בֵּן
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hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine4,932 occurrences37 books3,654 verses
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.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders בֵּן:
Glossary entries
Usage patterns
Occurrences
4,932 total
- Joshua 11:22בְּנֵ֣יNo Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
- Joshua 12:1בְנֵֽי־ · whom the IsraelitesNow these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:
- Joshua 12:2בְּנֵ֥י · of theSihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,
- Joshua 12:6וּבְנֵ֥י · and the IsraelitesMoses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had struck them down and given their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
- Joshua 12:7וּבְנֵ֣י · and the IsraelitesAnd these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritance
- Joshua 13:6בְּנֵ֣י · the IsraelitesAll the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim—all the Sidonians—I Myself will drive out before the Israelites. Be sure to divide it by lot as an inheritance to Israel, as I have commanded you.
- Joshua 13:10בְּנֵ֥י · of the Ammonites…and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;
- Joshua 13:13בְּנֵ֣י · but the Israelites…but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.
- Joshua 13:15בְנֵֽי־This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Reuben:
- Joshua 13:22בֶּן־ · The Israelites; בְנֵֽי־The Israelites also killed the diviner Balaam son of Beor along with the others they put to the sword.
- Joshua 13:23בְּנֵ֣י · of the Reubenites; בְּנֵֽי־ · of the ReubenitesAnd the border of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the clans of the Reubenites, including the cities and villages.
- Joshua 13:24לִבְנֵי־ · of GadThis is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Gad:
- Joshua 13:25בְּנֵ֣י · of the AmmonitesThe territory of Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;
- Joshua 13:28בְּנֵי־ · of the GaditesThis was the inheritance of the clans of the Gadites, including the cities and villages.
- Joshua 13:29בְנֵֽי־ · of the descendantsThis is what Moses had given to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh:
- Joshua 13:31לִבְנֵ֤י · of the descendants; בֶּן־ · son; בְנֵֽי־ · the descendants…half of Gilead; and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan. All this was for the clans of the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh, that is, half of the descendants of Machir.
- Joshua 14:1בְנֵֽי־ · the Israelites; בִּן־ · son; לִבְנֵ֥יNow these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of Israel.
- Joshua 14:4בְנֵֽי־ · The descendantsThe descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the land was given to the Levites, except for cities in which to live, along with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.
- Joshua 14:5בְּנֵ֣י · the IsraelitesSo the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they divided the land.
- Joshua 14:6בְנֵֽי־ · Then the sons; בֶּן־ · sonThen the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.
- Joshua 14:7בֶּן־ · years oldI was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back to him an honest report.
- Joshua 14:9וּלְבָנֶ֖יךָ · and your childrenOn that day Moses swore to me, saying, ‘Surely the land on which you have set foot will be an inheritance to you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’
- Joshua 14:10בֶּן־ · years oldNow behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,
- Joshua 14:13בֶּן־ · sonThen Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
- Joshua 14:14בֶּן־ · sonTherefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
- Joshua 15:1בְּנֵ֥יNow the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary:
- Joshua 15:6בֶּן־ · son…went up to Beth-hoglah, proceeded north of Beth-arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
- Joshua 15:8בֶן־From there the border went up the Valley of Ben-hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
- Joshua 15:12בְּנֵֽי־ · of the descendantsAnd the western border was the coastline of the Great Sea. These are the boundaries around the clans of the descendants of Judah.
- Joshua 15:13בֶּן־ · son; בְּנֵֽי־ · the sonsAccording to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
- Joshua 15:14בְּנֵ֣י · sonsAnd Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
- Joshua 15:17בֶּן־ · sonSo Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
- Joshua 15:20בְנֵי־This is the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Judah.
- Joshua 15:21בְנֵֽי־These were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
- Joshua 15:63בְנֵֽי־ · But the descendants; בְּנֵ֤י · among the descendantsBut the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.
- Joshua 16:1לִבְנֵ֤י · for the descendantsThe allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.
- Joshua 16:4בְנֵי־ · the sonsSo Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.
- Joshua 16:5בְּנֵֽי־ · of the descendantsThis was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon
- Joshua 16:8בְנֵי־From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Sea. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim,
- Joshua 16:9לִבְנֵ֣י · for the descendants; בְּנֵֽי־…along with all the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of Manasseh.