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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. Numbers 10:24בֶּן־
    …and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.
  2. Numbers 10:25בְנֵי־ · of Dan; בֶּן־ · son
    Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command.
  3. Numbers 10:26בְּנֵ֣י · son; בֶּן־ · of Asher
    Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,
  4. Numbers 10:27בְּנֵ֣י · son; בֶּן־ · of Naphtali
    …and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.
  5. Numbers 10:28בְנֵֽי־ · for the Israelite
    This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.
  6. Numbers 10:29בֶּן־ · the son
    Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”
  7. Numbers 11:4בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
  8. Numbers 11:28בִּן־ · son
    Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”
  9. Numbers 13:2לִבְנֵ֣י · to the Israelites
    “Send out for yourself men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each of their fathers’ tribes send one man who is a leader among them.”
  10. Numbers 13:3בְנֵֽי־
    So at the command of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
  11. Numbers 13:4בֶּן־ · son
    …and these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
  12. Numbers 13:5בֶּן־ · son
    …from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
  13. Numbers 13:6בֶּן־ · son
    …from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
  14. Numbers 13:7בֶּן־ · son
    …from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
  15. Numbers 13:8בִּן־ · son
    …from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
  16. Numbers 13:9בֶּן־ · son
    …from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
  17. Numbers 13:10בֶּן־ · son
    …from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
  18. Numbers 13:11בֶּן־ · son
    …from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;
  19. Numbers 13:12בֶּן־ · son
    …from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
  20. Numbers 13:13בֶּן־ · son
    …from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
  21. Numbers 13:14בֶּן־ · son
    …from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;
  22. Numbers 13:15בֶּן־ · son
    …and from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.
  23. Numbers 13:16בִּן־ · son
    These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.
  24. Numbers 13:24בְּנֵ֥י · of grapes the Israelites
    Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.
  25. Numbers 13:26בְּנֵֽי־
    …and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
  26. Numbers 13:32בְּנֵ֥י · the Israelites
    So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.
  27. Numbers 13:33בְּנֵ֥י · the descendants
    We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”
  28. Numbers 14:2בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!
  29. Numbers 14:5בְּנֵ֥י
    Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.
  30. Numbers 14:6בִּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · son
    Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
  31. Numbers 14:7בְּנֵֽי־
    …and said to the whole congregation of Israel, “The land we passed through and explored is an exceedingly good land.
  32. Numbers 14:10בְּנֵ֖י · the Israelites
    But the whole congregation threatened to stone Joshua and Caleb. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting.
  33. Numbers 14:18בָּנִ֔ים · their children
    ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’
  34. Numbers 14:27בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    “How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making against Me.
  35. Numbers 14:29מִבֶּ֛ן · years of age
    Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.
  36. Numbers 14:30בֶּן־ · son; בִּן־ · son
    Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
  37. Numbers 14:33וּ֠בְנֵיכֶם · Your children
    Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.
  38. Numbers 14:38בִּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · son
    Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.
  39. Numbers 14:39בְּנֵ֖י · the Israelites
    And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.
  40. Numbers 15:2בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: After you enter the land that I am giving you as a home
  41. Numbers 15:8בֶן־ · a young
    When you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or sacrifice to fulfill a vow or as a peace offering to the LORD,
  42. Numbers 15:9בֶּן־
    …present with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of olive oil.
  43. Numbers 15:18בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land to which I am bringing you
  44. Numbers 15:24בֶּן־
    …and if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge of the congregation, then the whole congregation is to prepare one young bull as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD, with its grain offering and drink offering according to the regulation, and one male goat as a sin offering.