בִּנְיָמִין

bin.ya.minBenjamin
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man167 occurrences19 books160 verses
This name belongs to 7 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Benjamin: Son of Bilhan, descendant of Benjamin
  • Benjamin: Israelite who divorced his foreign wife
  • Benjamin: Youngest son of Jacob and Rachel
  • Benjamin: Priest in the dedication procession
  • Benjamin: Israelite who repaired part of Jerusalem's wall
  • Benjamin Gate: Gate in Jerusalem, associated with the tribe of Benjamin
  • Benjamin Gate: Gate in Jerusalem's wall, mentioned in Zechariah's prophecy

Definition

from H1121 and H3225; son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Traditional renderings: Benjamin.

Glossary entries

Benjamin (Person) Ben-Oni Benjaminite, Benjamite

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

167 total
  1. Genesis 35:18בִנְיָמִֽין׃ · Benjamin
    And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
  2. Genesis 35:24וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ · and Benjamin
    The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
  3. Genesis 42:4בִּנְיָמִין֙ · Benjamin
    But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”
  4. Genesis 42:36בִּנְיָמִ֣ן · Benjamin
    Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
  5. Genesis 43:14בִּנְיָמִ֑ין · along with Benjamin
    May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”
  6. Genesis 43:15בִּנְיָמִ֑ן · Benjamin as well
    So the men took these gifts, along with double the amount of silver, and Benjamin as well. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
  7. Genesis 43:16בִּנְיָמִין֒ · Benjamin
    When Joseph saw Benjamin with his brothers, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they shall dine with me at noon.”
  8. Genesis 43:29בִּנְיָמִ֣ין · Benjamin
    When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
  9. Genesis 43:34בִּנְיָמִ֛ן · Benjamin’s
    When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.
  10. Genesis 44:12בִּנְיָמִֽן׃ · in Benjamin’s
    The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
  11. Genesis 45:12בִנְיָמִ֑ין · Benjamin
    Behold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that I, Joseph, am the one speaking with you.
  12. Genesis 45:14 (2×)בִנְיָמִֽן־ · Benjamin; וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן · and Benjamin
    Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept as they embraced.
  13. Genesis 45:22וּלְבִנְיָמִ֤ן · but to Benjamin
    He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
  14. Genesis 46:19וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ · and Benjamin
    The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
  15. Genesis 46:21בִנְיָמִ֗ן · of Benjamin
    The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
  16. Genesis 49:27בִּנְיָמִין֙ · Benjamin
    Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”
  17. Exodus 1:3וּבְנְיָמִֽן׃ · and Benjamin
    Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
  18. Numbers 1:11לְבִ֨נְיָמִ֔ן · from Benjamin
    …from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
  19. Numbers 1:36בִנְיָמִ֔ן · of Benjamin
    From the sons of Benjamin, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
  20. Numbers 1:37בִנְיָמִ֑ן · of Benjamin
    …those registered to the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.
  21. Numbers 2:22 (2×)בִּנְיָמִ֑ן · of Benjamin; בִנְיָמִ֔ן
    Next will be the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of the Benjamites is Abidan son of Gideoni,
  22. Numbers 7:60בִנְיָמִ֑ן
    On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, the leader of the Benjamites, drew near.
  23. Numbers 10:24בִנְיָמִ֑ן · of Benjamin
    …and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.
  24. Numbers 13:9בִנְיָמִ֔ן · of Benjamin
    …from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
  25. Numbers 26:38בִנְיָמִן֮ · of Benjamin
    These were the descendants of Benjamin by their clans: The Belaite clan from Bela, the Ashbelite clan from Ashbel, the Ahiramite clan from Ahiram,
  26. Numbers 26:41בִנְיָמִ֖ן · of Benjamin
    These were the clans of Benjamin, and their registration numbered 45,600.
  27. Numbers 34:21בִנְיָמִ֔ן · of Benjamin
    Elidad son of Chislon from the tribe of Benjamin;
  28. Deuteronomy 27:12וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ · and Benjamin
    “When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
  29. Deuteronomy 33:12לְבִנְיָמִ֣ן · Concerning Benjamin
    Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”
  30. Joshua 18:11בִנְיָמִ֖ן · of Benjamin
    The first lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:
  31. Joshua 18:20בִנְיָמִ֧ן · of Benjamin
    On the east side the border was the Jordan. These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
  32. Joshua 18:21בִנְיָמִ֖ן · of Benjamin
    These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,
  33. Joshua 18:28בִנְיָמִ֖ן · of Benjamin
    Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
  34. Joshua 21:4בִנְיָמִן֙ · and Benjamin
    The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
  35. Joshua 21:17בִנְיָמִ֔ן · of Benjamin they gave
    And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,
  36. Judges 1:21 (2×)בִנְיָמִ֑ן; בִנְיָמִן֙
    The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.
  37. Judges 5:14בִנְיָמִ֖ין · Benjamin
    Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
  38. Judges 10:9וּבְבִנְיָמִ֖ין · Benjamin
    The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress.
  39. Judges 19:14לְבִנְיָמִֽן׃ · in Benjamin
    So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.
  40. Judges 20:3בִנְיָמִ֔ן
    (Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?”
  41. Judges 20:4לְבִנְיָמִ֔ן · in Benjamin
    So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.
  42. Judges 20:10בִּנְיָמִ֔ן · in Benjamin
    We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”
  43. Judges 20:12בִנְיָמִ֖ן · of Benjamin
    And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you?
  44. Judges 20:13בִּנְיָמִ֔ן · But the Benjamites
    Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.
  45. Judges 20:14בִנְיָמִ֛ן
    And from their cities they came together at Gibeah to go out and fight against the Israelites.
  46. Judges 20:15בִנְיָמִ֜ן
    On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
  47. Judges 20:17מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן · Benjamin
    The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mobilized 400,000 swordsmen, each one an experienced warrior.