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 11:9בִּבְנֵ֣י · the Ammonites
    But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”
  2. Judges 11:12בְּנֵֽי־ · of the Ammonites
    Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?”
  3. Judges 11:13בְּנֵי־ · of the Ammonites
    The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.”
  4. Judges 11:14בְּנֵ֥י · of the Ammonites
    Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites
  5. Judges 11:15בְּנֵ֥י
    …to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.
  6. Judges 11:25בֶּן־ · son
    Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?
  7. Judges 11:27בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites; בְּנֵ֥י · and the Ammonites
    I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by waging war against me. May the LORD, the Judge, decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”
  8. Judges 11:28בְּנֵ֣י · of the Ammonites
    But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.
  9. Judges 11:29בְּנֵ֥י · against the Ammonites
    Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
  10. Judges 11:30בְּנֵ֥י · the Ammonites
    Jephthah made this vow to the LORD: “If indeed You will deliver the Ammonites into my hand,
  11. Judges 11:31מִבְּנֵ֣י · from the Ammonites
    …then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
  12. Judges 11:32בְּנֵ֥י · the Ammonites
    So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the LORD delivered them into his hand.
  13. Judges 11:33בְּנֵ֣י · So the Ammonites; בְּנֵ֥י · the Israelites
    With a great blow he devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites.
  14. Judges 11:34בֵּ֖ן · son
    And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
  15. Judges 11:36מִבְּנֵ֥י · the Ammonites
    “My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me as you have said, for the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.”
  16. Judges 12:1בִּבְנֵי־ · the Ammonites
    Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”
  17. Judges 12:2וּבְנֵֽי־ · with the Ammonites
    But Jephthah replied, “My people and I had a serious conflict with the Ammonites, and when I called, you did not save me out of their hands.
  18. Judges 12:3בְּנֵ֣י · the Ammonites
    When I saw that you would not save me, I risked my life and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come today to fight against me?”
  19. Judges 12:9בָּנִ֗ים · sons; לְבָנָ֖יו · and for his sons
    He had thirty sons, as well as thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage to men outside his clan; and for his sons he brought back thirty wives from elsewhere. Ibzan judged Israel seven years.
  20. Judges 12:13בֶּן־ · son
    After Elon, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, judged Israel.
  21. Judges 12:14בָּנִ֗ים · sons; בְּנֵ֣י · grandsons; בָנִ֔ים
    He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.
  22. Judges 12:15בֶּן־ · son
    Then Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, died, and he was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
  23. Judges 13:1בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
  24. Judges 13:3בֵּֽן׃ · a son
    The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.
  25. Judges 13:5בֵּ֗ן · a son
    For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
  26. Judges 13:7בֵּ֑ן · a son
    But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”
  27. Judges 13:24בֵּ֔ן · a son
    So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.
  28. Judges 14:16לִבְנֵ֣י · to my people
    Then Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”
  29. Judges 14:17לִבְנֵ֥י · to her people
    She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and finally on the seventh day, because she had pressed him so much, he told her the answer. And in turn she explained the riddle to her people.
  30. Judges 17:2בְּנִ֖י · my son
    …said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD!”
  31. Judges 17:3לִבְנִ֗י · for my son’s benefit
    And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.”
  32. Judges 17:5מִבָּנָ֔יו · of his sons
    Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.
  33. Judges 17:11מִבָּנָֽיו׃ · son
    …and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.
  34. Judges 18:2בְנֵי־ · So the Danites; בְּנֵי־ · of
    So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.
  35. Judges 18:16מִבְּנֵי־ · Danites
    The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.
  36. Judges 18:22בְּנֵי־ · the Danites
    After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.
  37. Judges 18:23בְּנֵי־ · the Danites
    When they called out after them, the Danites turned to face them and said to Micah, “What is the matter with you that you have called out such a company?”
  38. Judges 18:25בְּנֵי־ · The Danites
    The Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”
  39. Judges 18:26בְנֵי־ · So the Danites
    So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.
  40. Judges 18:30בְּנֵי־ · The Danites; בֶּן־ · son of; בֶּן־ · the son; וּבָנָ֗יו · and his sons
    The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
  41. Judges 19:12מִבְּנֵ֥י · Israelites
    But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”