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. Ezra 2:47בְּנֵי־ · the descendants; בְּנֵ֥י · the descendants
    …the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar, the descendants of Reaiah,
  2. Ezra 2:48בְּנֵי־ · the descendants; בְּנֵי־ · the descendants; בְּנֵ֥י · the descendants
    …the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda, the descendants of Gazzam,
  3. Ezra 2:49בְּנֵי־ · the descendants; בְנֵי־ · the descendants; בְּנֵ֥י · the descendants
    …the descendants of Uzza, the descendants of Paseah, the descendants of Besai,
  4. Ezra 2:50בְּנֵי־ · the descendants; בְנֵי־ · the descendants; בְּנֵ֥י · the descendants
    …the descendants of Asnah, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephusim,
  5. Ezra 2:51בְּנֵי־ · the descendants; בְּנֵי־ · the descendants; בְּנֵ֥י · the descendants
    …the descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha, the descendants of Harhur,
  6. Ezra 2:52בְּנֵי־ · the descendants; בְּנֵי־ · the descendants; בְּנֵ֥י · the descendants
    …the descendants of Bazluth, the descendants of Mehida, the descendants of Harsha,
  7. Ezra 2:53בְּנֵי־ · the descendants; בְּֽנֵי־ · the descendants; בְּנֵי־ · the descendants
    …the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah,
  8. Ezra 2:54בְּנֵ֥י · the descendants; בְּנֵ֥י · and the descendants
    …the descendants of Neziah, and the descendants of Hatipha.
  9. Ezra 2:55בְּנֵ֖י · The descendants; בְּנֵי־ · the descendants; בְּנֵי־ · the descendants; בְּנֵ֥י · the descendants
    The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Hassophereth, the descendants of Peruda,
  10. Ezra 2:56בְּנֵי־ · the descendants; בְנֵי־ · the descendants; בְּנֵ֥י · the descendants
    …the descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel,
  11. Ezra 2:57בְּנֵ֧י · the descendants; בְנֵֽי־ · the descendants; בְּנֵ֛י · the descendants; בְּנֵ֥י · and the descendants
    …the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the descendants of Ami.
  12. Ezra 2:58וּבְנֵ֖י · and descendants
    The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.
  13. Ezra 2:60בְּנֵי־ · the descendants; בְנֵי־ · the descendants; בְּנֵ֣י · and the descendants
    …the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 652 in all.
  14. Ezra 2:61וּמִבְּנֵי֙ · And from; בְּנֵ֥י · the descendants; בְּנֵ֣י · the descendants; בְּנֵ֣י · and the descendants
    And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).
  15. Ezra 3:1וּבְנֵ֥י · the Israelites
    By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem.
  16. Ezra 3:2בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · son
    Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
  17. Ezra 3:8בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · son; מִבֶּ֨ן · years of age
    In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.
  18. Ezra 3:9בָּנָ֣יו · and his sons; וּבָנָ֤יו · and his sons; בְּנֵֽי־ · descendants
    So Jeshua and his sons and brothers, Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Yehudah), and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together to supervise those working on the house of God.