2 cross references
This Baanah entry refers to a returnee companion named with Zerubbabel and other leaders in Ezra and Nehemiah, not to the father of Heled or the assassins of Ish-bosheth. He belongs to the leadership cohort of the restored community. First appears in Ezra 2:2.1
AI summary: This Baanah matters because the cross references place him among the named figures associated with the first return from exile. Even without a separate narrative, his place marks participation in one of the defining renewal moments of Israel's later history. Taken together, the material presents this Baanah as a returnee leader whose presence contributes to the communal restoration of Judah.1
Central Figure
Baanah
Meaning: in the answer; in affliction
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.