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 8:19בְּנֵֽי־ · the sons“They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
- Judges 8:22בִּנְךָ֖ · your son; בֶּן־ · grandson; בְּנֶ֑ךָThen the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”
- Judges 8:23בְּנִ֖י · my sonBut Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”
- Judges 8:28בְּנֵ֣י · the IsraelitesIn this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
- Judges 8:29בֶּן־ · son…and he—Jerubbaal son of Joash—returned home and settled down.
- Judges 8:30בָּנִ֔ים · sonsGideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
- Judges 8:31בֵּ֑ן · a sonHis concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
- Judges 8:32בֶּן־ · sonLater, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Judges 8:33בְּנֵ֣י · the IsraelitesAnd as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
- Judges 8:34בְּנֵ֣י · The IsraelitesThe Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
- Judges 9:1בֶּן־ · sonNow Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,
- Judges 9:2בְּנֵ֣י · the sons“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”
- Judges 9:5בְּנֵֽי־ · the sons; בֶּן־ · sonHe went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
- Judges 9:18בָּנָ֛יו · sons; בֶּן־ · the son…but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—
- Judges 9:24בְּנֵֽי־ · sons…in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
- Judges 9:26בֶּן־ · sonMeanwhile, Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers and crossed into Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem put their confidence in him.
- Judges 9:28בֶּן־ · son; בֶן־ · the sonThen Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?
- Judges 9:30בֶּן־ · sonWhen Zebul the governor of the city heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he burned with anger.
- Judges 9:31בֶּן־ · sonSo he covertly sent messengers to Abimelech to say, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you.
- Judges 9:35בֶּן־ · sonNow Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate just as Abimelech and his men came out from their hiding places.
- Judges 9:57בֶּן־ · sonAnd God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
- Judges 10:1בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · the sonAfter the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
- Judges 10:4בָּנִ֗ים · sonsHe had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
- Judges 10:6בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites; בְנֵי־ · of the AmmonitesAnd again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
- Judges 10:7בְּנֵ֥י · and AmmonitesSo the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,
- Judges 10:8בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites; בְּנֵ֤י · the Israelites…who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and they did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.
- Judges 10:9בְנֵֽי־ · The AmmonitesThe Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress.
- Judges 10:10בְּנֵ֣י · Then the IsraelitesThen the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
- Judges 10:11בְּנֵ֣י; בְּנֵ֥י · AmmonitesThe LORD replied, “When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,
- Judges 10:15בְנֵי־ · the Israelites“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”
- Judges 10:17בְּנֵ֣י · Then the Ammonites; בְּנֵ֣י · and the IsraelitesThen the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
- Judges 10:18בִּבְנֵ֣י · against the AmmonitesAnd the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
- Judges 11:1בֶּן־ · was the sonNow Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.
- Judges 11:2בָּנִ֑ים · sons; בְֽנֵי־ · who; בֶּן־ · are the sonAnd Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”
- Judges 11:4בְנֵֽי־ · when the AmmonitesSome time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israel
- Judges 11:5בְנֵֽי־…and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
- Judges 11:6בִּבְנֵ֥י · against the Ammonites“Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”
- Judges 11:8בִּבְנֵ֣י · the AmmonitesThey answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”