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. Judges 2:6בְנֵֽי־ · the Israelites
    After Joshua had dismissed the people, the Israelites went out to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance.
  2. Judges 2:8בִּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · at the age
    And Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
  3. Judges 2:11בְנֵֽי־ · And the Israelites
    And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
  4. Judges 3:2בְּנֵֽי־
    …if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:
  5. Judges 3:5וּבְנֵ֣י · Thus the Israelites
    Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
  6. Judges 3:6לִבְנֵיהֶ֑ם · to their sons
    And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
  7. Judges 3:7בְנֵי־ · So the Israelites
    So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
  8. Judges 3:8בְנֵֽי־ · and the Israelites
    Then 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Judges 3:11בֶּן־ · son
    So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
  11. Judges 3:12בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    Once 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.
  12. Judges 3:13בְּנֵ֥י · After enlisting the Ammonites
    After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.
  13. Judges 3:14בְנֵֽי־ · The Israelites
    The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
  14. Judges 3:15בְנֵֽי־ · And again [they]; בֶּן־ · son; בְנֵי־ · Benjamite
    And 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.
  15. Judges 3:27בְנֵֽי־ · The Israelites
    On 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.
  16. Judges 3:31בֶּן־ · son
    After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
  17. Judges 4:1בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
  18. Judges 4:3בְנֵֽי־ · Then the Israelites; בְּנֵ֧י · the Israelites
    Then 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.
  19. Judges 4:5בְּנֵ֥י · where the Israelites
    And 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.
  20. Judges 4:6בֶּן־ · son; מִבְּנֵ֥י; וּמִבְּנֵ֥י
    She 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.
  21. Judges 4:11מִבְּנֵ֥י · the descendants
    Now 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.
  22. Judges 4:12בֶּן־ · son
    When Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor,
  23. Judges 4:23בְּנֵ֥י · the Israelites
    On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.
  24. Judges 4:24בְּנֵֽי־
    And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.
  25. Judges 5:1בֶּן־ · son
    On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
  26. Judges 5:6בֶּן־ · son
    In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.
  27. 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!’
  28. Judges 6:1בְנֵי־ · Again the Israelites
    Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
  29. 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.
  30. Judges 6:3וּבְנֵי־ · and other people
    Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
  31. Judges 6:6בְנֵֽי־ · and the Israelites
    Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.
  32. Judges 6:7בְנֵֽי־ · the Israelites
    Now when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,
  33. Judges 6:8בְּנֵ֣י · them
    He 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.
  34. Judges 6:11בְּנ֗וֹ · where his son
    Then 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.
  35. 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.”
  36. Judges 6:30בִּנְךָ֖ · your son
    Then 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.”
  37. Judges 6:33וּבְנֵי־ · and other people
    Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
  38. Judges 7:12בְּנֵי־ · the other people
    Now 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.
  39. Judges 7:14בֶּן־ · son
    His 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.”
  40. Judges 8:10בְנֵי־ · of the people
    Now 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.
  41. Judges 8:13בֶּן־ · son
    After this, Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle along the Ascent of Heres.
  42. Judges 8:18בְּנֵ֥י · the son
    Next, 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.”