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. 2 Samuel 4:2בִּנְיָמִֽן׃ · Benjamin
    Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,
  2. 2 Samuel 19:17מִבִּנְיָמִן֒ · of Benjamin
    …along with a thousand men of Benjamin, as well as Ziba the steward of the house of Saul and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan before the king
  3. 2 Samuel 21:14בִּנְיָמִ֜ן · of Benjamin
    And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.
  4. 2 Samuel 23:29בִנְיָמִֽן׃ס
    Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites,
  5. 1 Kings 4:18בְּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ס · in Benjamin
    Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;
  6. 1 Kings 12:21בִּנְיָמִ֗ן · of Benjamin
    And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.
  7. 1 Kings 12:23וּבִנְיָמִ֑ין · and Benjamin
    “Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people
  8. 1 Kings 15:22בִּנְיָמִ֖ן · of Benjamin
    Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.
  9. 1 Chronicles 2:2וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן · Benjamin
    Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
  10. 1 Chronicles 6:60בִנְיָמִ֗ן · of Benjamin
    And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.
  11. 1 Chronicles 6:65בִנְיָמִ֑ן
    They assigned by lot the cities named above from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
  12. 1 Chronicles 7:6בִּנְיָמִ֗ן · [sons] of Benjamin
    The three sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.
  13. 1 Chronicles 7:10וּ֠בִנְיָמִן · Benjamin
    The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
  14. 1 Chronicles 8:1וּבִ֨נְיָמִ֔ן · Benjamin
    Benjamin was the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,
  15. 1 Chronicles 8:40בִנְיָמִֽן׃פ · of Benjamin
    The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were the descendants of Benjamin.
  16. 1 Chronicles 9:3בִנְיָמִ֑ן · Benjamin
    Some of the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh lived in Jerusalem:
  17. 1 Chronicles 9:4בָּנִימִן־
    Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.
  18. 1 Chronicles 9:7בִּנְיָמִ֑ן
    From the Benjamites: Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah;
  19. 1 Chronicles 11:31בִנְיָמִ֔ןס
    Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
  20. 1 Chronicles 12:2מִבִּנְיָמִֽן׃ · from Benjamin
    …they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):
  21. 1 Chronicles 12:16בִנְיָמִן֙
    Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.
  22. 1 Chronicles 12:29בִנְיָמִ֛ן
    From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.
  23. 1 Chronicles 21:6וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן · and Benjamin
    But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.
  24. 1 Chronicles 27:21לְבִנְיָמִ֔ן · over Benjamin
    …over the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead was Iddo son of Zechariah; over Benjamin was Jaasiel son of Abner;
  25. 2 Chronicles 11:1וּבִנְיָמִ֗ן · and Benjamin
    When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
  26. 2 Chronicles 11:3וּבִנְיָמִ֖ן · and Benjamin
    “Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin
  27. 2 Chronicles 11:10וּבְבִנְיָמִ֑ן · and Benjamin
    Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
  28. 2 Chronicles 11:12וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ס · and Benjamin
    He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
  29. 2 Chronicles 11:23וּבִנְיָמִ֗ן · and Benjamin
    Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.
  30. 2 Chronicles 14:8וּמִבִּנְיָמִ֗ן · from Benjamin
    Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin bearing small shields and drawing the bow. All these were mighty men of valor.
  31. 2 Chronicles 15:2וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן · and Benjamin
    So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
  32. 2 Chronicles 15:8וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן · and Benjamin
    When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.
  33. 2 Chronicles 15:9וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן · and Benjamin
    And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
  34. 2 Chronicles 17:17בִּנְיָמִ֔ן · Benjamin
    From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields;
  35. 2 Chronicles 25:5וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן · and Benjamin
    Then Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the spear and shield.
  36. 2 Chronicles 31:1וּבִנְיָמִ֛ן · and Benjamin
    When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.
  37. 2 Chronicles 34:9וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן · and Benjamin
    So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites who guarded the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.
  38. 2 Chronicles 34:32וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן · and Benjamin
    Then he had everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin take a stand in agreement to it. So all the people of Jerusalem carried out the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
  39. Ezra 1:5וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן · and Benjamin
    So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
  40. Ezra 4:1וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן · and Benjamin
    When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,
  41. Ezra 10:9וּבִנְיָמִ֨ן׀ · and Benjamin
    So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.
  42. Ezra 10:32בְּנְיָמִ֥ן · Benjamin
    Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
  43. Nehemiah 3:23בִּנְיָמִ֛ן · Benjamin
    Beyond them, Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs in front of their house, and next to them, Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house.
  44. Nehemiah 11:4בִנְיָמִ֑ן · and Benjamin
    …while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) From the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez;
  45. Nehemiah 11:7בִנְיָמִ֑ן · of Benjamin
    From the descendants of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah;
  46. Nehemiah 11:31בִנְיָמִ֖ן · of Benjamin
    The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;
  47. Nehemiah 11:36לְבִנְיָמִֽין׃פ · settled in Benjamin
    And some divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin.
  48. Nehemiah 12:34וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן · Benjamin
    Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,
  49. Psalm 68:27בִּנְיָמִ֨ן׀ · Benjamin
    There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, the princes of Judah in their company, the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
  50. Psalm 80:2וּבִנְיָ֘מִ֤ן · Benjamin
    …before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.