(
Âáíßáò
v. r.
Âáíß
; Vulg. Bania), the ancestor or family-head of one of the parties (that of Assalimoth, son of Josa, with 160 retainers) that returned from Babylon with Ezra (1Es_8:36). This represents a name, BANI SEE BANI (q v.), which has apparently escaped from the present Hebrew text (Ezr_8:10).