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.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
4,932 total
- Genesis 25:6בְּנוֹ֙ · his sonBut while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
- Genesis 25:9 (2×)בָּנָ֔יו · His sons; בֶּן־ · sonHis sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
- Genesis 25:10בְּנֵי־ · from the HittitesThis was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.
- Genesis 25:11בְּנ֑וֹ · his sonAfter Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.
- Genesis 25:12בֶּן־ · sonThis is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
- Genesis 25:13בְּנֵ֣י · of the sonsThese are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
- Genesis 25:16בְּנֵ֤י · the sonsThese were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.
- Genesis 25:19בֶּן־ · sonThis is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,
- Genesis 25:20בֶּן־ · years old…and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
- Genesis 25:22הַבָּנִים֙ · But the childrenBut the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,
- Genesis 25:26בֶּן־ · years oldAfter this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
- Genesis 26:34בֶּן־ · years oldWhen Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
- Genesis 27:1 (2×)בְּנ֣וֹ · son; בְּנִ֔י · My sonWhen Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
- Genesis 27:5בְּנ֑וֹ · his sonNow Rebekah was listening to what Isaac told his son Esau. So when Esau went into the field to hunt game and bring it back,
- Genesis 27:6בְּנָ֖הּ · her sonRebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau,
- Genesis 27:8בְנִ֖י · my sonNow, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.
- Genesis 27:13בְּנִ֑י · my sonHis mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”
- Genesis 27:15 (2×)בְּנָ֤הּ · son; בְּנָ֥הּ · sonAnd Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.
- Genesis 27:17בְּנָֽהּ׃ · her sonThen she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.
- Genesis 27:18בְּנִֽי׃ · my sonSo Jacob went to his father and said, “My father.” “Here I am!” he answered. “Which one are you, my son?”
- Genesis 27:20 (2×)בְּנ֔וֹ · his son; בְּנִ֑י · my sonBut Isaac asked his son, “How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?” “Because the LORD your God brought it to me,” he replied.
- Genesis 27:21 (2×)בְּנִ֑י · my son; בְּנִ֥י · my sonThen Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau, or not?”
- Genesis 27:24בְּנִ֣י · my sonAgain he asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he replied, “I am.”
- Genesis 27:25בְּנִ֔י · some of my son’s“Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.
- Genesis 27:26בְּנִֽי׃ · my sonThen his father Isaac said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”
- Genesis 27:27בְּנִ֔י · of my sonSo he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.
- Genesis 27:29בְּנֵ֣י · and may the sonsMay peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”
- Genesis 27:31בְּנ֔וֹ · of your son’sHe too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, “My father, sit up and eat of your son’s game, so that you may bless me.”
- Genesis 27:32בִּנְךָ֥ · sonBut his father Isaac replied, “Who are you?” “I am Esau, your firstborn son,” he answered.
- Genesis 27:37בְּנִֽי׃ · my sonBut Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”
- Genesis 27:42 (2×)בְּנָ֣הּ · son; בְּנָ֣הּ · sonWhen the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.
- Genesis 27:43בְנִ֖י · my sonSo now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
- Genesis 28:5בֶּן־ · sonSo Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.
- Genesis 28:9בֶּן־ · sonEsau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.
- Genesis 29:1בְנֵי־ · of the peopleJacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.
- Genesis 29:5בֶּן־ · the grandson“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.
- Genesis 29:12בֶן־ · sonHe told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.
- Genesis 29:13בֶּן־ · sonWhen Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.
- Genesis 29:32בֵּ֔ן · a sonAnd Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
- Genesis 29:33בֵּן֒ · a sonAgain she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
- Genesis 29:34 (2×)בֵּן֒ · a son; בָנִ֑ים · sonsOnce again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
- Genesis 29:35בֵּ֗ן · a sonAnd once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
- Genesis 30:1בָנִ֔ים · childrenWhen Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.