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
- Ezekiel 5:1בֶן־ · son“As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.
- Ezekiel 5:10בָנִים֙ · their sons; וּבָנִ֖ים · and sonsAs a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’
- Ezekiel 6:2בֶּן־ · Son“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.
- Ezekiel 6:5בְּנֵ֣יI will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.
- Ezekiel 7:2בֶן־ · son“O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.
- Ezekiel 8:5בֶּן־ · Son“Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol of jealousy.
- Ezekiel 8:6בֶּן־ · Son“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”
- Ezekiel 8:8בֶּן־ · Son“Son of man,” He told me, “dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall and discovered a doorway.
- Ezekiel 8:11בֶן־ · sonBefore them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.
- Ezekiel 8:12בֶן־ · Son“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
- Ezekiel 8:15בֶן־ · Son“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Yet you will see even greater abominations than these.”
- Ezekiel 8:17בֶן־ · Son“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!
- Ezekiel 11:1בֶן־ · son; בֶן־ · sonThen the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.
- Ezekiel 11:2בֶּן־ · SonAnd the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.
- Ezekiel 11:4בֶּן־ · O sonTherefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man!”
- Ezekiel 11:13בֶן־ · sonNow as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”
- Ezekiel 11:15בֶּן־ · Son“Son of man, your brothers—your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel—are those of whom the people of Jerusalem have said, ‘They are far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.’
- Ezekiel 12:2בֶּן־ · Son“Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 12:3בֶן־ · sonTherefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 12:9בֶּן־ · Son“Son of man, hasn’t the rebellious house of Israel asked you, ‘What are you doing?’
- Ezekiel 12:18בֶּן־ · Son“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.
- Ezekiel 12:22בֶּן־ · Son“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?
- Ezekiel 12:27בֶּן־ · Son“Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’
- Ezekiel 13:2בֶּן־ · Son“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Tell those who prophesy out of their own imagination: Hear the word of the LORD!
- Ezekiel 13:17בֶן־ · O sonNow, O son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them
- Ezekiel 14:3בֶּן־ · Son“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way?
- Ezekiel 14:13בֶּן־ · Son“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,
- Ezekiel 14:16בָּנִ֥ים · their own sons…then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.
- Ezekiel 14:18בָּנִ֣ים · their own sons…then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered.
- Ezekiel 14:20בֵּ֥ן · [their own] sons…then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.
- Ezekiel 14:22בָּנִ֣ים · sonsYet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.
- Ezekiel 15:2בֶּן־ · Son“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?
- Ezekiel 16:2בֶּן־ · Son“Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her abominations
- Ezekiel 16:20בָּנַ֤יִךְ · the sonsYou even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?
- Ezekiel 16:21בָּנָ֑י · My childrenYou slaughtered My children and delivered them up through the fire to idols.
- Ezekiel 16:26בְּנֵֽי־You prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.
- Ezekiel 16:28בְּנֵ֣יThen you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied.
- Ezekiel 16:36בָנַ֔יִךְ · of your childrenThis is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,
- Ezekiel 16:45וּבָנֶ֑יהָ · and children; וּבְנֵיהֶ֔ן · and childrenYou are the daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and children. You are the sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.
- Ezekiel 17:2בֶּן־ · Son“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel
- Ezekiel 18:2הַבָּנִ֖ים · of the children“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?
- Ezekiel 18:4הַבֵּ֖ן · sonBehold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
- Ezekiel 18:10בֵּן־ · sonNow suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,
- Ezekiel 18:14בֵּ֔ן · a sonNow suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:
- Ezekiel 18:19הַבֵּ֖ן · shouldn’t the son; וְהַבֵּ֞ן · Since the sonYet you may ask, ‘Why shouldn’t the son bear the iniquity of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live.
- Ezekiel 18:20בֵּ֞ן · A sonThe soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.