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
- 2 Kings 4:36בְנֵֽךְ׃ · your sonElisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she came. Then Elisha said, “Pick up your son.”
- 2 Kings 4:37בְּנָ֖הּ · her sonShe came in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.
- 2 Kings 4:38וּבְנֵי֙ · As the sons; לִבְנֵ֥י · for the sonsWhen Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”
- 2 Kings 5:22מִבְּנֵ֣י · from the sons“Everything is all right,” Gehazi replied. “My master has sent me to say, ‘Look, two young men from the sons of the prophets have just now come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two sets of clothing.’”
- 2 Kings 6:1בְנֵֽי־ · Now the sonsNow the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Please take note that the place where we meet with you is too small for us.
- 2 Kings 6:28בְּנֵךְ֙ · your son; בְּנִ֖י · my sonThen the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’
- 2 Kings 6:29בְּנִ֖י · my son; בְּנֵךְ֙ · your son; בְּנָֽהּ׃ · her sonSo we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”
- 2 Kings 6:31בֶּן־ · sonHe announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”
- 2 Kings 6:32בֶּן־ · murdererNow Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”
- 2 Kings 8:1בְּנָ֜הּ · sonNow Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”
- 2 Kings 8:5בְּנָהּ֙ · son; בְּנָ֖הּ · is the sonAnd Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”
- 2 Kings 8:9בִּנְךָ֨ · Your sonSo Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
- 2 Kings 8:12לִבְנֵ֨י“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”
- 2 Kings 8:16בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · sonIn the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.
- 2 Kings 8:17בֶּן־ · years oldJehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
- 2 Kings 8:19לְבָנָ֖יו · [and] his descendantsYet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
- 2 Kings 8:24בְנ֖וֹ · And his sonAnd Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 8:25בֶּן־ · son; בֶן־ · sonIn the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
- 2 Kings 8:26בֶּן־ · years oldAhaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.
- 2 Kings 8:28בֶּן־ · sonThen Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.
- 2 Kings 8:29בֶן־ · son; בֶּן־ · sonSo King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
- 2 Kings 9:1מִבְּנֵ֣י · of the sonsNow Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
- 2 Kings 9:2בֶן־ · son; בֶּן־ · the sonWhen you arrive, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in, get him away from his companions, and take him to an inner room.
- 2 Kings 9:9בֶּן־ · son; בֶן־ · sonI will make the house of Ahab like the houses of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.
- 2 Kings 9:14בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · the sonThus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,
- 2 Kings 9:20בֶן־ · sonAgain the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the charioteer is driving like Jehu son of Nimshi—he is driving like a madman!”
- 2 Kings 9:26בָנָ֜יו · of his sons‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”
- 2 Kings 9:29בֶּן־ · son(In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)
- 2 Kings 10:1בָּנִ֖ים · sonsNow Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying:
- 2 Kings 10:2בְּנֵ֣י · sons“When this letter arrives, since your master’s sons are with you and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city and weaponry,
- 2 Kings 10:3מִבְּנֵ֣י · son…select the best and most worthy son of your master, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”
- 2 Kings 10:6בְנֵֽי־ · sons; וּבְנֵ֤י · Now the sonsThen Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.
- 2 Kings 10:7בְּנֵ֣י · the sonsAnd when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.
- 2 Kings 10:8בְנֵֽי־ · of the sonsWhen the messenger arrived, he told Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the sons of the king.” And Jehu ordered, “Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.”
- 2 Kings 10:13בְּנֵֽי־ · the sons; וּבְנֵ֥י · [and]Jehu met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, “Who are you?” “We are relatives of Ahaziah,” they answered, “and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and of the queen mother.”
- 2 Kings 10:15בֶּן־ · sonWhen he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab, who was coming to meet him. Jehu greeted him and asked, “Is your heart as true to mine as my heart is to yours?” “It is!” Jehonadab replied. “If it is,” said Jehu, “give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand, and Jehu helped him into his chariot,
- 2 Kings 10:23בֶּן־ · sonNext, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”