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
- Judges 2:6בְנֵֽי־ · the IsraelitesAfter Joshua had dismissed the people, the Israelites went out to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance.
- Judges 2:8בִּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · at the ageAnd Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
- Judges 2:11בְנֵֽי־ · And the IsraelitesAnd the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
- Judges 3:2בְּנֵֽי־…if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:
- Judges 3:5וּבְנֵ֣י · Thus the IsraelitesThus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
- Judges 3:6לִבְנֵיהֶ֑ם · to their sonsAnd they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
- Judges 3:7בְנֵי־ · So the IsraelitesSo the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
- Judges 3:8בְנֵֽי־ · and the IsraelitesThen the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
- Judges 3:9בְנֵֽי־ · But when the Israelites; לִבְנֵ֥י · son; בֶּן־ · [them]But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.
- Judges 3:11בֶּן־ · sonSo the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
- Judges 3:12בְּנֵ֣י · the IsraelitesOnce again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Judges 3:13בְּנֵ֥י · After enlisting the AmmonitesAfter enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.
- Judges 3:14בְנֵֽי־ · The IsraelitesThe Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
- Judges 3:15בְנֵֽי־ · And again [they]; בֶּן־ · son; בְנֵי־ · BenjamiteAnd again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
- Judges 3:27בְנֵֽי־ · The IsraelitesOn arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.
- Judges 3:31בֶּן־ · sonAfter Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
- Judges 4:1בְּנֵ֣י · the IsraelitesAfter Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Judges 4:3בְנֵֽי־ · Then the Israelites; בְּנֵ֧י · the IsraelitesThen the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
- Judges 4:5בְּנֵ֥י · where the IsraelitesAnd she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.
- Judges 4:6בֶּן־ · son; מִבְּנֵ֥י; וּמִבְּנֵ֥יShe summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.
- Judges 4:11מִבְּנֵ֥י · the descendantsNow Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.
- Judges 4:12בֶּן־ · sonWhen Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor,
- Judges 4:23בְּנֵ֥י · the IsraelitesOn that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.
- Judges 4:24בְּנֵֽי־And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.
- Judges 5:1בֶּן־ · sonOn that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
- Judges 5:6בֶּן־ · sonIn the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.
- Judges 5:12בֶּן־ · O son‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’
- Judges 6:1בְנֵי־ · Again the IsraelitesAgain the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
- Judges 6:2בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites…and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.
- Judges 6:3וּבְנֵי־ · and other peopleWhenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
- Judges 6:6בְנֵֽי־ · and the IsraelitesIsrael was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.
- Judges 6:7בְנֵֽי־ · the IsraelitesNow when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,
- Judges 6:8בְּנֵ֣י · themHe sent them a prophet, who told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Judges 6:11בְּנ֗וֹ · where his sonThen the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
- Judges 6:29בֶּן־ · son“Who did this?” they said to one another. And after they had investigated thoroughly, they were told, “Gideon son of Joash did it.”
- Judges 6:30בִּנְךָ֖ · your sonThen the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he has torn down Baal’s altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
- Judges 6:33וּבְנֵי־ · and other peopleThen all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
- Judges 7:12בְּנֵי־ · the other peopleNow the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
- Judges 7:14בֶּן־ · sonHis friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”
- Judges 8:10בְנֵי־ · of the peopleNow Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already fallen.
- Judges 8:13בֶּן־ · sonAfter this, Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle along the Ascent of Heres.
- Judges 8:18בְּנֵ֥י · the sonNext, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”