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. 2 Kings 15:9בֶּן־ · son
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  2. 2 Kings 15:10בֶּן־ · son
    Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place.
  3. 2 Kings 15:12בְּנֵ֣י · of your sons
    So the word of the LORD spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
  4. 2 Kings 15:13בֶּן־ · son
    In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.
  5. 2 Kings 15:14בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · son
    Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria, struck down and killed Shallum son of Jabesh, and reigned in his place.
  6. 2 Kings 15:17בֶּן־ · son
    In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria ten years.
  7. 2 Kings 15:18בֶּן־ · son
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and throughout his reign he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  8. 2 Kings 15:22בְנ֖וֹ · and his son
    And Menahem rested with his fathers, and his son Pekahiah reigned in his place.
  9. 2 Kings 15:23בֶן־ · son
    In the fiftieth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel and reigned in Samaria two years.
  10. 2 Kings 15:24בֶּן־ · son
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  11. 2 Kings 15:25בֶּן־ · son; מִבְּנֵ֣י · of
    Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.
  12. 2 Kings 15:27בֶּן־ · son
    In the fifty-second year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty years.
  13. 2 Kings 15:28בֶּן־ · son
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  14. 2 Kings 15:30בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · son
    Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.
  15. 2 Kings 15:32בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · son
    In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.
  16. 2 Kings 15:33בֶּן־ · years old
    He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.
  17. 2 Kings 15:37בֶּן־ · son
    (In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)
  18. 2 Kings 15:38בְּנ֖וֹ · And his son
    And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David his father. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.
  19. 2 Kings 16:1בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · son
    In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.
  20. 2 Kings 16:2בֶּן־ · years old
    Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
  21. 2 Kings 16:3בְּנוֹ֙ · his son; בְּנֵ֥י · the Israelites
    Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
  22. 2 Kings 16:5בֶּן־ · son
    Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.
  23. 2 Kings 16:7וּבִנְךָ֖ · and your son
    So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”
  24. 2 Kings 16:20בְנ֖וֹ · and his son
    And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David, and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.
  25. 2 Kings 17:1בֶּן־ · son
    In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.
  26. 2 Kings 17:7בְנֵֽי־ · the people
    All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
  27. 2 Kings 17:8בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    …and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.
  28. 2 Kings 17:9בְנֵֽי־ · The Israelites
    The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.
  29. 2 Kings 17:17בְּנֵיהֶ֤ם · their sons
    They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
  30. 2 Kings 17:21בֶּן־ · son
    When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.
  31. 2 Kings 17:22בְּנֵ֣י · The Israelites
    The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them.
  32. 2 Kings 17:24בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
  33. 2 Kings 17:31בְּנֵיהֶם֙ · their children
    …the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.
  34. 2 Kings 17:34בְּנֵ֣י · the descendants
    To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
  35. 2 Kings 17:41בְּנֵיהֶ֣ם׀ · their children; וּבְנֵ֣י; בְנֵיהֶ֗ם · and grandchildren
    So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
  36. 2 Kings 18:1בֶּן־ · son; בֶן־ · son
    In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.
  37. 2 Kings 18:2בֶּן־ · years old
    He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.
  38. 2 Kings 18:4בְנֵֽי־ · the Israelites
    He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.
  39. 2 Kings 18:9בֶּן־ · son
    In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.
  40. 2 Kings 18:18בֶּן־ · son
    Then they called for the king. And Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to them.