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

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

4,932 total
  1. Nehemiah 11:22בֶן־ · son; בֶּן־ · the son; בֶּן־ · the son; בֶּן־ · the son; מִבְּנֵ֤י · descendants
    Now the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the singers in charge of the service of the house of God.
  2. Nehemiah 11:24בֶּן־ · son; מִבְּנֵי־ · a descendant; בֶּן־ · son
    Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agent in every matter concerning the people.
  3. Nehemiah 11:25מִבְּנֵ֣י · some of the people
    As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba, Dibon, Jekabzeel, and their villages;
  4. Nehemiah 11:31וּבְנֵ֥י · The descendants
    The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;
  5. Nehemiah 12:1בֶּן־ · son
    Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
  6. Nehemiah 12:23בְּנֵ֤י · As for the descendants; בֶּן־ · son
    As for the descendants of Levi, the family heads up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles.
  7. Nehemiah 12:24בֶּן־ · son
    The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.
  8. Nehemiah 12:26בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · the son
    They served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.
  9. Nehemiah 12:28בְּנֵ֖י
    The singers were also assembled from the region around Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites,
  10. Nehemiah 12:35וּמִבְּנֵ֥י; בֶן־ · son; בֶּן־ · the son; בֶּן־ · the son; בֶּן־ · the son; בֶּן־ · the son; בֶּן־ · the son
    …and some of the priests with trumpets, and also Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,
  11. Nehemiah 12:45בְנֽוֹ׃ · and his son
    They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.
  12. Nehemiah 12:47לִבְנֵ֥י · daily portions for the descendants
    So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron.
  13. Nehemiah 13:2בְּנֵ֥י · the Israelites
    …because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).
  14. Nehemiah 13:13בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · the son
    I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.
  15. Nehemiah 13:16לִבְנֵ֥י · to the people
    Additionally, men of Tyre who lived there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem.
  16. Nehemiah 13:24וּבְנֵיהֶ֗ם · of their children
    Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.
  17. Nehemiah 13:25לִבְנֵיהֶ֔ם · to their sons; לִבְנֵיכֶ֖ם · as wives for your sons
    I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!
  18. Nehemiah 13:28וּמִבְּנֵ֨י · Even one of the sons; בֶּן־ · son
    Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.
  19. Esther 2:5בֶּ֣ן · son; בֶּן־ · the son; בֶּן־ · the son
    Now there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish.
  20. Esther 3:1בֶּֽן־ · son
    After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
  21. Esther 3:10בֶּֽן־ · son
    So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
  22. Esther 5:11בָּנָ֑יו · sons
    Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
  23. Esther 8:5בֶּֽן־ · son
    “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.
  24. Esther 8:10בְּנֵ֖י · bred
    Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.
  25. Esther 9:10בְּנֵ֨י · sons; בֶּֽן־ · son
    They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
  26. Esther 9:12בְּנֵֽי־ · sons
    …who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”
  27. Esther 9:13בְּנֵֽי־ · sons
    Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
  28. Esther 9:14בְּנֵֽי־ · sons
    So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
  29. Esther 9:24בֶּֽן־ · son
    For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.
  30. Esther 9:25בָּנָ֖יו · his sons
    But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.