ba-nı̄´as (B, ΒανιÌας, BanıÌas; A, ΒανιÌ, BanıÌ; the King James Version Banid (1 Esdras 8:36)): An ancestor of Salimoth. The descendants of Banias returned with Ezra to Jerusalem. The name is omitted (), perhaps due to the oversight of a copyist or a mistaken reading of ×‘Ö¼× ×™, beneÌ„, “sons of,†for ×‘Ö¼× ×™, baÌ„nı̄̌.