בֵּן
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hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine4,932 occurrences37 books3,654 verses
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.
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
Usage patterns
Occurrences
4,932 total
- Leviticus 19:18בְּנֵ֣י · against anyDo not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 20:2בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites; מִבְּנֵ֨י · Israelite“Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.
- Leviticus 20:17בְּנֵ֣י · ofIf a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.
- Leviticus 21:1בְּנֵ֣י · sonsThen the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,
- Leviticus 21:2וְלִבְנ֥וֹ · son…except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,
- Leviticus 21:24בָּנָ֑יו · and his sons; בְּנֵ֖י · the IsraelitesMoses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.
- Leviticus 22:2בָּנָ֗יו · and his sons; בְנֵֽי־ · that the Israelites“Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 22:3בְנֵֽי־ · the IsraelitesTell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 22:15בְּנֵ֣י · [that] the IsraelitesThe priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD
- Leviticus 22:18בָּנָ֗יו · and his sons; בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites“Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,
- Leviticus 22:25בֶּן־ · a foreignerNeither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”
- Leviticus 22:28בְּנ֔וֹ · as its youngBut you must not slaughter an ox or a sheep on the same day as its young.
- Leviticus 22:32בְּנֵ֣י · the IsraelitesYou must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,
- Leviticus 23:2בְּנֵ֤י · the Israelites“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
- Leviticus 23:10בְּנֵ֤י · the Israelites“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.
- Leviticus 23:12בֶּן־ · a year-oldOn the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,
- Leviticus 23:18בְּנֵ֣י · a year old; בֶּן־Along with the bread you are to present seven unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- Leviticus 23:19בְּנֵ֥י · a year oldYou shall also prepare one male goat as a sin offering and two male lambs a year old as a peace offering.
- Leviticus 23:24בְּנֵ֥י · the Israelites“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.
- Leviticus 23:34בְּנֵ֥י · the Israelites“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.
- Leviticus 23:43בְּנֵ֣י · I made the Israelites…so that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”
- Leviticus 23:44בְּנֵ֖י · the IsraelitesSo Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed feasts of the LORD.
- Leviticus 24:2בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
- Leviticus 24:8בְּנֵֽי־Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the LORD on behalf of the Israelites as a permanent covenant.
- Leviticus 24:9וּלְבָנָ֔יו · and his sonsIt belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place; for it is to him a most holy part of the food offerings to the LORD—his portion forever.”
- Leviticus 24:10בֶּן־ · Now the son; בֶּן־; בְּנֵ֣י; בֶּ֚ן · [between him]Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite.
- Leviticus 24:11בֶּן־ · The sonThe son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)
- Leviticus 24:15בְּנֵ֥י · the IsraelitesAnd you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.
- Leviticus 24:23בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites; וּבְנֵֽי־ · So the IsraelitesThen Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 25:2בְּנֵ֤י · the Israelites“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.
- Leviticus 25:33בְּנֵ֥י · the IsraelitesSo whatever belongs to the Levites may be redeemed—a house sold in a city they possess—and must be released in the Jubilee, because the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites.
- Leviticus 25:41וּבָנָ֣יו · and his childrenThen he and his children are to be released, and he may return to his clan and to the property of his fathers.
- Leviticus 25:45מִבְּנֵ֨י · from theYou may also purchase them from the foreigners residing among you or their clans living among you who are born in your land. These may become your property.
- Leviticus 25:46לִבְנֵיכֶ֤ם · to your sons; בְּנֵֽי־ · the IsraelitesYou may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.
- Leviticus 25:49בֶן־ · cousin…either his uncle or cousin or any close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.
- Leviticus 25:54וּבָנָ֥יו · and his childrenEven if he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his children shall be released in the Year of Jubilee.
- Leviticus 25:55בְנֵֽי־ · the IsraelitesFor the Israelites are My servants. They are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 26:29בְּנֵיכֶ֑ם · of your own sonsYou will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.
- Leviticus 26:46בְּנֵ֣י · and the IsraelitesThese are the statutes, ordinances, and laws that the LORD established between Himself and the Israelites through Moses on Mount Sinai.
- Leviticus 27:2בְּנֵ֤י · the Israelites“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons,