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. Psalm 102:28בְּנֵֽי־ · The children
    The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
  2. Psalm 103:7לִבְנֵ֥י · to the people
    He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel.
  3. Psalm 103:13בָּנִ֑ים · his children
    As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
  4. Psalm 103:17לִבְנֵ֥י · to their children’s; בָנִֽים׃ · children
    But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
  5. Psalm 105:6בְּנֵ֖י · O sons
    O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
  6. Psalm 106:37בְּ֭נֵיהֶם · their sons
    They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
  7. Psalm 106:38בְּנֵ֘יהֶ֤ם · of their sons
    They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
  8. Psalm 107:8לִבְנֵ֥י · to the sons
    Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
  9. Psalm 107:15לִבְנֵ֥י · to the sons
    Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
  10. Psalm 107:21לִבְנֵ֥י · to the sons
    Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
  11. Psalm 107:31לִבְנֵ֥י · to the sons
    Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
  12. Psalm 109:9בָנָ֥יו · May his children
    May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
  13. Psalm 109:10בָנָ֣יו · May his children
    May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.
  14. Psalm 113:9הַבָּנִ֥ים · to her children
    He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!
  15. Psalm 114:4כִּבְנֵי־ · like lambs
    …the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
  16. Psalm 114:6כִּבְנֵי־ · like lambs
    O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?
  17. Psalm 115:14בְּנֵיכֶֽם׃ · your children
    May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.
  18. Psalm 115:16לִבְנֵי־
    The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.
  19. Psalm 116:16בֶּן־ · the son
    Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
  20. Psalm 127:3בָּנִ֑ים · Children
    Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
  21. Psalm 127:4בְּנֵ֣י · children
    Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth.
  22. Psalm 128:3בָּ֭נֶיךָ · your sons
    Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
  23. Psalm 128:6בָנִ֥ים · your children’s; לְבָנֶ֑יךָ · children
    …that you may see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!
  24. Psalm 132:12בָנֶ֨יךָ׀ · your sons; בְּנֵיהֶ֥ם · then their sons
    If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”
  25. Psalm 137:7לִבְנֵ֬י · the sons
    Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
  26. Psalm 144:3בֶּן־ · the son of man
    O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
  27. Psalm 144:7בְּנֵ֣י
    Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
  28. Psalm 144:11בְּֽנֵי־ · of foreigners
    Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
  29. Psalm 144:12בָּנֵ֨ינוּ׀ · our sons
    Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
  30. Psalm 145:12לִבְנֵ֣י
    …to make known to men Your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of Your kingdom.
  31. Psalm 146:3בְּבֶן־ · in mortal
    Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
  32. Psalm 147:9לִבְנֵ֥י · and for the young
    He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
  33. Psalm 147:13בָּנַ֣יִךְ · the children
    For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you.
  34. Psalm 148:14לִבְנֵ֣י · of Israel
    He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him. Hallelujah!
  35. Psalm 149:2בְּנֵֽי־ · let the children
    Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
  36. Proverbs 1:1בֶן־ · son
    These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,
  37. Proverbs 1:8בְּ֭נִי · my son
    Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
  38. Proverbs 1:10בְּנִ֡י · My son
    My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
  39. Proverbs 1:15בְּנִ֗י · my son
    …my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
  40. Proverbs 2:1בְּ֭נִי · My son
    My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
  41. Proverbs 3:1בְּ֭נִי · My son
    My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
  42. Proverbs 3:11בְּנִ֣י · My son
    My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
  43. Proverbs 3:12בֵּ֥ן · the son
    …for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
  44. Proverbs 3:21בְּ֭נִי · My son
    My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.
  45. Proverbs 4:1בָ֭נִים · my sons
    Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
  46. Proverbs 4:3בֵ֭ן · a son
    When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
  47. Proverbs 4:10בְּ֭נִי · my son
    Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.