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
- 1 Chronicles 28:20בְנ֗וֹ · his sonDavid also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.
- 1 Chronicles 29:1בְנִ֥י · My sonThen King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
- 1 Chronicles 29:19בְנִ֗י · my sonAnd give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”
- 1 Chronicles 29:22בֶן־ · sonThat day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. Then, for a second time, they designated David’s son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler, and Zadok as the priest.
- 1 Chronicles 29:24בְּנֵ֖י · sonsAll the officials and mighty men, as well as all of King David’s sons, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.
- 1 Chronicles 29:26בֶּן־ · sonDavid son of Jesse was king over all Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 29:28בְנ֖וֹ · and his sonHe died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 1:1בֶן־ · sonNow Solomon son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and highly exalted him.
- 2 Chronicles 1:5בֶּן־ · son; בֶן־ · the sonBut the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, was in Gibeon before the tabernacle of the LORD. So Solomon and the assembly inquired of Him there.
- 2 Chronicles 2:12בֵּ֣ן · sonAnd Hiram added: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
- 2 Chronicles 2:14בֶּן־ · He is the sonHe is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is skilled in work with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple, blue, and crimson yarn, and fine linen. He is experienced in every kind of engraving and can execute any design that is given him. He will work with your craftsmen and with those of my lord, your father David.
- 2 Chronicles 5:2לִבְנֵ֥יAt that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
- 2 Chronicles 5:10בְּנֵ֣י · the IsraelitesThere was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.
- 2 Chronicles 5:12וְלִבְנֵיהֶ֨ם · and their sons…all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.
- 2 Chronicles 6:9בִנְךָ֙ · your sonNevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
- 2 Chronicles 6:11בְּנֵ֥י · the childrenAnd there I have placed the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”
- 2 Chronicles 6:16בָנֶ֜יךָ · your descendantsTherefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
- 2 Chronicles 6:30בְּנֵ֥י…be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of men—
- 2 Chronicles 7:3בְּנֵ֣י · the IsraelitesWhen all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”
- 2 Chronicles 8:2בְּנֵ֥י · IsraelitesSolomon rebuilt the cities Hiram had given him and settled Israelites there.
- 2 Chronicles 8:8בְּנֵיהֶ֗ם · their descendants; בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites…their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites had not destroyed—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
- 2 Chronicles 8:9בְּנֵי֙But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slave labor, because they were his men of war, the leaders of his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.
- 2 Chronicles 9:29בֶּן־ · sonAs for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?
- 2 Chronicles 9:31בְּנ֖וֹ · And his sonAnd Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 10:2בֶּן־ · sonWhen Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 10:15בֶּן־ · sonSo the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
- 2 Chronicles 10:16בְּבֶן־ · in the sonWhen all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So all the Israelites went home,
- 2 Chronicles 10:17וּבְנֵ֣י · the Israelites…but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 10:18בְנֵֽי־ · but the IsraelitesThen King Rehoboam sent out Hadoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 11:3בֶּן־ · son“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin
- 2 Chronicles 11:14וּבָנָ֔יו · and his sonsFor the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 11:17בֶּן־ · sonSo they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 11:18בֶּן · [who was] the daughter; בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · sonAnd Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.
- 2 Chronicles 11:19בָּנִ֑ים · sonsShe bore sons to him: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
- 2 Chronicles 11:21בָּנִ֖ים · sonsRehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
- 2 Chronicles 11:22בֶֽן־ · sonRehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.
- 2 Chronicles 11:23בָּנָ֜יו · some of his sonsRehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.
- 2 Chronicles 12:13בֶן־ · years oldThus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. 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.
- 2 Chronicles 12:16בְנ֖וֹ · And his sonAnd Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 13:5וּלְבָנָ֖יו · and his descendantsDo you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?
- 2 Chronicles 13:6בֶּן־ · son; בֶן־ · sonYet Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.
- 2 Chronicles 13:7בְּנֵ֣י · men; בֶּן־ · sonThen worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.
- 2 Chronicles 13:8בְּנֵ֣י · descendantsAnd now you think you can resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army, and you have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.
- 2 Chronicles 13:9בְּנֵ֥י · the sonsBut did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of things that are not gods.