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 Kings 12:24בְּנֵֽי־ · the Israelites
    …that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and turned back according to the word of the LORD.
  2. 1 Kings 12:31מִבְּנֵ֥י · Levites
    Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.
  3. 1 Kings 12:33לִבְנֵ֣י · for the Israelites
    On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.
  4. 1 Kings 13:2בֵ֞ן · A son
    And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”
  5. 1 Kings 13:11בְנ֡וֹ · and his sons
    Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.
  6. 1 Kings 13:12בָנָ֗יו · And his sons
    “Which way did he go?” their father asked. And his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God, who had come from Judah.
  7. 1 Kings 13:13בָּנָ֔יו · his sons
    So the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it
  8. 1 Kings 13:27בָּנָיו֙ · his sons
    Then the old prophet instructed his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled it,
  9. 1 Kings 13:31בָּנָיו֙ · his sons
    After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,
  10. 1 Kings 14:1בֶן־ · son
    At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,
  11. 1 Kings 14:5בְּנָהּ֙ · her son
    But the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”
  12. 1 Kings 14:20בְּנ֖וֹ · and his son
    And the length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.
  13. 1 Kings 14:21בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · old
    Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
  14. 1 Kings 14:24בְּנֵ֥י · the Israelites
    There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
  15. 1 Kings 14:31בְּנ֖וֹ · And his son
    And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.
  16. 1 Kings 15:1בֶּן־ · son
    In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king of Judah,
  17. 1 Kings 15:4בְּנוֹ֙ · a son
    Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.
  18. 1 Kings 15:8בְנ֖וֹ · and his son
    And Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa reigned in his place.
  19. 1 Kings 15:18בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · the son
    So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
  20. 1 Kings 15:24בְּנ֖וֹ · and his son
    And Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David, and his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place.
  21. 1 Kings 15:25בֶּן־ · son
    In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two years.
  22. 1 Kings 15:27בֶן־ · son
    Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.
  23. 1 Kings 15:33בֶן־ · son
    In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.
  24. 1 Kings 16:1בֶן־ · son
    Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying:
  25. 1 Kings 16:3בֶּן־ · son
    So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:
  26. 1 Kings 16:6בְנ֖וֹ · and his son
    And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.
  27. 1 Kings 16:7בֶן־ · son
    Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.
  28. 1 Kings 16:8בֶן־ · son
    In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.
  29. 1 Kings 16:13בְנ֑וֹ · his son
    This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
  30. 1 Kings 16:21בֶן־ · son
    At that time the people of Israel were divided: Half of the people supported Tibni son of Ginath as king, and half supported Omri.
  31. 1 Kings 16:22בֶן־ · son
    But the followers of Omri proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.
  32. 1 Kings 16:26בֶּן־ · son
    For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins, which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
  33. 1 Kings 16:28בְּנ֖וֹ · and his son
    And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.
  34. 1 Kings 16:29בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־
    In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.
  35. 1 Kings 16:30בֶּן־ · son
    However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.
  36. 1 Kings 16:31בֶּן־ · son
    And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.
  37. 1 Kings 16:34בִּן־ · son
    In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.
  38. 1 Kings 17:12וְלִבְנִ֔י · and my son
    But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
  39. 1 Kings 17:13וְלִבְנֵ֔ךְ · and your son
    “Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,
  40. 1 Kings 17:17בֶּן־ · the son
    Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.
  41. 1 Kings 17:18בְּנִֽי׃ · of my son
    “O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
  42. 1 Kings 17:19בְּנֵ֑ךְ · your son
    But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.
  43. 1 Kings 17:20בְּנָֽהּ׃ · her son {to die}
    Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”
  44. 1 Kings 17:23בְּנֵֽךְ׃ · your son
    Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.
  45. 1 Kings 18:20בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.
  46. 1 Kings 18:31בְנֵֽי־ · of the sons
    And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
  47. 1 Kings 19:10בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”