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. Deuteronomy 4:44בְּנֵ֥י · the Israelites
    This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites.
  2. Deuteronomy 4:45בְּנֵ֣י · them
    These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,
  3. Deuteronomy 4:46וּבְנֵֽי · and the Israelites
    …while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.
  4. Deuteronomy 5:9בָּנִ֛ים · their children
    You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
  5. Deuteronomy 5:14וּבִנְךָֽ־ · nor your son
    …but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.
  6. Deuteronomy 5:29וְלִבְנֵיהֶ֖ם · and with their children
    If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
  7. Deuteronomy 6:2וּבִנְךָ֣ · and your children; וּבֶן־ · and grandchildren; בִּנְךָ֔
    …so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.
  8. Deuteronomy 6:7לְבָנֶ֔יךָ · to your children
    And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
  9. Deuteronomy 6:20בִנְךָ֛ · your son
    In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”
  10. Deuteronomy 6:21לְבִנְךָ֔ · him
    …then you are to tell him, “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
  11. Deuteronomy 7:3לִבְנ֔וֹ · to their sons; לִבְנֶֽךָ׃ · for your sons
    Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
  12. Deuteronomy 7:4בִּנְךָ֙ · they will turn your sons
    …because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.
  13. Deuteronomy 8:5בְּנ֔וֹ · his son
    So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
  14. Deuteronomy 9:2בְּנֵ֣י · the descendants; בְּנֵ֥י · the sons
    The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”
  15. Deuteronomy 10:6וּבְנֵ֣י · The Israelites; בְּנ֖וֹ · his son
    The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.
  16. Deuteronomy 11:2בְּנֵיכֶ֗ם · your children
    Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;
  17. Deuteronomy 11:6בְּנֵ֣י · the sons; בֶּן־ · the Reubenite
    …and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.
  18. Deuteronomy 11:19בְּנֵיכֶ֖ם · to your children
    Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
  19. Deuteronomy 11:21בְנֵיכֶ֔ם · of your children
    …so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
  20. Deuteronomy 12:12וּבְנֵיכֶם֙ · your sons
    And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
  21. Deuteronomy 12:18וּבִנְךָ֤ · your sons
    Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do,
  22. Deuteronomy 12:25וּלְבָנֶ֣יךָ · and your children
    Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
  23. Deuteronomy 12:28וּלְבָנֶ֤יךָ · and your children
    Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
  24. Deuteronomy 12:31בְּנֵיהֶם֙ · their sons
    You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
  25. Deuteronomy 13:6בֶן־; בִנְךָ֨ · your son
    If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
  26. Deuteronomy 13:13בְּנֵֽי־
    …that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),
  27. Deuteronomy 14:1בָּנִ֣ים · are sons
    You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
  28. Deuteronomy 16:11וּבִנְךָ֣ · your sons
    …and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
  29. Deuteronomy 16:14וּבִנְךָ֤ · your sons
    And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
  30. Deuteronomy 17:20וּבָנָ֖יו · and his sons
    Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.
  31. Deuteronomy 18:5וּבָנָ֖יו · and his sons
    For the LORD your God has chosen Levi and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in His name for all time.
  32. Deuteronomy 18:10בְּנֽוֹ־ · his son
    Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
  33. Deuteronomy 21:5בְּנֵ֣י · the sons
    And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.
  34. Deuteronomy 21:15בָנִ֔ים · sons; הַבֵּ֥ן · son
    If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,
  35. Deuteronomy 21:16בָּנָ֔יו · to his sons; בֶּן־ · the son; בֶן־ · over
    …when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife.
  36. Deuteronomy 21:17בֶּן־ · the son
    Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.
  37. Deuteronomy 21:18בֵּ֚ן · son
    If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
  38. Deuteronomy 21:20בְּנֵ֤נוּ · son of ours
    …and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
  39. Deuteronomy 22:6הַבָּנִֽים׃ · the young
    If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.
  40. Deuteronomy 22:7הַבָּנִ֖ים · the young
    You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.