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 19:22בְנֵֽי־
    While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”
  2. Judges 19:30בְּנֵֽי־ · the Israelites
    And everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has been seen or done from the day the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt until this day. Think it over, take counsel, and speak up!”
  3. Judges 20:1בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
  4. Judges 20:3בְּנֵ֣י · Meanwhile the Benjamites; בְנֵֽי־ · the Israelites; בְּנֵ֣י · And the Israelites
    (Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?”
  5. Judges 20:7בְּנֵ֣י · you Israelites
    Behold, all you Israelites, give your advice and verdict here and now.”
  6. Judges 20:13בְּנֵֽי־ · men; בְּנֵֽי־
    Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.
  7. Judges 20:14בְנֵֽי־ · [they]; בְּנֵ֥י · the Israelites
    And from their cities they came together at Gibeah to go out and fight against the Israelites.
  8. Judges 20:15בְנֵ֨י · the Benjamites
    On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
  9. Judges 20:18בְּנֵ֣י · The Israelites; בְּנֵ֣י · the Benjamites
    The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
  10. Judges 20:19בְנֵֽי־ · the Israelites
    The next morning the Israelites set out and camped near Gibeah.
  11. Judges 20:21בְנֵֽי־ · And the Benjamites
    And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.
  12. Judges 20:23בְנֵֽי־ · They; בְּנֵ֥י · the Benjamites
    They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”
  13. Judges 20:24בְנֵֽי־ · the Israelites; בְּנֵ֥י · the Benjamites
    On the second day the Israelites advanced against the Benjamites.
  14. Judges 20:25בִבְנֵ֨י · Israelites
    That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
  15. Judges 20:26בְּנֵי֩
    Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
  16. Judges 20:27בְנֵֽי־ · And the Israelites
    And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,
  17. Judges 20:28בֶּן־ · son; בֶּֽן־ · the son; בְּנֵֽי־ · the Benjamites
    …and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”
  18. Judges 20:30בְנֵֽי־ · the Israelites; בְּנֵ֥י · the Benjamites
    On the third day the Israelites went up against the Benjamites and arrayed themselves against Gibeah as they had done before.
  19. Judges 20:31בְנֵֽי־ · The Benjamites
    The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.
  20. Judges 20:32בְּנֵ֣י · the Benjamites; וּבְנֵ֧י · But the Israelites
    “We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”
  21. Judges 20:35בְנֵ֨י · the Israelites
    The LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.
  22. Judges 20:36בְנֵֽי־ · Then the Benjamites
    Then the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.
  23. Judges 20:48בְּנֵ֤י · the other Benjamites
    And the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found. And they burned down all the cities in their path.
  24. Judges 21:5בְּנֵ֣י · The Israelites
    The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
  25. Judges 21:6בְּנֵ֣י · And the Israelites
    And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
  26. Judges 21:10מִבְּנֵ֣י · of
    So the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.
  27. Judges 21:13בְּנֵ֣י · the Benjamites
    Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.
  28. Judges 21:18בְנֵֽי־ · the Israelites
    But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
  29. Judges 21:20בְּנֵ֥י · the Benjamites
    So they commanded the Benjamites: “Go, hide in the vineyards
  30. Judges 21:23בְּנֵ֣י · The Benjamites
    The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.
  31. Judges 21:24בְּנֵֽי־
    And at that time, each of the Israelites returned from there to his own tribe and clan, each to his own inheritance.
  32. Ruth 1:1בָנָֽיו׃ · sons
    In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.
  33. Ruth 1:2בָנָ֣יו׀ · sons
    The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.
  34. Ruth 1:3בָנֶֽיהָ׃ · sons
    Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons,
  35. Ruth 1:11בָנִים֙ · sons
    But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?
  36. Ruth 1:12בָנִֽים׃ · sons
    Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,
  37. Ruth 4:13בֵּֽן׃ · a son
    So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
  38. Ruth 4:15בָּנִֽים׃ · sons
    He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
  39. Ruth 4:17בֵּ֖ן · A son
    The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.