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 22:20בֶּן־ · son
    Was not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”
  2. Joshua 22:21בְּנֵי־ · Then the Reubenites; וּבְנֵי־ · the Gadites
    Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the clans of Israel:
  3. Joshua 22:24בְנֵיכֶ֤ם · your descendants; לְבָנֵ֙ינוּ֙ · to ours
    But in fact we have done this for fear that in the future your descendants might say to ours, ‘What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
  4. Joshua 22:25בְּנֵי־; וּבְנֵי־ · and; בְנֵיכֶם֙ · So your descendants {could cause}; בָּנֵ֔ינוּ · ours
    For the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no share in the LORD!’ So your descendants could cause ours to stop fearing the LORD.
  5. Joshua 22:27בְנֵיכֶ֤ם · your descendants; לְבָנֵ֔ינוּ · to ours
    Rather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants cannot say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD!’
  6. Joshua 22:30בְּנֵי־ · the descendants; וּבְנֵי־; וּבְנֵ֣י
    When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation—the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him—heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were satisfied.
  7. Joshua 22:31בֶּן־ · son; בְּנֵי־ · the descendants; בְּנֵי־; בְּנֵ֣י; בְּנֵ֥י
    Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, “Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this breach of faith against Him. Consequently, you have delivered the Israelites from the hand of the LORD.”
  8. Joshua 22:32בֶּן־ · son; בְּנֵֽי־ · the Reubenites; בְּנֵי־ · and Gadites; בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    Then Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, together with the other leaders, returned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan and brought back a report regarding the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead.
  9. Joshua 22:33בְּנֵ֣י · The Israelites; בְּנֵ֣י · and [they]; בְּנֵי־ · the Reubenites; וּבְנֵי־ · and Gadites
    The Israelites were satisfied with the report, and they blessed God and spoke no more about going to war against them to destroy the land where the Reubenites and Gadites lived.
  10. Joshua 22:34בְּנֵי־ · So the Reubenites; וּבְנֵי־ · and Gadites
    So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”
  11. Joshua 24:4וּבָנָ֖יו · and his sons
    …and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
  12. Joshua 24:9בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · son
    Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,
  13. Joshua 24:29בִּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · at the age
    Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
  14. Joshua 24:32בְנֵי־ · the Israelites; בְּנֵֽי־ · from the sons; לִבְנֵֽי־ · descendants
    And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.
  15. Joshua 24:33בֶּֽן־ · son; בְּנ֔וֹ · son
    Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.
  16. Judges 1:1בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”
  17. Judges 1:8בְנֵֽי־ · Then the men
    Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.
  18. Judges 1:9בְּנֵ֣י · the men
    Afterward, the men of Judah marched down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, in the Negev, and in the foothills.
  19. Judges 1:13בֶּן־ · son
    So Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
  20. Judges 1:16וּבְנֵ֣י · Now the descendants; בְּנֵ֣י · the men
    Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.
  21. Judges 1:20בְּנֵ֥י · sons
    Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.
  22. Judges 1:21בְּנֵ֣י · The Benjamites; בְּנֵ֤י · the Benjamites
    The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.
  23. Judges 1:34בְּנֵי־ · the Danites
    The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.
  24. Judges 2:4בְּנֵ֖י · the Israelites
    When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.