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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. Job 1:2בָנִ֖ים · sons
    He had seven sons and three daughters,
  2. Job 1:3בְּנֵי־ · the people
    …and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
  3. Job 1:4בָנָיו֙ · [Job’s] sons
    Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
  4. Job 1:5בָנַ֔י · my children
    And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
  5. Job 1:6בְּנֵ֣י · the sons
    One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.
  6. Job 1:13וּבָנָ֨יו · while Job’s sons
    One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
  7. Job 1:18בָּנֶ֨יךָ · Your sons
    While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
  8. Job 2:1בְּנֵ֣י · the sons
    On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.
  9. Job 4:11וּבְנֵ֥י · and the cubs
    The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
  10. Job 5:4בָנָ֣יו · His sons
    His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
  11. Job 5:7וּבְנֵי־ · as surely as sparks
    Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
  12. Job 8:4בָּנֶ֥יךָ · your children
    When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
  13. Job 14:21בָ֭נָיו · If his sons
    If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.
  14. Job 16:21וּֽבֶן־ · as [he] [pleads]
    Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
  15. Job 17:5בָנָ֣יו · of his children
    If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
  16. Job 19:17לִבְנֵ֥י · to my own family
    My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.
  17. Job 20:10בָּ֭נָיו · His sons
    His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.
  18. Job 21:19לְבָנָ֥יו · for his children
    It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
  19. Job 25:6וּבֶן־ · and the son
    …how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
  20. Job 27:14בָנָ֣יו · his sons
    Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
  21. Job 28:8בְנֵי־ · Proud beasts
    Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
  22. Job 30:8בְּֽנֵי־; בְּנֵ֣י · brood
    A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.
  23. Job 32:2בֶן־ · son
    This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God,
  24. Job 32:6בֶן־ · son
    So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.
  25. Job 35:8וּלְבֶן־ · only a son
    Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.
  26. Job 38:7בְּנֵ֥י · the sons
    …while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
  27. Job 38:32בָּנֶ֥יהָ · her cubs
    Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?
  28. Job 39:4בְ֭נֵיהֶם · Their young ones
    Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.
  29. Job 39:16בָּנֶ֣יהָ · She treats her young
    She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.
  30. Job 41:28בֶן־
    No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.
  31. Job 41:34בְּנֵי־
    He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”
  32. Job 42:13בָנִ֖ים · sons
    And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
  33. Job 42:16בָּנָיו֙ · his children; בְּנֵ֣י · and their; בָנָ֔יו · children
    After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
  34. Psalm 2:7בְּנִ֥י · [are] My Son
    I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
  35. Psalm 3:1בְּנֽוֹ׃ · his son
    A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!
  36. Psalm 4:2בְּנֵ֥י · O men
    How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
  37. Psalm 8:4וּבֶן־ · or the son
    …what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
  38. Psalm 11:4בְּנֵ֣י · the sons
    The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
  39. Psalm 12:1מִבְּנֵ֥י · from among
    For the choirmaster. According to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
  40. Psalm 12:8לִבְנֵ֥י · among
    The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
  41. Psalm 14:2בְּנֵי־ · the sons
    The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
  42. Psalm 17:14בָנִ֑ים · their sons
    …from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
  43. Psalm 18:44בְּנֵֽי־ · foreigners
    When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
  44. Psalm 18:45בְּנֵי־ · Foreigners
    Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
  45. Psalm 21:10מִבְּנֵ֥י · from the sons
    You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.
  46. Psalm 29:1בְּנֵ֣י · O heavenly beings
    A Psalm of David. Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
  47. Psalm 29:6בֶן־ · a young
    He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.