BAANAH

ba'-a-na ba`anah, "son of oppression"):

(1) Captain in the army of Ish-bosheth (2 Samuel 4:2 ff).

(2) Father of Iteleb, one of David's mighty men (2 Samuel 23:29; 1 Chronicles 11:30).

(3) Returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem; a leader and one who sealed the covenant (Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7; 10:27).

See BAANA (4).

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.