בֵּן

• υἱόςuhios“son”95%
• τέκνονteknon“child”1%

Topheth· Beno· Valley of Hinnom· Valley of Hinnom

1. 2 Samuel 14:11בְּנִ֑י · so that my son; בְּנֵ֖ךְ · of your son’s head
   “Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
2. 2 Samuel 14:16בְּנִי֙ · my son
   For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’
3. 2 Samuel 14:27בָנִ֔ים · sons
   Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.
4. 2 Samuel 15:27בִּנְךָ֜ · [you with] your son; בֶּן־ · with his son; בְנֵיכֶ֖ם
   The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.
5. 2 Samuel 15:36בְנֵיהֶ֔ם · sons
   Indeed, their two sons, Ahimaaz son of Zadok and Jonathan son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with everything you hear.”
6. 2 Samuel 16:3בֶּן־ · grandson
   “Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”
7. 2 Samuel 16:5בֶן־ · son
   As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
8. 2 Samuel 16:8בְּנֶ֑ךָ · of your son
   The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
9. 2 Samuel 16:9בֶּן־ · son
   Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”
10. 2 Samuel 16:10בְּנֵ֣י · O sons
    But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”
11. 2 Samuel 16:11בְנִ֛י · my own son
    Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.
12. 2 Samuel 16:19בְנ֑וֹ · his son
    Furthermore, whom should I serve if not his son? As I served in your father’s presence, so also I will serve in yours.”
13. 2 Samuel 17:10בֶּן־ · soldier; וּבְנֵי־ · men
    Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.
14. 2 Samuel 17:25בֶן־ · was the son
    Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
15. 2 Samuel 17:27בֶן־ · son; בְּנֵֽי־ · of the Ammonites; בֶּן־ · son
    When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.
16. 2 Samuel 18:2בֶּן־ · son
    He sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, “I will surely march out with you as well.”
17. 2 Samuel 18:12בֶּן־ · the son
    The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’
18. 2 Samuel 18:18בֵ֔ן · son
    During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
19. 2 Samuel 18:19בֶּן־ · son
    Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”
20. 2 Samuel 18:20בֶּן־ · son
    But Joab replied, “You are not the man to take good news today. You may do it another day, but you must not do so today, because the king’s son is dead.”
21. 2 Samuel 18:22בֶּן־ · son; בְּנִ֔י · My son
    Ahimaaz son of Zadok, however, persisted and said to Joab, “No matter what, please let me also run behind the Cushite!” “My son,” Joab replied, “why do you want to run, since you will not receive a reward?”
22. 2 Samuel 18:27בֶּן־ · son
    The watchman said, “The first man appears to me to be running like Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” “This is a good man,” said the king. “He comes with good news.”
23. 2 Samuel 18:33בְּנִ֤י · O my son; בְּנִ֣י · My son; בְנִ֣י · my son; בְּנִ֥י · my son; בְנִֽי׃ · my son
    The king was shaken and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
24. 2 Samuel 19:2בְּנֽוֹ׃ · his son
    And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”
25. 2 Samuel 19:4בְּנִי֙ · O my son; בְּנִ֥י · my son; בְנִֽי׃ס · my son
    But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
26. 2 Samuel 19:5בָּנֶ֙יךָ֙ · of your sons
    Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.
27. 2 Samuel 19:16בֶן־ · son
    Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
28. 2 Samuel 19:17בָּנָ֛יו · sons
    …along with a thousand men of Benjamin, as well as Ziba the steward of the house of Saul and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan before the king
29. 2 Samuel 19:18בֶן־ · son
    …and crossed at the ford to carry over the king’s household and to do what was good in his sight. When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell down before the king
30. 2 Samuel 19:21בֶּן־ · son
    But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”
31. 2 Samuel 19:22בְּנֵ֣י · Sons
    And David replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, what have I to do with you, that you should be my adversaries today? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? Am I not indeed aware that today I am king over Israel?”
32. 2 Samuel 19:24בֶּן־ · grandson
    Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.
33. 2 Samuel 19:32בֶּן־ · of age
    Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
34. 2 Samuel 19:35בֶּן־ · years old
    I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
35. 2 Samuel 20:1בֶּן־ · son; בְּבֶן־ · son
    Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
36. 2 Samuel 20:2בֶּן־ · son
    So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.