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