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 36:1בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · son; בְּנֵ֣י; לִבְנֵ֥י · of the Israelite
    Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them,
  2. Numbers 36:2לִבְנֵ֣י · to the Israelites
    …saying, “When the LORD commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, He also commanded him to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.
  3. Numbers 36:3מִבְּנֵ֨י; בְנֵֽי־
    But if they marry any of the men from the other tribes of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the portion of our fathers and added to the tribe into which they marry. So our allotted inheritance would be taken away.
  4. Numbers 36:4לִבְנֵ֣י · for the Israelites
    And when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the tribe into which they marry and taken away from the tribe of our fathers.”
  5. Numbers 36:5בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites; בְנֵֽי־ · of the sons
    So at the word of the LORD, Moses commanded the Israelites: “The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks correctly.
  6. Numbers 36:7לִבְנֵ֣י · in Israel; בְּנֵ֥י
    No inheritance in Israel may be transferred from tribe to tribe, because each of the Israelites is to retain the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
  7. Numbers 36:8בְּנֵ֣י; בְּנֵ֣י · Israelite
    Every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any Israelite tribe must marry within a clan of the tribe of her father, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers.
  8. Numbers 36:9בְּנֵ֥י
    No inheritance may be transferred from one tribe to another, for each tribe of Israel must retain its inheritance.”
  9. Numbers 36:11לִבְנֵ֥י · to cousins on their
    Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to cousins on their father’s side.
  10. Numbers 36:12בְּנֵֽי־ · of the descendants; בֶן־ · son
    They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained within the tribe of their father’s clan.
  11. Numbers 36:13בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
  12. Deuteronomy 1:3בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.
  13. Deuteronomy 1:28בְּנֵ֥י · the descendants
    Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”
  14. Deuteronomy 1:31בְּנ֑וֹ · his son
    …and in the wilderness, where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you reached this place.”
  15. Deuteronomy 1:36בֶּן־ · son; וּלְבָנָ֑יו · and his descendants
    …except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”
  16. Deuteronomy 1:38בִּן · son
    Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land.
  17. Deuteronomy 1:39וּ֠בְנֵיכֶם · your children
    And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.
  18. Deuteronomy 2:4בְּנֵי־ · the descendants
    …and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.
  19. Deuteronomy 2:8בְנֵי־ · the descendants
    So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.
  20. Deuteronomy 2:9לִבְנֵי־ · to the descendants
    Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
  21. Deuteronomy 2:12וּבְנֵ֧י · but the descendants
    The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)
  22. Deuteronomy 2:19בְּנֵ֣י · the Ammonites; בְּנֵי־ · of the Ammonites; לִבְנֵי־ · to the descendants
    But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
  23. Deuteronomy 2:22לִבְנֵ֣י · for the descendants
    …just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.
  24. Deuteronomy 2:29בְּנֵ֣י · the descendants
    …just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for us, until we cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving us.”
  25. Deuteronomy 2:33בְּנוֹ · and his sons
    And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army.
  26. Deuteronomy 2:37בְּנֵי־ · of the Ammonites
    But you did not go near the land of the Ammonites, or the land along the banks of the Jabbok River, or the cities of the hill country, or any place that the LORD our God had forbidden.
  27. Deuteronomy 3:11בְּנֵ֣י · of the Ammonites
    (For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
  28. Deuteronomy 3:14בֶּן־ · a descendant
    Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.
  29. Deuteronomy 3:16בְּנֵ֥י · of the Ammonites
    …and to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.
  30. Deuteronomy 3:18בְּנֵֽי־ · the Israelites; בְּנֵי־ · men
    At that time I commanded you: “The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor are to cross over, armed for battle, ahead of your brothers, the Israelites.
  31. Deuteronomy 4:9לְבָנֶ֖יךָ · to your children; וְלִבְנֵ֥י · and grandchildren; בָנֶֽיךָ׃
    Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
  32. Deuteronomy 4:10בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם · to their children
    The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”
  33. Deuteronomy 4:25בָּנִים֙ · children; וּבְנֵ֣י · and grandchildren; בָנִ֔ים
    After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—
  34. Deuteronomy 4:40וּלְבָנֶ֖יךָ · you and your children
    Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.