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. Exodus 6:13בְּנֵֽי־ · the Israelites
    Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge concerning both the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
  2. Exodus 6:14בְּנֵ֨י · The sons
    These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.
  3. Exodus 6:15וּבְנֵ֣י · The sons; בֶּן־ · the son
    The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.
  4. Exodus 6:16בְּנֵֽי־ · of the sons
    These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
  5. Exodus 6:17בְּנֵ֥י · The sons
    The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans.
  6. Exodus 6:18וּבְנֵ֣י · The sons
    The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
  7. Exodus 6:19וּבְנֵ֥י · The sons
    The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records.
  8. Exodus 6:21וּבְנֵ֖י · The sons
    The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.
  9. Exodus 6:22וּבְנֵ֖י · The sons
    The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.
  10. Exodus 6:24וּבְנֵ֣י · The sons
    The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the clans of the Korahites.
  11. Exodus 6:25בֶּֽן־ · son
    Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans.
  12. Exodus 6:26בְּנֵ֧י · Bring the Israelites
    It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.”
  13. Exodus 6:27בְּנֵֽי־ · the Israelites
    Moses and Aaron were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.
  14. Exodus 7:2בְּנֵֽי־ · to let the Israelites
    You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.
  15. Exodus 7:4בְנֵֽי־ · the Israelites
    Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
  16. Exodus 7:5בְּנֵֽי־ · the Israelites
    And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”
  17. Exodus 7:7בֶּן־ · years old; בֶּן־
    Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
  18. Exodus 9:4לִבְנֵ֥י · the Israelites
    But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”
  19. Exodus 9:6בְנֵֽי־ · belonging to the Israelites
    And the next day the LORD did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.
  20. Exodus 9:26בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.
  21. Exodus 9:35בְּנֵ֣י · let the Israelites
    So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.
  22. Exodus 10:2בִנְךָ֜ · your children; וּבֶן־ · and grandchildren; בִּנְךָ֗
    …and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”
  23. Exodus 10:9בְּבָנֵ֨ינוּ · with our sons
    “We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”
  24. Exodus 10:20בְּנֵ֥י · let the Israelites
    But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.
  25. Exodus 10:23בְּנֵ֧י · the Israelites
    No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
  26. Exodus 11:7בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
  27. Exodus 11:10בְּנֵֽי־ · let the Israelites
    Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart so that he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.
  28. Exodus 12:5בֶּן־ · year-old
    Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.
  29. Exodus 12:24וּלְבָנֶ֖יךָ · and your descendants
    And you are to keep this command as a permanent statute for you and your descendants.
  30. Exodus 12:26בְּנֵיכֶ֑ם · your children
    When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’
  31. Exodus 12:27בְנֵֽי־
    …you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
  32. Exodus 12:28בְּנֵ֣י · And the Israelites
    And the Israelites went and did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
  33. Exodus 12:31בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.
  34. Exodus 12:35וּבְנֵי־ · Furthermore, the Israelites
    Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.
  35. Exodus 12:37בְנֵֽי־ · The Israelites
    The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
  36. Exodus 12:40בְּנֵ֣י
    Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.
  37. Exodus 12:42בְּנֵ֥י · the Israelites
    Because the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.
  38. Exodus 12:43בֶּן־ · foreigner
    And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.
  39. Exodus 12:50בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    Then all the Israelites did this—they did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
  40. Exodus 12:51בְּנֵ֧י · the Israelites
    And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.
  41. Exodus 13:2בִּבְנֵ֣י · among the Israelites
    “Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”
  42. Exodus 13:8לְבִנְךָ֔ · to your son
    And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
  43. Exodus 13:13בְּבָנֶ֖יךָ · of your sons
    You must redeem every firstborn donkey with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. And every firstborn of your sons you must redeem.
  44. Exodus 13:14בִנְךָ֛ · your son
    In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  45. Exodus 13:15בָּנַ֖י · of my sons
    And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’
  46. Exodus 13:18בְנֵי־ · And the Israelites
    So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.