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. Joshua 2:23בִּן־ · son
    Then the two men started back, came down from the hill country, and crossed the river. So they came to Joshua son of Nun and reported all that had happened to them.
  2. Joshua 3:1בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.
  3. Joshua 3:9בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    So Joshua told the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.”
  4. Joshua 4:4מִבְּנֵ֣י · from the Israelites
    So Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe,
  5. Joshua 4:5בְנֵי־
    …and said to them, “Cross over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of Israel,
  6. Joshua 4:6בְּנֵיכֶ֤ם · your children
    …to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
  7. Joshua 4:7לִבְנֵ֥י · to the Israelites
    …you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites forever.”
  8. Joshua 4:8בְּנֵי־ · Thus the Israelites; בְנֵֽי־
    Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.
  9. Joshua 4:12בְּנֵי־ · The Reubenites; וּבְנֵי־ · the Gadites; בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites, armed for battle as Moses had instructed them.
  10. Joshua 4:21בְּנֵ֥י · the Israelites; בְּנֵיכֶ֤ם · your children
    Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’
  11. Joshua 4:22בְּנֵיכֶ֣ם · [them]
    …you are to tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’
  12. Joshua 5:1בְנֵֽי־ · the Israelites; בְּנֵֽי־ · the Israelites
    Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.
  13. Joshua 5:2בְּנֵֽי־ · the sons
    At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel once again.”
  14. Joshua 5:3בְּנֵ֣י · the sons
    So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.
  15. Joshua 5:6בְנֵֽי־ · the Israelites
    For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
  16. Joshua 5:7בְּנֵיהֶם֙ · their sons
    And He raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones Joshua circumcised. Until this time they were still uncircumcised, since they had not been circumcised along the way.
  17. Joshua 5:10בְנֵֽי־ · while the Israelites
    On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.
  18. Joshua 5:12לִבְנֵ֥י · for the Israelites
    And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.
  19. Joshua 6:1בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.
  20. Joshua 6:6בִּן־ · son
    So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”
  21. Joshua 7:1בְנֵֽי־ · The Israelites; בֶּן־ · son; בֶן־ · the son; בֶן־ · the son; בִּבְנֵ֥י · against the Israelites
    The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the LORD burned against the Israelites.
  22. Joshua 7:12בְּנֵ֣י · This is why the Israelites
    This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you whatever is devoted to destruction.
  23. Joshua 7:18בֶּן־ · son; בֶן־ · the son; בֶּן־ · the son
    And he had the family of Zabdi come forward man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.
  24. Joshua 7:19בְּנִי֙ · My son
    So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”
  25. Joshua 7:23בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    They took the things from inside the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites, and spread them out before the LORD.
  26. Joshua 7:24בֶּן־ · son; בָּנָ֡יו · his sons
    Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.
  27. Joshua 8:31בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    …just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: “an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used.” And on it they offered burnt offerings to the LORD, and they sacrificed peace offerings.
  28. Joshua 8:32בְּנֵ֥י
    And there in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written.
  29. Joshua 9:17בְנֵֽי־ · So the Israelites
    So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
  30. Joshua 9:18בְּנֵ֣י · But the Israelites
    But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders.
  31. Joshua 9:26בְּנֵֽי־
    So Joshua did this and delivered them from the hands of the Israelites, and they did not kill the Gibeonites.
  32. Joshua 10:4בְּנֵ֥י · and the Israelites
    “Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”
  33. Joshua 10:11בְּנֵ֥י
    As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
  34. Joshua 10:12בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
  35. Joshua 10:20וּבְנֵ֣י · and the Israelites
    So Joshua and the Israelites continued to inflict a terrible slaughter until they had finished them off, and the remaining survivors retreated to the fortified cities.
  36. Joshua 10:21לִבְנֵ֧י
    The whole army returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one dared to utter a word against the Israelites.
  37. Joshua 11:14בְּנֵ֣י · The Israelites
    The Israelites took for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed.
  38. Joshua 11:19בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.