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. Ezekiel 43:18בֶּן־ · Son
    Then He said to me: “Son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is constructed, so that burnt offerings may be sacrificed on it and blood may be splattered on it:
  2. Ezekiel 43:19בֶּן־ · a young
    You are to give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are of the family of Zadok, who approach Me to minister before Me, declares the Lord GOD.
  3. Ezekiel 43:23בֶּן־ · a young
    When you have finished the purification, you are to present a young, unblemished bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.
  4. Ezekiel 43:25בֶּן־
    For seven days you are to provide a male goat daily for a sin offering; you are also to provide a young bull and a ram from the flock, both unblemished.
  5. Ezekiel 44:5בֶּן־ · Son
    The LORD said to me: “Son of man, pay attention; look carefully with your eyes and listen closely with your ears to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes and laws of the house of the LORD. Take careful note of the entrance to the temple, along with all the exits of the sanctuary.
  6. Ezekiel 44:7בְּנֵֽי־ · foreigners
    In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.
  7. Ezekiel 44:9בֶּן־ · foreigner; בֶּן־ · not even a foreigner; בְּנֵ֥י · the Israelites
    This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.
  8. Ezekiel 44:15בְּנֵ֣י · who are descended; בְּנֵֽי־ · when the Israelites
    But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD.
  9. Ezekiel 44:25וּלְבֵ֨ן · a son
    A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person. However, for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister, he may do so,
  10. Ezekiel 45:18בֶּן־
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the first day of the first month you are to take a young bull without blemish and purify the sanctuary.
  11. Ezekiel 46:6בֶּן־ · a young
    On the day of the New Moon he shall offer a young, unblemished bull, six lambs, and a ram without blemish.
  12. Ezekiel 46:13בֶּן־ · year-old
    And you shall provide an unblemished year-old lamb as a daily burnt offering to the LORD; you are to offer it every morning.
  13. Ezekiel 46:16מִבָּנָ֔יו · of his sons; לְבָנָ֣יו · will belong to his descendants
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘If the prince gives a gift to any of his sons as an inheritance, it will belong to his descendants. It will become their property by inheritance.
  14. Ezekiel 46:17בָּנָ֖יו · to his sons
    But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it shall be theirs.
  15. Ezekiel 46:18בָּנָ֑יו · for his sons
    The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his property.’”
  16. Ezekiel 47:6בֶן־ · Son
    “Son of man, do you see this?” he asked. Then he led me back to the bank of the river.
  17. Ezekiel 47:22בָנִ֖ים · children; בִּבְנֵ֣י · Israelites
    You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners who dwell among you and who have children. You are to treat them as native-born Israelites; along with you, they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
  18. Ezekiel 48:11מִבְּנֵ֣י · the descendants; בְּנֵ֣י · when the Israelites
    It will be for the consecrated priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.
  19. Daniel 1:3מִבְּנֵ֧י · Israelites
    Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—
  20. Daniel 1:6מִבְּנֵ֣י · [from]
    Among these young men were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
  21. Daniel 8:17בֶּן־ · Son
    As he came near to where I stood, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”
  22. Daniel 9:1בֶּן־ · son
    In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—
  23. Daniel 10:16בְּנֵ֣י
    And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.
  24. Daniel 11:10וּבְנוֹ · But his sons
    But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.
  25. Daniel 11:14וּבְנֵ֣י׀ · ones
    In those times many will rise up against the king of the South. Violent ones among your own people will exalt themselves in fulfillment of the vision, but they will fail.
  26. Daniel 11:41בְּנֵ֥י · of the Ammonites
    He will also invade the Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall. But these will be delivered from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the leaders of the Ammonites.
  27. Daniel 12:1בְּנֵ֣י · your people
    “At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.
  28. Hosea 1:1בֶּן־ · son; בֶּן־ · son
    This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.
  29. Hosea 1:3בֵּֽן׃ · a son
    So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
  30. Hosea 1:8בֵּֽן׃ · a son
    After she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, Gomer conceived and gave birth to a son.
  31. Hosea 1:10בְּנֵֽי־; בְּנֵ֥י · sons
    Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
  32. Hosea 1:11בְּנֵֽי־ · Then the people; וּבְנֵֽי־ · [and]
    Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.
  33. Hosea 2:4בָּנֶ֖יהָ · on her children; בְנֵ֥י · are the children
    I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery.
  34. Hosea 3:1בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.”
  35. Hosea 3:4בְּנֵ֣י · the Israelites
    For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.
  36. Hosea 3:5בְּנֵ֣י · the people
    Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
  37. Hosea 4:1בְּנֵ֣י · O children
    Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
  38. Hosea 4:6בָּנֶ֖יךָ · your children
    My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
  39. Hosea 5:7בָנִ֥ים · children
    They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
  40. Hosea 9:12בְּנֵיהֶ֔ם · their children
    Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!