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 19:39בְנֵֽי־
    This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Naphtali, including these cities and their villages.
  2. Joshua 19:40בְנֵי־
    The seventh lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Dan:
  3. Joshua 19:47בְּנֵי־ · of the Danites; בְנֵֽי־ · [to them]
    (Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.)
  4. Joshua 19:48בְנֵי־
    This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Dan, including these cities and their villages.
  5. Joshua 19:49בְנֵי־ · the Israelites; בִּן־ · son
    When they had finished distributing the land into its territories, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them,
  6. Joshua 19:51בִּן־ · son; בְּנֵי־
    These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing up the land.
  7. Joshua 20:2בְּנֵ֥י · the Israelites
    “Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,
  8. Joshua 20:9בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.
  9. Joshua 21:1בִּן־ · son; לִבְנֵ֥י
    Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel
  10. Joshua 21:3בְנֵי־ · the Israelites
    So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:
  11. Joshua 21:4לִבְנֵי֩ · who were descendants
    The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
  12. Joshua 21:5וְלִבְנֵ֨י · descendants
    The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
  13. Joshua 21:6וְלִבְנֵ֣י · The descendants
    The descendants of Gershon received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
  14. Joshua 21:7לִבְנֵ֨י · [And] the descendants
    And the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
  15. Joshua 21:8בְנֵֽי־ · So the Israelites
    So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities, together with their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
  16. Joshua 21:9בְּנֵ֣י; בְּנֵ֣י
    From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they designated these cities by name
  17. Joshua 21:10לִבְנֵ֣י · to the descendants; מִבְּנֵ֣י · of the Levites
    …to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them:
  18. Joshua 21:12בֶּן־ · son
    But they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
  19. Joshua 21:13וְלִבְנֵ֣י׀ · So to the descendants
    So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,
  20. Joshua 21:19בְנֵֽי־ · the descendants
    In all, thirteen cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
  21. Joshua 21:20בְּנֵֽי־; מִבְּנֵ֣י
    The remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities: From the tribe of Ephraim
  22. Joshua 21:26בְּנֵֽי־
    In all, ten cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.
  23. Joshua 21:27וְלִבְנֵ֣י
    This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.
  24. Joshua 21:34בְּנֵֽי־
    This is what the Merarite clan (the rest of the Levites) were given: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Jokneam, Kartah,
  25. Joshua 21:40לִבְנֵ֤י
    In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.
  26. Joshua 21:41בְּנֵֽי־
    For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.
  27. Joshua 22:9בְּנֵי־ · So the Reubenites; וּבְנֵי־ · the Gadites; בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses.
  28. Joshua 22:10בְנֵי־ · the Reubenites; וּבְנֵי־ · the Gadites
    And when they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.
  29. Joshua 22:11בְנֵֽי־ · Then the Israelites; בְנֵֽי־ · the Reubenites; וּבְנֵי־ · the Gadites; בְּנֵ֥י · the Israelite
    Then the Israelites received the report: “Behold, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the border of the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”
  30. Joshua 22:12בְּנֵ֣י · And when [they]; בְּנֵֽי־
    And when they heard this, the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh to go to war against them.
  31. Joshua 22:13בְנֵֽי־ · The Israelites; בְּנֵי־; בְּנֵי־ · the Reubenites; בֶּן־ · son of
    The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the land of Gilead, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
  32. Joshua 22:15בְּנֵי־ · the Reubenites; בְּנֵי־ · the Gadites
    They went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them,