בֵּן
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hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine4,932 occurrences37 books3,654 verses
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.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders בֵּן:
Glossary entries
Usage patterns
Occurrences
4,932 total
- Genesis 30:5בֵּֽן׃ · a son…and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.
- Genesis 30:6בֵּ֑ן · a sonThen Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.
- Genesis 30:7בֵּ֥ן · sonAnd Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
- Genesis 30:10בֵּֽן׃ · a sonAnd Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
- Genesis 30:12בֵּ֥ן · sonWhen Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,
- Genesis 30:14בְּנֵֽךְ׃ · your son’sNow during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
- Genesis 30:15בְּנִ֑י · my son’s; בְנֵֽךְ׃ · your son’sBut Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
- Genesis 30:16בְּנִ֑י · with my son’sWhen Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.
- Genesis 30:17בֵּ֥ן · sonAnd God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
- Genesis 30:19בֵּן־ · sonAgain Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
- Genesis 30:20בָנִ֑ים · sons“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.
- Genesis 30:23בֵּ֑ן · a son…and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
- Genesis 30:24בֵּ֥ן · sonShe named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
- Genesis 30:35בָּנָֽיו׃ · of his sonsThat very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.
- Genesis 31:1בְנֵֽי־ · sonsNow Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”
- Genesis 31:16וּלְבָנֵ֑ינוּ · and to our childrenSurely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.”
- Genesis 31:17בָּנָ֥יו · his childrenThen Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,
- Genesis 31:28לְבָנַ֖י · my grandchildrenBut you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.
- Genesis 31:43וְהַבָּנִ֤ים · [these] sons; בָּנַי֙ · [are] my sons; לִבְנֵיהֶ֖ן · the childrenBut Laban answered Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my sons, and these flocks are my flocks! Everything you see is mine! Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or the children they have borne?
- Genesis 31:55לְבָנָ֛יו · his grandchildrenEarly the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.
- Genesis 32:11בָּנִֽים׃ · children [with me]Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
- Genesis 32:15וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם · with their young…30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.
- Genesis 32:32בְנֵֽי־ · the IsraelitesTherefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.
- Genesis 33:19בְּנֵֽי־ · the sonsAnd the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
- Genesis 34:2בֶּן־ · sonWhen Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
- Genesis 34:5וּבָנָ֛יו · but since his sonsJacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.
- Genesis 34:7וּבְנֵ֨י · sonsWhen Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
- Genesis 34:8בְּנִ֗י · My sonBut Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
- Genesis 34:13בְנֵֽי־ · sonsBut because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.
- Genesis 34:18בֶּן־ · sonTheir offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.
- Genesis 34:20בְּנ֖וֹ · and his sonSo Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:
- Genesis 34:24בְּנ֔וֹ · and his sonAll the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.
- Genesis 34:25בְנֵי־ · sonsThree days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
- Genesis 34:26בְּנ֔וֹ · and his sonThey killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.
- Genesis 34:27בְּנֵ֣י · other sonsJacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.
- Genesis 35:5בְּנֵ֥י · sonsAs they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
- Genesis 35:17בֵּֽן׃ · sonDuring her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
- Genesis 35:22בְנֵֽי־ · sonsWhile Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
- Genesis 35:23בְּנֵ֣י · The sonsThe sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
- Genesis 35:24בְּנֵ֣י · The sonsThe sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
- Genesis 35:25וּבְנֵ֤י · The sonsThe sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
- Genesis 35:26וּבְנֵ֥י · And the sons; בְּנֵ֣י · are the sonsAnd the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
- Genesis 35:29בָּנָֽיו׃פ · And his sonsThen he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
- Genesis 36:5בְּנֵ֣י · [were] the sons…and Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 36:6בָּנָ֣יו · sonsLater, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and he moved to a land far away from his brother Jacob.
- Genesis 36:10בְּנֵֽי־ · sonsThese are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel son of Esau’s wife Basemath.