בֵּן

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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. 2 Samuel 20:6בֶּן־ · the son
    And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”
  2. 2 Samuel 20:7בֶּן־ · son
    So Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri.
  3. 2 Samuel 20:10בֶּן־ · son
    Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.
  4. 2 Samuel 20:13בֶּן־ · son
    As soon as Amasa’s body was removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
  5. 2 Samuel 20:21בֶּן־ · son
    That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
  6. 2 Samuel 20:22בֶּן־ · son
    Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
  7. 2 Samuel 20:23בֶּן־ · son
    Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;
  8. 2 Samuel 20:24בֶּן־ · son
    Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
  9. 2 Samuel 21:2מִבְּנֵ֧י · Israelites; וּבְנֵ֤י · The Israelites; לִבְנֵֽי־ · for Israel
    At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
  10. 2 Samuel 21:6מִבָּנָ֔יו · of his male descendants
    …let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.
  11. 2 Samuel 21:7בֶּן־ · the son; בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · son
    Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
  12. 2 Samuel 21:8בְּנֵ֨י · sons; בְּנֵי֙ · sons; בֶּן־ · son
    But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
  13. 2 Samuel 21:12בְּנ֔וֹ · and his son
    …he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.
  14. 2 Samuel 21:13בְּנ֑וֹ · his son
    So David had the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan brought from there, and they also gathered the bones of those who had been hanged.
  15. 2 Samuel 21:14בְּ֠נוֹ · and his son
    And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.
  16. 2 Samuel 21:17בֶּן־ · son
    But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”
  17. 2 Samuel 21:19בֶּן־ · son
    Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
  18. 2 Samuel 21:21בֶּן־ · the son
    …and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
  19. 2 Samuel 22:45בְּנֵ֥י · Foreigners
    Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.
  20. 2 Samuel 22:46בְּנֵ֥י · Foreigners
    Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
  21. 2 Samuel 23:1בֶּן־ · son
    These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:
  22. 2 Samuel 23:9בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־
    Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty men, he went with David to taunt the Philistines who had gathered for battle at Pas-dammim. The men of Israel retreated,
  23. 2 Samuel 23:11בֶן־ · son
    And after him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines had banded together near a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them.
  24. 2 Samuel 23:18בֶּן־ · and son
    Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Zeruiah, was chief of the Three, and he wielded his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.
  25. 2 Samuel 23:20בֶן־ · son; בֶּן־
    And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
  26. 2 Samuel 23:22בֶּן־ · son
    These were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who won a name along with the three mighty men.
  27. 2 Samuel 23:24בֶּן־ · son
    Now these were members of the Thirty: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
  28. 2 Samuel 23:26בֶן־ · son
    Helez the Paltite, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
  29. 2 Samuel 23:29בֶּֽן־ · son; בֶּן־ · son; בְּנֵ֥י · of the Benjamites
    Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites,
  30. 2 Samuel 23:32בְּנֵ֥י · the sons
    Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan
  31. 2 Samuel 23:33בֶּן־ · son
    …son of Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite,
  32. 2 Samuel 23:34בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־; בֶּן־ · son
    Eliphelet son of Ahasbai the Maacathite, Eliam son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
  33. 2 Samuel 23:36בֶּן־ · son
    Igal son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
  34. 2 Samuel 23:37בֶּן־ · son
    Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,
  35. 1 Kings 1:5בֶן־ · [David’s] son
    At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.
  36. 1 Kings 1:7בֶּן־ · son
    So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.
  37. 1 Kings 1:8בֶן־ · son
    But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.
  38. 1 Kings 1:9בְּנֵ֣י
    And Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened calves near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel. He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah who were servants of the king.