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. 1 Samuel 1:1בֶּן־ · [He was] the son; בֶּן־ · the son; בֶּן־ · the son; בֶן־ · the son
    Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
  2. 1 Samuel 1:3בְנֵֽי־ · sons
    Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
  3. 1 Samuel 1:4בָּנֶ֛יהָ · her sons
    And whenever the day came for Elkanah to present his sacrifice, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.
  4. 1 Samuel 1:8בָּנִֽים׃ · sons
    “Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
  5. 1 Samuel 1:20בֵּ֑ן · a son
    So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”
  6. 1 Samuel 1:23בְּנָ֔הּ · her son
    “Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
  7. 1 Samuel 2:5בָּנִ֖ים · sons
    The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.
  8. 1 Samuel 2:12וּבְנֵ֥י · Now the sons; בְּנֵ֣י · men
    Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
  9. 1 Samuel 2:21בָנִ֖ים · sons
    So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
  10. 1 Samuel 2:22בָּנָיו֙ · his sons
    Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
  11. 1 Samuel 2:24בָּנָ֑י · my sons
    No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.
  12. 1 Samuel 2:28בְּנֵ֥י
    And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites.
  13. 1 Samuel 2:29בָּנֶ֙יךָ֙ · your sons
    Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’
  14. 1 Samuel 2:34בָנֶ֔יךָ · sons
    And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.
  15. 1 Samuel 3:6בְנִ֖י · My son
    Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”
  16. 1 Samuel 3:13בָּנָ֔יו · his sons
    I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.
  17. 1 Samuel 3:16בְּנִ֑י · my son
    …but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel.
  18. 1 Samuel 4:4בְנֵֽי־ · sons
    So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
  19. 1 Samuel 4:11בְנֵֽי־ · sons
    The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
  20. 1 Samuel 4:15בֶּן־ · years old
    Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.
  21. 1 Samuel 4:16בְּנִֽי׃ · my son
    “I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.
  22. 1 Samuel 4:17בָנֶ֜יךָ · sons
    The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
  23. 1 Samuel 4:20בֵ֣ן · a son
    As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.
  24. 1 Samuel 6:7בְּנֵיהֶ֛ם · but take their calves
    Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.
  25. 1 Samuel 6:10בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם · their calves
    So the men did as instructed. They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and penned up their calves.
  26. 1 Samuel 7:1בְּנוֹ֙ · his son
    Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.
  27. 1 Samuel 7:4בְּנֵ֣י · So the Israelites
    So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.
  28. 1 Samuel 7:6בְּנֵ֥י · the Israelites
    When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
  29. 1 Samuel 7:7בְנֵֽי־ · the Israelites; בְּנֵ֣י · And when the Israelites
    When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the Philistines
  30. 1 Samuel 7:8בְנֵֽי־ · [and]
    …and said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”
  31. 1 Samuel 8:1בָּנָ֛יו · his sons
    When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
  32. 1 Samuel 8:2בְּנ֤וֹ · son
    The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
  33. 1 Samuel 8:3בָנָיו֙ · But his sons
    But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.
  34. 1 Samuel 8:5וּבָנֶ֕יךָ · and your sons
    “Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”
  35. 1 Samuel 8:11בְּנֵיכֶ֣ם · your sons
    He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to serve his own chariots and horses, and to run in front of his chariots.
  36. 1 Samuel 9:1בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · the son; בֶּן־ · the son; בֶּן־ · the son; בֶּן־
    Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.
  37. 1 Samuel 9:2בֵ֜ן · a son; מִבְּנֵ֥י · the Israelites
    And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.
  38. 1 Samuel 9:3בְּנ֗וֹ · his son
    One day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”
  39. 1 Samuel 10:2לִבְנִֽי׃ · about my son
    When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’
  40. 1 Samuel 10:11לְבֶן־ · to the son
    When all those who had formerly known Saul saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”