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. Jeremiah 25:3בֶן־ · son
    “From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
  2. Jeremiah 25:21בְּנֵ֥י · and the Ammonites
    Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;
  3. Jeremiah 26:1בֶּן־ · son
    At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:
  4. Jeremiah 26:20בֶּֽן־ · son
    Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did.
  5. Jeremiah 26:22בֶּן־ · son
    Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor along with some other men.
  6. Jeremiah 26:23בְּנֵ֥י · of the common
    They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.
  7. Jeremiah 26:24בֶּן־ · son
    Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.
  8. Jeremiah 27:1בֶּן־ · son
    At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD.
  9. Jeremiah 27:3בְּנֵ֣י · Ammon
    Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
  10. Jeremiah 27:7בְּנ֖וֹ · his son; בֶּן־ · and grandson; בְּנ֑וֹ
    All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
  11. Jeremiah 27:20בֶן־ · son
    …which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.
  12. Jeremiah 28:1בֶן־ · son
    In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people:
  13. Jeremiah 28:4בֶן־ · son
    And I will restore to this place Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares the LORD, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”
  14. Jeremiah 29:3בֶן־ · son; בֶּן־ · son
    The letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It stated:
  15. Jeremiah 29:6בָּנִ֣ים · sons; לִבְנֵיכֶ֜ם · for your sons; בָּנִ֣ים · sons
    Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.
  16. Jeremiah 29:21בֶּן־ · son; בֶן־ · son
    This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.
  17. Jeremiah 29:25בֶן־ · son
    …this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:
  18. Jeremiah 30:20בָנָיו֙ · Their children
    Their children will be as in days of old, and their congregation will be established before Me; and I will punish all their oppressors.
  19. Jeremiah 31:12בְּנֵי־ · the young
    They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
  20. Jeremiah 31:15בָּנֶ֑יהָ · her children; בָּנֶ֖יהָ
    This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
  21. Jeremiah 31:17בָנִ֖ים · and your children
    So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.
  22. Jeremiah 31:20הֲבֵן֩ · son
    Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
  23. Jeremiah 31:29בָנִ֖ים · of the children
    “In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’
  24. Jeremiah 32:7בֶּן־ · the son
    Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’
  25. Jeremiah 32:8בֶּן־ · my cousin
    Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
  26. Jeremiah 32:9בֶּן־ · from my cousin
    So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver.
  27. Jeremiah 32:12בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · the son
    …and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.
  28. Jeremiah 32:16בֶּן־ · son
    After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:
  29. Jeremiah 32:18בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם · of their children
    You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,
  30. Jeremiah 32:19בְּנֵ֣י · of the sons
    …the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
  31. Jeremiah 32:30בְנֵֽי־ · the children; וּבְנֵ֣י · and; בְנֵֽי־ · [they]
    For the children of Israel and of Judah have done nothing but evil in My sight from their youth; indeed, they have done nothing but provoke Me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD.
  32. Jeremiah 32:32בְּנֵֽי־ · the children; וּבְנֵ֣י · and
    …because of all the evil the children of Israel and of Judah have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem.
  33. Jeremiah 32:35בֶן־ · to make their sons; בְּנֵיהֶ֣ם
    They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.
  34. Jeremiah 32:39וְלִבְנֵיהֶ֖ם · and for the good of their children
    I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
  35. Jeremiah 33:21בֵ֖ן · a son
    …then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne.
  36. Jeremiah 35:1בֶּן־ · son
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:
  37. Jeremiah 35:3בֶֽן־ · son; בֶּן־ · the son
    So I took Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons—the entire house of the Rechabites—