בֵּן

benson: childHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine4,932 occurrences37 books3,654 verses
This word comes from the names of Beno and Topheth.

Definition

from H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Traditional renderings: afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ( ) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, (young) bullock, (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, × in, kid, lamb, ( ) man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, ( ) people, rebel, robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, × surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders בֵּן:

Glossary entries

Topheth Beno Valley of Hinnom Valley of Hinnom

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

4,932 total
  1. Leviticus 9:1וּלְבָנָ֑יו · and his sons
    On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.
  2. Leviticus 9:2בֶּן־
    He said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and present them before the LORD.
  3. Leviticus 9:3בְּנֵ֥י · the Israelites; בְּנֵי־ · both a year old
    Then speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb—both a year old and without blemish—for a burnt offering,
  4. Leviticus 9:9בְּנֵ֨י · The sons
    The sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and applied it to the horns of the altar. And he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
  5. Leviticus 9:12בְּנֵ֨י · sons
    Then Aaron slaughtered the burnt offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it on all sides of the altar.
  6. Leviticus 9:18בְּנֵ֨י · sons
    Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram as the people’s peace offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it on all sides of the altar.
  7. Leviticus 10:1בְנֵֽי־ · sons
    Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.
  8. Leviticus 10:4בְּנֵ֥י · sons
    Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come here; carry the bodies of your cousins outside the camp, away from the front of the sanctuary.”
  9. Leviticus 10:6בָּנָ֜יו · and his sons
    Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited.
  10. Leviticus 10:9וּבָנֶ֣יךָ · and your sons
    “You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.
  11. Leviticus 10:11בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    …so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”
  12. Leviticus 10:12בָּנָיו֮ · sons
    And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the food offerings to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy.
  13. Leviticus 10:13בָּנֶ֙יךָ֙ · and your sons’ share
    You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your share and your sons’ share of the food offerings to the LORD; for this is what I have been commanded.
  14. Leviticus 10:14וּבָנֶ֥יךָ · and your sons; בָּנֶ֙יךָ֙ · to you and your children; בְּנֵ֥י · of the sons
    And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the peace offerings of the sons of Israel.
  15. Leviticus 10:15וּלְבָנֶ֤יךָ · you and your children
    They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the food offerings, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.”
  16. Leviticus 10:16בְּנֵ֣י · sons
    Later, Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked,
  17. Leviticus 11:2בְּנֵ֥י · the Israelites
    “Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:
  18. Leviticus 12:2בְּנֵ֤י · the Israelites
    “Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.
  19. Leviticus 12:6לְבֵן֮ · whether for a son; בֶּן־ · a year-old; וּבֶן־ · and a young
    When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.
  20. Leviticus 12:8בְּנֵ֣י · young
    But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”
  21. Leviticus 13:2מִבָּנָ֖יו · of his sons
    “When someone has a swelling or rash or bright spot on his skin that may be an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest.
  22. Leviticus 14:22בְּנֵ֣י · young
    …and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever he can afford, one to be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.
  23. Leviticus 14:30בְּנֵ֣י · young
    Then he must sacrifice the turtledoves or young pigeons, whichever he can afford,
  24. Leviticus 15:2בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    “Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.
  25. Leviticus 15:14בְּנֵ֣י · young
    On the eighth day he is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, come before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and give them to the priest.
  26. Leviticus 15:29בְּנֵ֣י · young
    On the eighth day she is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
  27. Leviticus 15:31בְּנֵי־ · the children
    You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.
  28. Leviticus 16:1בְּנֵ֣י · sons
    Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron’s sons when they approached the presence of the LORD.
  29. Leviticus 16:3בֶּן־
    This is how Aaron is to enter the Holy Place: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.
  30. Leviticus 16:5בְּנֵ֣י
    And he shall take from the congregation of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.
  31. Leviticus 16:16בְּנֵ֣י
    So he shall make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the impurities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to do the same for the Tent of Meeting which abides among them in the midst of their impurities.
  32. Leviticus 16:19בְּנֵ֥י
    He is to sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.
  33. Leviticus 16:21בְּנֵ֣י
    Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.
  34. Leviticus 16:34בְּנֵ֤י · the Israelites
    This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  35. Leviticus 17:2בָּנָ֗יו · his sons; בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them this is what the LORD has commanded:
  36. Leviticus 17:5בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    For this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD.
  37. Leviticus 17:12לִבְנֵ֣י · to the Israelites
    Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’
  38. Leviticus 17:13מִבְּנֵ֣י · Israelite
    And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.
  39. Leviticus 17:14לִבְנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’
  40. Leviticus 18:2בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.
  41. Leviticus 18:10בִּנְךָ֙ · your son’s
    You must not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would shame your family.
  42. Leviticus 18:15בִּנְךָ֙ · is your son’s
    You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.
  43. Leviticus 18:17בְּנָ֞הּ · her son’s
    You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.
  44. Leviticus 19:2בְּנֵי־
    “Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.