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.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
4,932 total
- Genesis 21:5בְּנֽוֹ׃ · when his sonAbraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
- Genesis 21:7 (2×)בָנִ֖ים · children; בֵ֖ן · a sonShe added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
- Genesis 21:9בֶּן־ · the sonBut Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
- Genesis 21:10 (3×)בְּנָ֑הּ · and her son; בֶּן־ · son; בְּנִ֖י · my son…and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”
- Genesis 21:11בְּנֽוֹ׃ · his son [Ishmael]Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.
- Genesis 21:13בֶּן־ · sonBut I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”
- Genesis 22:2בִּנְךָ֙ · your son“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
- Genesis 22:3בְּנ֑וֹ · and his sonSo Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
- Genesis 22:6בְּנ֔וֹ · his sonAbraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.
- Genesis 22:7בְנִ֑י · my sonThen Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” “Here I am, my son,” he replied. “The fire and the wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
- Genesis 22:8בְּנִ֑י · my sonAbraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.
- Genesis 22:9בְּנ֔וֹ · his sonWhen they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.
- Genesis 22:10בְּנֽוֹ׃ · his sonThen Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
- Genesis 22:12בִּנְךָ֥ · son“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”
- Genesis 22:13בְּנֽוֹ׃ · his sonThen Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
- Genesis 22:16בִּנְךָ֥ · son…saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
- Genesis 22:20בָּנִ֖ים · sonsSome time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:
- Genesis 23:3בְּנֵי־ · the HittitesThen Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
- Genesis 23:5בְנֵי־ · The HittitesThe Hittites replied to Abraham,
- Genesis 23:7לִבְנֵי־ · the HittitesThen Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
- Genesis 23:8בֶּן־ · son“If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf
- Genesis 23:10 (2×)בְּנֵי־ · the sons; בְנֵי־ · the HittitesNow Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,
- Genesis 23:11בְנֵי־ · of my people“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
- Genesis 23:16בְנֵי־ · of the HittitesAbraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
- Genesis 23:18בְנֵי־ · the Hittites…to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
- Genesis 23:20בְּנֵי־ · by the HittitesSo the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.
- Genesis 24:3לִבְנִ֔י · for my son…and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,
- Genesis 24:4לִבְנִ֥י · for my son…but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
- Genesis 24:5בִּנְךָ֔The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
- Genesis 24:6בְּנִ֖י · take my sonAbraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.
- Genesis 24:7לִבְנִ֖י · for my sonThe LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.
- Genesis 24:8בְּנִ֔י · my sonAnd if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”
- Genesis 24:15בֶּן־ · sonBefore the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
- Genesis 24:24בֶּן־ · the sonShe replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
- Genesis 24:36בֵן֙ · a sonMy master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.
- Genesis 24:37לִבְנִ֔י · for my sonMy master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,
- Genesis 24:38לִבְנִֽי׃ · for my son…but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’
- Genesis 24:40לִבְנִ֔י · for my sonAnd he told me, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.
- Genesis 24:44לְבֶן־ · son…and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.
- Genesis 24:47בֶּן־ · sonThen I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
- Genesis 24:48לִבְנֽוֹ׃ · for his sonThen I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
- Genesis 24:51לְבֶן־ · sonRebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decreed.”
- Genesis 25:3וּבְנֵ֣י · And the sonsJokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.
- Genesis 25:4 (2×)וּבְנֵ֣י · The sons; בְּנֵ֥י · were descendantsThe sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.
- Genesis 25:6וְלִבְנֵ֤י · to the sonsBut while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.