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
- Ezra 3:9בְּנֵי֙ · [and] the sons; בְּנֵיהֶ֥ם · and their sonsSo 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.
- Ezra 3:10בְּנֵֽי־ · the sonsWhen the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.
- Ezra 4:1בְנֵ֤י · the exilesWhen the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,
- Ezra 6:19בְנֵי־ · the exilesOn the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.
- Ezra 6:20בְּנֵ֣י · the exilesAll the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves.
- Ezra 6:21בְנֵֽי־ · The IsraelitesThe Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.
- Ezra 7:1בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · the son; בֶּן־ · the sonMany years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
- Ezra 7:2בֶּן־ · the son; בֶּן־ · the son; בֶּן־ · the son…the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
- Ezra 7:3בֶּן־ · the son; בֶן־ · the son; בֶּן־ · the son…the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
- Ezra 7:4בֶּן־ · the son; בֶן־ · the son; בֶּן־ · the son…the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
- Ezra 7:5בֶּן־ · the son; בֶּן־ · the son; בֶּן־ · the son; בֶּן־ · the son…the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
- Ezra 7:7מִבְּנֵֽי־ · the IsraelitesSo in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.
- Ezra 8:2מִבְּנֵ֤י · from the descendants; מִבְּנֵ֥י · from the descendants; מִבְּנֵ֥י · from the descendants of…from the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom; from the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel; from the descendants of David, Hattush
- Ezra 8:3מִבְּנֵ֣י · of the descendants; מִבְּנֵ֥י · from the descendants…of the descendants of Shecaniah; from the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men;
- Ezra 8:4מִבְּנֵי֙ · from the descendants; בֶּן־ · son…from the descendants of Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men;
- Ezra 8:5מִבְּנֵ֥י · from the descendants [of Zattu]; בֶּן־ · son…from the descendants of Zattu, Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men;
- Ezra 8:6וּמִבְּנֵ֣י · from the descendants; בֶּן־ · son…from the descendants of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men;
- Ezra 8:7וּמִבְּנֵ֣י · from the descendants; בֶּן־ · son…from the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;
- Ezra 8:8וּמִבְּנֵ֣י · from the descendants; בֶּן־ · son…from the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him 80 men;
- Ezra 8:9מִבְּנֵ֣י · from the descendants; בֶּן־ · son…from the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men;
- Ezra 8:10וּמִבְּנֵ֥י · from the descendants [of Bani]; בֶּן־ · son…from the descendants of Bani, Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men;
- Ezra 8:11וּמִבְּנֵ֣י · from the descendants; בֶּן־ · son…from the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;
- Ezra 8:12וּמִבְּנֵ֣י · from the descendants; בֶּן־ · son…from the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men;
- Ezra 8:13וּמִבְּנֵ֣י · descendants…from the later descendants of Adonikam, these were their names: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;
- Ezra 8:14וּמִבְּנֵ֥י · and from the descendants…and from the descendants of Bigvai, both Uthai and Zaccur, and with them 70 men.
- Ezra 8:15וּמִבְּנֵ֥י · LevitesNow I assembled these exiles at the canal that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites there.