בֵּן
son
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Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
- Gentilic
- A noun naming a member of a people, tribe, or region of origin (e.g. an Israelite, a Moabite).
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
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1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 1:5 בְּנֵ֣י n c mp cs The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
- 1 Chronicles 1:6 וּ/בְנֵ֖י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah.
- 1 Chronicles 1:7 וּ/בְנֵ֥י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
- 1 Chronicles 1:8 בְּנֵ֖י n c mp cs The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:9 וּ/בְנֵ֣י וּ/בְנֵ֥י conj + n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs The sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:17 בְּנֵ֣י n c mp cs The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
- 1 Chronicles 1:19 בָנִ֑ים n c mp To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:23 בְּנֵ֥י n c mp cs and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:28 בְּנֵי֙ n c mp cs The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael.
- 1 Chronicles 1:31 בְּנֵ֥י n c mp cs Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
- 1 Chronicles 1:32 וּ/בְנֵ֨י וּ/בְנֵ֥י conj + n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:33 וּ/בְנֵ֣י בְּנֵ֥י conj + n c mp cs n c mp cs The sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.
- 1 Chronicles 1:34 בְּנֵ֣י n c mp cs Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 1:35 בְּנֵ֖י n c mp cs The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.
- 1 Chronicles 1:36 בְּנֵ֖י n c mp cs The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
- 1 Chronicles 1:37 בְּנֵ֖י n c mp cs The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
- 1 Chronicles 1:38 וּ/בְנֵ֣י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:39 וּ/בְנֵ֥י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Lotan: Hori, and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister.
- 1 Chronicles 1:40 בְּנֵ֣י וּ/בְנֵ֥י n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs The sons of Shobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah, and Anah.
- 1 Chronicles 1:41 בְּנֵ֥י וּ/בְנֵ֣י n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs The sons of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
- 1 Chronicles 1:42 בְּֽנֵי בְּנֵ֥י n c mp cs n c mp cs The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.
- 1 Chronicles 1:43 לִ/בְנֵ֣י בֶּן prep + n c mp cs n c ms cs Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before there resigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
- 1 Chronicles 1:44 בֶּן n c ms cs Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
- 1 Chronicles 1:46 בֶּן n c ms cs Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.
- 1 Chronicles 1:49 בֶּן n c ms cs Shaul died, and Baal Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place.
- 1 Chronicles 2:1 בְּנֵ֣י n c mp cs These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
- 1 Chronicles 2:3 בְּנֵ֣י n c mp cs The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born to him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh; and he killed him.
- 1 Chronicles 2:4 בְּנֵ֥י n c mp cs Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
- 1 Chronicles 2:5 בְּנֵי n c mp cs The sons of Perez: Hezron, and Hamul.
- 1 Chronicles 2:6 וּ/בְנֵ֣י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.
- 1 Chronicles 2:7 וּ/בְנֵ֖י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.
- 1 Chronicles 2:8 וּ/בְנֵ֥י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Ethan: Azariah.
- 1 Chronicles 2:9 וּ/בְנֵ֥י conj + n c mp cs The sons also of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
- 1 Chronicles 2:10 בְּנֵ֥י n c mp cs Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
- 1 Chronicles 2:16 וּ/בְנֵ֣י conj + n c mp cs and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
- 1 Chronicles 2:18 בֶּן בָנֶ֔י/הָ n c ms cs n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fs Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of [children] of Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
- 1 Chronicles 2:21 בֶּן n c ms cs Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took [as wife] when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
- 1 Chronicles 2:23 בְּנֵ֖י n c mp cs Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages of it, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
- 1 Chronicles 2:25 בְנֵי n c mp cs The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah.
- 1 Chronicles 2:27 בְנֵי n c mp cs The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
- 1 Chronicles 2:28 בְנֵי וּ/בְנֵ֣י n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs The sons of Onam were Shammai, and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab, and Abishur.
- 1 Chronicles 2:30 וּ/בְנֵ֥י בָנִֽים conj + n c mp cs n c mp The sons of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; but Seled died without children.
- 1 Chronicles 2:31 וּ/בְנֵ֥י וּ/בְנֵ֤י וּ/בְנֵ֥י conj + n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs The sons of Appaim: Ishi. The sons of Ishi: Sheshan. The sons of Sheshan: Ahlai.
- 1 Chronicles 2:32 וּ/בְנֵ֤י בָנִֽים conj + n c mp cs n c mp The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan; and Jether died without children.
- 1 Chronicles 2:33 וּ/בְנֵ֥י בְּנֵ֥י conj + n c mp cs n c mp cs The sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
- 1 Chronicles 2:34 בָּנִ֖ים n c mp Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
- 1 Chronicles 2:42 וּ/בְנֵ֤י וּ/בְנֵ֥י conj + n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
- 1 Chronicles 2:43 וּ/בְנֵ֖י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
- 1 Chronicles 2:45 וּ/בֶן conj + n c ms cs The son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
- 1 Chronicles 2:47 וּ/בְנֵ֖י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jothan, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
- 1 Chronicles 2:50 בְּנֵ֣י בֶּן n c mp cs n c ms cs These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,
- 1 Chronicles 2:52 בָנִים֙ n c mp Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.
- 1 Chronicles 2:54 בְּנֵ֣י n c mp cs The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
- 1 Chronicles 3:1 בְּנֵ֣י n c mp cs Now these were the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;
- 1 Chronicles 3:2 בֶּֽן בֶן n c ms cs n c ms cs the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;
- 1 Chronicles 3:9 בְּנֵ֣י בְּֽנֵי n c mp cs n c mp cs All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.
- 1 Chronicles 3:10 וּ/בֶן בְנ֛/וֹ בְנ֖/וֹ בְּנֽ/וֹ conj + n c ms cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
- 1 Chronicles 3:11 בְּנ֛/וֹ בְנ֖/וֹ בְּנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
- 1 Chronicles 3:12 בְנ֛/וֹ בְנ֖/וֹ בְּנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
- 1 Chronicles 3:13 בְּנ֛/וֹ בְנ֖/וֹ בְנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
- 1 Chronicles 3:14 בְּנ֖/וֹ בְנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Amon his son, Josiah his son.
- 1 Chronicles 3:15 וּ/בְנֵי֙ conj + n c mp cs The sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
- 1 Chronicles 3:16 וּ/בְנֵ֖י בְנ֖/וֹ בְנֽ/וֹ conj + n c mp cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
- 1 Chronicles 3:17 וּ/בְנֵי֙ בְּנֽ/וֹ conj + n c mp cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son,
- 1 Chronicles 3:19 וּ/בְנֵ֣י וּ/בֶן conj + n c mp cs conj + n c ms cs The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister;
- 1 Chronicles 3:21 וּ/בֶן בְּנֵ֤י בְּנֵ֣י בְּנֵ֥י בְּנֵ֥י conj + n c ms cs n c mp cs n c mp cs n c mp cs n c mp cs The sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah.
- 1 Chronicles 3:22 וּ/בְנֵ֥י וּ/בְנֵ֣י conj + n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs The sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. The sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
- 1 Chronicles 3:23 וּ/בֶן conj + n c ms cs The sons of Neariah: Elioenai, and Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three.
- 1 Chronicles 3:24 וּ/בְנֵ֣י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.
- 1 Chronicles 4:1 בְּנֵ֖י n c mp cs The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
- 1 Chronicles 4:2 בֶן n c ms cs Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath; and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
- 1 Chronicles 4:4 בְנֵי n c mp cs and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
- 1 Chronicles 4:6 בְּנֵ֥י n c mp cs Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
- 1 Chronicles 4:7 וּ/בְנֵ֖י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
- 1 Chronicles 4:8 בֶּן n c ms cs Hakkoz became the father of Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
- 1 Chronicles 4:13 וּ/בְנֵ֣י וּ/בְנֵ֥י conj + n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs The sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath.
- 1 Chronicles 4:15 וּ/בְנֵי֙ בֶּן וּ/בְנֵ֥י conj + n c mp cs n c ms cs conj + n c mp cs The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.
- 1 Chronicles 4:16 וּ/בְנֵ֖י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
- 1 Chronicles 4:17 וּ/בֶן conj + n c ms cs The sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
- 1 Chronicles 4:18 בְּנֵי֙ n c mp cs His wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. These are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.
- 1 Chronicles 4:19 וּ/בְנֵי֙ conj + n c mp cs The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
- 1 Chronicles 4:20 וּ/בְנֵ֣י וּ/בְנֵ֣י conj + n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs The sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben Hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben Zoheth.
- 1 Chronicles 4:21 בְּנֵי֙ בֶן n c mp cs n c ms cs The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;
- 1 Chronicles 4:24 בְּנֵ֖י n c mp cs The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;
- 1 Chronicles 4:25 בְּנ֛/וֹ בְּנ֖/וֹ בְּנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
- 1 Chronicles 4:26 וּ/בְנֵ֖י בְּנ֛/וֹ בְּנ֖/וֹ בְנֽ/וֹ conj + n c mp cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.
- 1 Chronicles 4:27 בָּנִ֨ים בָּנִ֣ים בְּנֵ֥י n c mp n c mp n c mp cs Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers didn't have many children, neither did all their family multiply like the children of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 4:34 בֶּן n c ms cs Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
- 1 Chronicles 4:35 בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
- 1 Chronicles 4:37 בֶן בֶן בֶּן בֶן בֶּן n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah--
- 1 Chronicles 4:42 בְּנֵ֣י בְּנֵ֥י n c mp cs n c mp cs Some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to Mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
- 1 Chronicles 5:1 וּ/בְנֵ֨י לִ/בְנֵ֥י בֶּן conj + n c mp cs prep + n c mp cs n c ms cs The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, because he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
- 1 Chronicles 5:3 בְּנֵ֥י n c mp cs the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
- 1 Chronicles 5:4 בְּנֵ֖י בְנ֛/וֹ בְּנ֖/וֹ בְנֽ/וֹ n c mp cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
- 1 Chronicles 5:5 בְנ֛/וֹ בְנ֖/וֹ בְּנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
- 1 Chronicles 5:6 בְנ֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Beerah his son, whom Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
- 1 Chronicles 5:8 בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal Meon:
- 1 Chronicles 5:11 וּ/בְנֵי conj + n c mp cs The sons of Gad lived over against them, in the land of Bashan to Salecah:
- 1 Chronicles 5:14 בְּנֵ֣י בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן n c mp cs n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
- 1 Chronicles 5:15 בֶּן בֶּן n c ms cs n c ms cs Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers' houses.
- 1 Chronicles 5:18 בְּנֵֽי בְּנֵי n c mp cs n c mp cs The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, that were able to go forth to war.
- 1 Chronicles 5:23 וּ/בְנֵ֗י conj + n c mp cs The children of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land: they increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon.
- 1 Chronicles 6:1 בְּנֵ֖י n c mp cs The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 6:2 וּ/בְנֵ֖י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
- 1 Chronicles 6:3 וּ/בְנֵ֣י וּ/בְנֵ֣י conj + n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs The children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- 1 Chronicles 6:16 בְּנֵ֖י n c mp cs The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 6:17 בְּֽנֵי n c mp cs These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
- 1 Chronicles 6:18 וּ/בְנֵ֖י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
- 1 Chronicles 6:19 בְּנֵ֥י n c mp cs The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' [houses].
- 1 Chronicles 6:20 בְנ֛/וֹ בְּנ֖/וֹ בְנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:21 בְּנ/וֹ֙ בְנ֔/וֹ בְּנ֖/וֹ בְּנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.
- 1 Chronicles 6:22 בְּנֵ֖י בְּנ֔/וֹ בְּנ֖/וֹ בְּנֽ/וֹ n c mp cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:23 בְנ֛/וֹ בְּנ֖/וֹ בְּנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:24 בְּנ/וֹ֙ בְּנ֔/וֹ בְנ֖/וֹ בְּנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
- 1 Chronicles 6:25 וּ/בְנֵי֙ conj + n c mp cs The sons of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth.
- 1 Chronicles 6:26 בנ/ו בְּנֵי֙ בְּנ֖/וֹ בְּנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c mp cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:27 בְּנ֛/וֹ בְּנ֖/וֹ בְנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
- 1 Chronicles 6:28 וּ/בְנֵ֧י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Samuel: the firstborn [Joel], and the second Abijah.
- 1 Chronicles 6:29 בְּנֵ֥י בְנ֛/וֹ בְנ֖/וֹ בְנֽ/וֹ n c mp cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:30 בְנ֛/וֹ בְנ֖/וֹ בְנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
- 1 Chronicles 6:33 וּ/בְנֵי/הֶ֑ם מִ/בְּנֵי֙ בֶּן בֶּן conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp prep + n c mp cs n c ms cs n c ms cs These are those who waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
- 1 Chronicles 6:34 בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
- 1 Chronicles 6:35 בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
- 1 Chronicles 6:36 בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
- 1 Chronicles 6:37 בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
- 1 Chronicles 6:38 בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 6:39 בֶּן בֶּן n c ms cs n c ms cs His brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
- 1 Chronicles 6:40 בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,
- 1 Chronicles 6:41 בֶּן בֶן בֶּן n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
- 1 Chronicles 6:42 בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
- 1 Chronicles 6:43 בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
- 1 Chronicles 6:44 וּ/בְנֵ֧י בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן conj + n c mp cs n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs On the left hand their brothers the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
- 1 Chronicles 6:45 בֶּן בֶן בֶּן n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
- 1 Chronicles 6:46 בֶּן בֶן בֶּן n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
- 1 Chronicles 6:47 בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
- 1 Chronicles 6:49 וּ/בָנָ֜י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms But Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
- 1 Chronicles 6:50 בְּנֵ֣י בְּנ֛/וֹ בְּנ֖/וֹ בְּנֽ/וֹ n c mp cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:51 בְנ֛/וֹ בְנ֖/וֹ בְנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:52 בְּנ֛/וֹ בְנ֖/וֹ בְּנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:53 בְּנ֖/וֹ בְּנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
- 1 Chronicles 6:54 לִ/בְנֵ֤י prep + n c mp cs Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the [first] lot),
- 1 Chronicles 6:56 בֶּן n c ms cs but the fields of the city, and the villages of it, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
- 1 Chronicles 6:57 וְ/לִ/בְנֵ֣י conj + prep + n c mp cs To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,
- 1 Chronicles 6:61 וְ/לִ/בְנֵ֨י conj + prep + n c mp cs To the rest of the sons of Kohath [were given] by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.
- 1 Chronicles 6:62 וְ/לִ/בְנֵ֨י conj + prep + n c mp cs To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
- 1 Chronicles 6:63 לִ/בְנֵ֨י prep + n c mp cs To the sons of Merari [were given] by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
- 1 Chronicles 6:64 בְנֵי n c mp cs The children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs.
- 1 Chronicles 6:65 בְנֵי בְנֵי בְּנֵ֣י n c mp cs n c mp cs n c mp cs They gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.
- 1 Chronicles 6:66 בְּנֵ֣י n c mp cs Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.
- 1 Chronicles 6:70 לִ/בְנֵי prep + n c mp cs and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its suburbs, and Bileam with its suburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.
- 1 Chronicles 6:71 לִ/בְנֵי֮ prep + n c mp cs To the sons of Gershom [were given], out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, and Ashtaroth with its suburbs;
- 1 Chronicles 6:77 לִ/בְנֵ֣י prep + n c mp cs To the rest of [the Levites], the sons of Merari, [were given], out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its suburbs, Tabor with its suburbs;
- 1 Chronicles 7:1 וְ/לִ/בְנֵ֣י conj + prep + n c mp cs Of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
- 1 Chronicles 7:2 וּ/בְנֵ֣י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, [to wit], of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations: their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred.
- 1 Chronicles 7:3 וּ/בְנֵ֥י וּ/בְנֵ֣י conj + n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs The sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five; all of them chief men.
- 1 Chronicles 7:4 וּ/בָנִֽים conj + n c mp With them, by their generations, after their fathers' houses, were bands of the host for war, thirty-six thousand; for they had many wives and sons.
- 1 Chronicles 7:7 וּ/בְנֵ֣י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty-two thousand thirty-four.
- 1 Chronicles 7:8 וּ/בְנֵ֣י בְּנֵי conj + n c mp cs n c mp cs The sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.
- 1 Chronicles 7:10 וּ/בְנֵ֥י וּ/בְנֵ֣י conj + n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs The sons of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
- 1 Chronicles 7:11 בְּנֵ֤י n c mp cs All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' [houses], mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, who were able to go forth in the host for war.
- 1 Chronicles 7:12 בְּנֵ֣י בְּנֵ֥י n c mp cs n c mp cs Shuppim also, and Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, the sons of Aher.
- 1 Chronicles 7:13 בְּנֵ֣י בְּנֵ֥י n c mp cs n c mp cs The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
- 1 Chronicles 7:14 בְּנֵ֣י n c mp cs The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bore: she bore Machir the father of Gilead:
- 1 Chronicles 7:16 בֵּ֔ן וּ/בָנָ֖י/ו n c ms conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
- 1 Chronicles 7:17 וּ/בְנֵ֥י בְּנֵ֣י בֶּן בֶּן conj + n c mp cs n c mp cs n c ms cs n c ms cs The sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
- 1 Chronicles 7:19 בְּנֵ֣י n c mp cs The sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
- 1 Chronicles 7:20 וּ/בְנֵ֥י בְּנ/וֹ֙ בְּנ֔/וֹ בְנ֖/וֹ בְּנֽ/וֹ conj + n c mp cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son,
- 1 Chronicles 7:21 בְּנ֛/וֹ בְּנ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to take away their cattle.
- 1 Chronicles 7:23 בֵּ֑ן n c ms He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
- 1 Chronicles 7:25 בְּנ֗/וֹ בְּנ֖/וֹ בְּנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,
- 1 Chronicles 7:26 בְּנ֛/וֹ בְּנ֖/וֹ בְּנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
- 1 Chronicles 7:27 בְּנ֖/וֹ בְּנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Nun his son, Joshua his son.
- 1 Chronicles 7:29 בְנֵי בְּנֵ֥י בֶּן n c mp cs n c mp cs n c ms cs and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 7:30 בְּנֵ֣י n c mp cs The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
- 1 Chronicles 7:31 וּ/בְנֵ֣י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
- 1 Chronicles 7:33 וּ/בְנֵ֣י בְּנֵ֥י conj + n c mp cs n c mp cs The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.
- 1 Chronicles 7:34 וּ/בְנֵ֖י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
- 1 Chronicles 7:35 וּ/בֶן conj + n c ms cs The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
- 1 Chronicles 7:36 בְּנֵ֖י n c mp cs The sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,
- 1 Chronicles 7:38 וּ/בְנֵ֖י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara.
- 1 Chronicles 7:39 וּ/בְנֵ֖י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Ulla: Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia.
- 1 Chronicles 7:40 בְנֵי n c mp cs All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. The number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty-six thousand men.
- 1 Chronicles 8:3 בָנִ֖ים n c mp Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
- 1 Chronicles 8:6 בְּנֵ֣י n c mp cs These are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers' [houses] of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them captive to Manahath:
- 1 Chronicles 8:10 בָנָ֖י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms and Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' [houses].
- 1 Chronicles 8:12 וּ/בְנֵ֣י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns of it;
- 1 Chronicles 8:16 בְּנֵ֥י n c mp cs and Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah,
- 1 Chronicles 8:18 בְּנֵ֥י n c mp cs and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal,
- 1 Chronicles 8:21 בְּנֵ֥י n c mp cs and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimei,
- 1 Chronicles 8:25 בְּנֵ֥י n c mp cs and Iphdeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak,
- 1 Chronicles 8:27 בְּנֵ֥י n c mp cs and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
- 1 Chronicles 8:30 וּ/בְנ֥/וֹ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
- 1 Chronicles 8:34 וּ/בֶן conj + n c ms cs The son of Jonathan was Merib Baal; and Merib Baal became the father of Micah.
- 1 Chronicles 8:35 וּ/בְנֵ֖י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
- 1 Chronicles 8:37 בְנ֛/וֹ בְנ֖/וֹ בְּנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Moza became the father of Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
- 1 Chronicles 8:38 בָנִים֒ בְּנֵ֥י n c mp n c mp cs Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
- 1 Chronicles 8:39 וּ/בְנֵ֖י conj + n c mp cs The sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
- 1 Chronicles 8:40 בְנֵי בָּנִים֙ וּ/בְנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים מִ/בְּנֵ֥י n c mp cs n c mp conj + n c mp cs n c mp prep + n c mp cs The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, one hundred fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.
- 1 Chronicles 9:3 בְּנֵ֥י בְּנֵ֣י בְּנֵ֥י n c mp cs n c mp cs n c mp cs In Jerusalem lived of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh:
- 1 Chronicles 9:4 בֶּן בֶּן בֶּן בֶן בְּנֵי בֶּן n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs n c mp cs n c ms cs Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah.
About this entry
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“son” is the headline sense of the Hebrew noun בן (bên). Where the King James Version says “son,” newer translations reach for “sons of” (unfoldingWord Literal Text); the renderings breakdown has the detail. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 3,652 verses — among the most common. First canonically at Genesis 3:16, it enters the text early. Not a single-sense word: its full sense range also takes in “grandson” and “child”. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H1121 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 3,652
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 3,652 distinct verses.
- 37 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 37 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #9
- by frequency
- Top 10 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 9 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 3,652 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Numbers 436 verses 12%
- 1 Chronicles 430 verses 12%
- Genesis 306 verses 8%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 3,652 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 1,391 verses · 38%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 1,187 verses · 33%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 1,074 verses · 29%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Son 1,757×, Children 1,289×, Sons 826×
- American Standard Version†: Son 1,622×, Children 1,204×, Sons 801×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Son 1,807×, Sons 836×, Israelites 398×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Sons of 1,811×, Son of 1,212×, Son 718×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1121 across 4,891† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 334 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 15 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1121 across 4,872† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 421 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1121 across 4,587† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 197 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 208 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1121 across 4,875† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 83 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
22 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 22 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
בן I son (MI Ph. בן
- 1. son, male child, born of a woman Gn 4:25; 16:11, 15; 17:19 cf. v 16 18:10, 14; 19:37, 38 + often, cf. בֶּן־בִּטְנָהּ Is 49:15; begotten by a man Gn 5:4 f. 28; 6:10; 11:11 f. + often; ‖ בַּת (בָּנוֹת) daughter Gn 5:4, 7, 10 f. Ex 20:10 Dt 5:14; 16:11, 14 1 S 30:3, 6 Jb 1:2 42:13 +; of son as desired Gn 30:2 (cf. 15:2; 16:2; 17:17; 18:10 f. 1 S 1:5–11) 2 K 4:14, 28 ψ 127:3 +; rejoiced in Gn 30:6 +; beloved Ex 21:5 2 S 19:1, 3, 5 1 K 3:26; cared for Dt 1:31; spared Mal 3:17; disciplined & trained Dt 8:5 Pr 3:12; 13:24; 19:18; 29:17; owing reverence, obedience, etc. to parents Pr 6:20; 10:1; 13:1; בִּנְךָ בְּכוֹרְךָ thy first-born son Gn 27:32; הַבֵּן הַבְּכֹר Dt 21:15 cf. 1 S 8:2; בְּנָהּ הַגָּדֹל her elder son Gn 27:15, 42; בְּנוֹ הַגָּדֹל 27:1; בְּנָהּ הַקָּטָן her younger son Gn 27:15, 42. In partic. e.g. Genesis 4:25
- a. בֶּן־אִמּוֹ son of his mother, i.e. own (uterine) brother Gn 43:29, cf. 27:29 Ju 8:19 ψ 50:20; 69:9, & v. אֵם; בְּנֵי אָבִיךָ son of thy father = brethren Gn 49:8 (poet.) e.g. Genesis 43:29
- b. בְּנֵי דֹדֵיהֶן = cousins Nu 36:11. e.g. Numbers 36:11
- c. בְּנִי my son, as term of kindliness of endearment, used by Eli to Samuel 1 S 3:6, 16 cf. 4:16; 24:17; 26:17, 21, 25, v. also Pr 1:8, 10 2:1 +; cf. בִּנְךָ, used by Benhaded of himself to Elisha 2 K 8:9; by Ahaz to Tiglath-pileser 16:7; especially to express intimate and gracious relation with God: י׳ calls Israel בְּנִי בְכֹרִי Ex 4:22 cf. v 23 Ho 11:1, v. also ψ 80:16 (but cf. Che); בָּנִים אַתֶּם ליהוה אלהיכם Dt 14:1; בְּנֵי עֶלְיוֹן ψ 82:6 (‖ אלהים); בְּנֵי אֵל־חָ֑י Ho 2:1; cf. further Dt 32:5 (pl.) v 20 (pl.) Is 1:2, 4; 30:1, 9; Je 3:14, 22; 4:22; 31:20; of future Davidic king 2 S 7:14 = 1 Ch 17:13 cf. ψ 2:7; expressly referred to Solomon 1 Ch 22:10; 28:6; also of children (offered in fire) Ez 16:21. e.g. 1 Samuel 3:6
- d. בְּנֵי האלהים applied to supernatural beings Gn 6:2, 4; Jb 1:6; 2:1; בְּנֵי אלהים Jb 38:7; בְּנֵי אֵלִים ψ 29:1 (on which cf. Che’s note) 89:7. e.g. Genesis 6:2
- e. בֶּן־אָדָם son of man, cf. בְּנֵי א׳, v. אָדָם; †בְּנֵי אִישׁ ψ 4:3 & (‖ בני אדם) 49:3; 62:10; La 3:33. e.g. Psalms 4:3
- f. בֶּן־בִּנְךָ = thy grandson Ex 10:2; Dt 6:2; Ju 8:22 cf. Je 27:7; also pl. Ex 34:7; Dt 4:9, 25; Ju 12:14; 2 K 17:41; 1 Ch 8:40; Jb 42:16; ψ 128:6; Pr 13:22; 17:6; Ez 37:25; also בֵּן alone with similar reference Gn 29:5 (Laban son of Nahor); Laban calls his daughters’ children his own sons Gn 31:28, 43 cf. 32:1; son of Naomi Ru 4:17; בְּנֵי רְבִעִים 2 K 10:30 sons of the fourth generation, and, in general, descendants Jos 22:24, 25, 27 +; cf. 2 S 19:25 2 K 9:20; Ez 5:1. e.g. Exodus 10:2
- g. constantly, as more precise designation, added to personal name כָּלֵב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּה Nu 14:30; 32:12; 34:19 +; יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן Nu 11:28; 14:30; 32:12, 28; 34:17 +; יָרָבְעָם בֶּן־נְבָט 1 K 12:2, 15 +, etc.; also without personal name (often with implication of contempt) בֶּן־קִישׁ 1 S 10:11; בֶּן־יִשַׁי 1 S 20:27, 30, 31; 22:7, 8, 9, 13; 25:10 2 S 20:1; בְּנֵי צְרוּיָה 2 S 16:10; בֶּן־רְמַלְיָהוּ Is 7:4, 5, 9; 8:16; בֶּן־טָֽבְאַ֑ל Is 7:6; cf. also בְּנֵי לֵוִי Nu 16:7, 8. e.g. Numbers 14:30
- h. designated as בֶּן־זְקֻנִים i.e. born in old age of father Gn 37:3; opp. בְּנֵי הַנְּעוּרִים sons of one’s youth ψ 127:4; also בֶּן־בֵּיתִי one born in my house Gn 15:3 (i.e. slave) so בְּנֵי בַיִת Ec 2:7. e.g. Genesis 37:3
- i. in various combinations: (α) as expression of contumely, בֶּן־נַעֲוַת הַמַּרְדּוּת 1 S 20:30; בֶּן־הַמְּרַצֵּחַ הַוֶּה 2 K 6:32 this son of a murderer; cf. בְּנֵי־נָבָל Jb 30:8; בְּנֵי בְלִי־שֵׁם ib.; בְּנֵי עֹנֲנָה Is 57:3 (‖ זֶרַע מְנָאֵף); cf. בֶּן־אִשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת Ju 11:2 (cf. v 1); (β) as term of respect, dignity, בֶּן־חוֹרִים son of nobles Ec 10:17 (in Aramaic = free born); בֶּן־חֲכָמִים Is 19:11; בֶּן־מַלְכֵי־קֶדֶם ib.; cf. בֶּן־מֶלֶךְ ψ 72:1 (‖ מֶלֶךְ); בֶּן־אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ ψ 86:16 in addressing י׳ (‖ עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ) & בְּנֵי־עֲבָדֶיךָ ψ 102:29; of noble appearance בְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ Ju 8:18. e.g. 1 Samuel 20:30
- j. often pl. with name of ancestor, people, land, or city, to denote descendants, inhabitants, membership in a nation or family, etc.: (α) e.g. בְּנֵי־עֵבֶר Gn 10:21; בְּנֵי־חֵת Gn 23:3, 5, 7, 10(×2), 11, 16, 18, 20; 25:10; 49:32 (all P); (בְּנֵי־שֵׁת) Nu 24:17 v. sub 8); בְּנֵי־חֲמוֹר Gn 33:19 Jos 24:32; בְּנֵי עֵשָׂו Gn 36:5, 15, 19 Dt 2:4, 8, 12, 22, 29; בְּנֵי שֵׂעִיר Gn 36:20, 21; בֶּן־(בני)הִנֹּם Jos 15:8 + (cf. sub גַּיְא); בְּנֵי לוֹט Dt 2:9, 19 ψ 83:9; בְּנֵי־יוֹסֵף (lit. Gn 46:27; 48:8; 1 Ch 5:1) Nu 1:32; 26:28, 37; 34:23; 36:5 (מַטֵּה ב׳ י׳) + 6 times Jos, cf. ψ 77:16; even בְּנֵי חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מְנַשֶּׁה 1 Ch 5:23; בְּנֵי דָוִיד (lit. 2 S 8:18 = 1 Ch 18:17, 1 Ch 3:1, 9) 2 Ch 13:8; 23:3; 32:33; בְּנֵי אָסָף 2 Ch 29:13; Ezr 2:41; 3:8 + (v. אָסָף); בְּנֵי קֹרַח in titles of ψ 42–49, 84, 85, 87, 88; especially (β) בְּנֵי־עַמּוֹן (standing designation of people of Ammon) Gn 19:38 + 81 times (cf. עַמּוֹן & NöZMG 1886, 171 DrSm 66); בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב (lit. Gn 34:7, 13, 25, 27; 35:5, 22, 26; 49:2) 2 K 17:34 ψ 105:6 Mal 3:6 cf. ψ 77:16; & chiefly (γ) בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל (lit. Gn 42:5; 45:21; 46:5; Ex 1:1) Ex 1:7 + 613 times, incl. Hex 427 (of which 328 P, 49 E, 25 J, 25 D), Ju 6:1, SK Ch 73 (23 in ref. to ancient history, 10 in opp. to Judah); so also Vrss & var. sometimes for בֵּית יִשׂ׳, e.g. Jos 21:43 + v. Di, Ez 3:1 + v. Co; also the reverse Ez 2:3 al.; note especially עַם בּ׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל Ex 1:9; עַמִּי בּ׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל Ex 3:10; 7:4; עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Ex 16:1, 2, 9, 10; 17:1 Lv 16:5; 19:2; Nu 1:2, 53; 8:9, 20; 13:26; 15:25, 26 17:6; 19:9; 25:6; 26:2; 31:12 (all P); דֹּרוֹת ב׳ יִשׂ׳ Ju 3:2; כָּל־ב׳ יִשׂ׳ וְכָל־הָעָם 20:26; ב׳ יִשׂ׳ וּבְנֵי הַלֵּוִי Ne 10:40; also (δ) בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה (lit. Gn 46:12; 26:19 1 Ch 2:3, 10; 4:1) Nu 1:26 + 18 times Nu Jos, Ju 1:8, 9, 16 (so read also v 21(×2) cf. Jos 15:53 & v. sub בנימן) 2 S 1:18 1 Ch 4:27 + 8 times Chr, Je 7:30 + 4 times Je; Ho 2:2 Jo 4:6, 8, 19 Ob 12 (not in K, of Judah or of any other tribe, except בְּנֵי לֵוִי 1 K 12:31) incl. מַטֵּה בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה Jos 15:1, 20, 21; 21:1 1 Ch 6:50; for usage with other tribes of Isr., v. the articles;—but note (ε) †בְּנֵי לֵוִי (lit. Gn 46:11 Ex 6:16 Nu 3:17 1 Ch 5:27; 6:1 cf. 23:6) Ex 32:28 Nu 3:15; 16:7, 8; 18:21 Jos 21:10 (as including sons of Aaron etc.); כָּל־בְּנֵי לֵוִי Ex 32:26; כָּל־אַחֶיךָ ב׳ ל׳ Nu 16:10; הַכֹּהֲנִים ב׳ ל׳ Dt 21:5; 31:9 cf. 1 K 12:31 & Mal 3:3; 1 Ch 23:24, 27; 24:20 Ezr 8:15 (distinguished from priests) Ne 12:23 Ez 40:46 (including בְּנֵי צָדוֹק the priests); also מַחֲנוֹת ב׳ ל׳ 1 Ch 9:18; בְּנֵי הַלֵּוִי 1 Ch 12:27 Ne 10:40; בְּנֵי הַלְּוִיִּם 1 Ch 15:15; 24:30 (cf. also לֵוִי); (ζ) בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן (lit. Ex 28:1, 40 1 Ch 5:29; 24:1; often Aaron and his sons lit. Ex 27:21; 28:1, 4 +) Lv 3:5, 8, 13; 6:7, 11; 7:10, 33 Jos 21:10 1 Ch 6:35, 39, 42; 15:4 (+ Levites) 24:1, 31 Ne 12:47; also בְּנֵי א׳ הַכֹּהֲנִים Lv 1:5, 8, 11; 2:2; 3:2 Nu 3:3; 10:8 & Jos 21:19 2 Ch 31:19 cf. 26:18; 29:21; 35:14(×2); בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן Lv 1:7 Jos 21:4 (as subdivision of Levites) v 13 cf. Lv 7:34; אֶת־כֹּהֲנֵי יהוה אֶת־בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן וְהַלְּוִיִּם 2 Ch 13:9 cf. v 10; once in sing. הַכֹּהֵן בֶּן־אַהֲרֹן Ne 10:39; v. also sub אַהֲרֹן; (η) †בְּנֵי צָדוֹק Ez 40:26, 44:15 הכהנים הלוים בני צדוק; 48:11 הכהנים הַמְֿקֻדָּשׁ מבני צדוק (𝔊 Sm Co join מ of מבני to preceding word, making pl.); (θ) בְּנֵי with names of peoples, lands, and cities, בְּנֵי כֻשִׁיִּים Am 9:7; בְּנֵי מִצְרַיִם Ez 16:26; בְּנֵי אַשּׁוּר Ez 16:28; 23:7, 9, 12, 23; ב׳ אֶרֶץ הַבְּרִית Ez 30:5 (Co del. ארץ); ב׳ בָּבֶל Ez 23:15, 17, 23; ב׳ יְרוּשָׁלִַם Jo 4:6; ב׳ צִיּוֹן Jo 2:23 La 4:2 ψ 149:2 (cf. Zc 9:13). Vid. further (ι) בְּנֵי עַמֶּ֑ךָ Lv 19:18 cf. 20:17 Nu 22:5 Ju 14:16, 17 Ez 3:11; 33:2, 12, 17, 30; 37:18 Dn 12:1; בְּנֵי פָּרִיצֵי עַמֶּךָ Dn 11:14; (κ) קֶבֶר בְּנֵי הָעָם 2 K 23:6 2 Ch 35:5, 7, 12; קִבְרֵי בְנֵי הָעָם Je 26:23; (λ) בְּנֵי־קֶדֶם Gn 29:1 Ju 7:12; 8:10 1 K 5:10 Jb 1:3 Is 11:14 Je 49:28 Ez 25:4, 10; †(μ) בְּנֵי הַמְּדִינָה Ezr 2:1 = Ne 7:6; (ν) of bulls, בְּנֵי בָשָׁן Dt 32:14 (song) cf. KloSK 1872, 254 Di. e.g. Genesis 10:21
- 2. children (male and female) Gn 3:16; 21:7 Ex 21:5; 22:23; hence בְּנֵי מְנַשֶּׁה הַזְּכָרִים Jos 17:2 male children, בֵּן זָכָר Je 20:15. e.g. Genesis 3:16
- 3. youth, young men (pl.) Pr 7:7 Ct 2:3. e.g. Proverbs 7:7
- 4. the young of animals Lv 22:28 (שׁוֹר אוֹ שֶׂה) cf. Dt 22:6, 7 1 S 6:7, 10 Zc 9:9 Jb 4:11; 28:8; 39:4, 16;—בֶּן־בָּקָר etc. v. sub 7 b infr. e.g. Leviticus 22:28
- 5. of plant-shoots בֵּן פֹּרָת Gn 49:22(×2); also בֵּן ψ 80:16? (‖ כַּנָּה; see Che trans. & crit. n.) e.g. Genesis 49:22
- 6. fig. of lifeless things, בְּנֵי רֶשֶׁף sparks Jb 5:7; stars עַיִשׁ עַל־בָּנֶיהָ Jb 38:32; arrows בֶּן־קָ֑שֶׁת Jb 41:2; בְּנֵי אַשְׁפָּתוֹ) La 3:13; cf. בֶּן־גָּרְנִי i.e. corn of my threshing-floor Is 21:10. e.g. Job 5:7
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- a. member of a guild, order or class, †בְּנֵי הַנְּבִיאִים i.e. those belonging to the prophetic order 1 K 20:35 2 K 2:3, 5, 7, 15; 4:1, 38(×2); 5:22; 6:1; 9:1 (Hoffm RSProph. 85. 388, K 15 f.; ZehnpfundBAS i.355 comp. Assyrian mâr šipri, son of a messenger = messenger, and explains from the son’s succeeding to father’s calling) & בֶּן־נָבִיא Am 7:14; prob. also †בְּנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים 1 Ch 9:30 Ezr 2:61; 10:18; †בְּנֵי הַשֹּׁעֲרִים Ezr 2:42; cf. בְּנֵי הַגְּדוּד 2 Ch 25:13 men of the troop, v. Palm. בני שירתא men of the caravan VogNo. 4 al.; also בְּנֵי הַגּוֹלָה = exiles †Ezr 4:1; 6:19, 20; 8:35; 10:7, 16; בֶּן־הָרַקָּחִים Ne 3:8; further, in בֶּן־נֵכָר = foreigner (only P, poet., & late) †Gn 17:12, 27 Ex 12:43 Lv 22:25 Ez 44:9(×2); ב׳־הַנּ׳ †Is 56:3; בְּנֵיִ־נֵכָר †2 S 22:45, 46 = ψ 18:45, 46 Ne 9:2 Is 60:10; 61:5; 62:8 Ez 44:7 ψ 144:7, 11, בְּנֵי־הַנּ׳ Is 56:6; also בְּנֵי הַתּוֹשָׁבִים הַגָּרִים עִמָּכֶם Lv 25:45. e.g. 1 Kings 20:35
- b. of animals, בֶּן־בָקָר son of (the) herd, i.e. young one of the herd, בָּקָר וּבְנֵי בָקָר 1 S 14:32 cf. עֵגֶל בֶּן־בָּקָר Lv 9:2 (P); then, in general, one of the herd: fit for food Gn 18:7, 8 (J), for sacrifice Nu 15:8 (P); בן הַבּ׳ Lv 12:6 Nu 15:9 (P); especially פַּר בֶּן־בָּקָר Ex 29:1 Lv 4:3, 14; 16:3; 23:18 Nu 7:15 + 16 times Nu (all P) + 2 Ch 13:9 Ez 43:19, 23, 25; 45:18; 46:6; פָּרִים בְּנֵי בָּקָר Nu 28:11, 19, 27; 29:13, 17 (P); also בְּנִי אֲתֹנוֹ Gn 49:11 (poem, J; ‖עִירֹה); בְּנֵי־צֹאן ψ 114:4, 6; בֶּן־רְאֵמִים ψ 29:6; בְּנֵי הָרַמָּכִים Est 8:10; (הַ)יּוֹנָה בְּנֵי Lv 1:14 + 7 times Lv + Nu 6:10 cf. בֶּן־יוֹנָה Lv 12:6 (all P); בְּנֵי־נָ֑שֶׁר Pr 30:17; בְּנֵי עֹרֵב ψ 147:9. e.g. 1 Samuel 14:32
- 8. ב׳ as n. relat. followed by word of quality, characteristic, etc. especially †(α) בֶּן־(בני)חַיִל = mighty man 1 S 14:52; 18:17 2 S 2:7; 13:28; 17:10(×2) 1 K 1:52 + 7 times Ch; אֲנָשִׁים בני ח׳ Ju 18:2 2 K 2:16; אֶלָף אִישׁ מִבְּנֵי הֶחָ֑יִל Ju 21:10; †(β) בְּנֵי עַוְלָה wicked men 2 S 3:34; 7:10 1 Ch 17:9 Ho 10:9; בֶּן־ע׳ ψ 89:23 (for בני בליעל v. בליעל); †(γ) בְּנֵי מֶ֑רִי rebels Nu 17:25 (cf. בַּיִת); †(δ) בְּנֵי הַתַּעֲרֻבוֹת sons of pledges = hostages 2 K 14:14 = 2 Ch 25:24; †(ε) בְּנֵי מָוֶת i.e. those deserving of death 1 S 26:16; so בֶּן־מות 2 S 12:5; בְּנֵי תְמוּתָה appointed or exposed to death ψ 79:11; 102:21; cf. †(ζ) בִּן הַכּוֹת one worthy of smiting Dt 25:2; †(η) בְּנֵי עֹ֑נִי Pr 31:5; †(θ) בְּנֵי חֲלוֹף Pr 31:8; †(ι) בְּנֵי שָׁאוֹן Je 48:45 = tumultuous ones; so also (= שֵׁאת) בְּנֵי שֵׁת Nu 24:17 cf. RV Di al.; †(κ) בְּנֵי הַיִּצְהָר Zc 4:14 i.e. anointed ones; †(λ) בֶּן־מֶשֶׁק Gn 15:2 son of possession, i.e. heir; †(μ) הֵילֵל בֶּן־שָׁ֑חַר Is 14:12 son of dawn; †(ν) of animals בְּנֵי שָׁ֑חַץ i.e. proud beasts Jb 28:8; 41:26; (ξ) of Jonah’s gourd בִּן־לַיְלָה Jon 4:10(×2); †(ο) of a fertile hill קֶרֶן בֶּן־שֶׁמֶן Is 5:1. e.g. 1 Samuel 14:52
- 9. n. relat. of age:
- a. of men, וַיְהִי נֹחַ בֶּן־חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה Gn 5:32 cf. 7:6 + 71 times P; Gn 50:26 Jos 14:7, 10; 24:29 (all E); Nu 32:11 (J), Dt 31:2; also Ju 2:8 1 S 4:15 2 S 4:4; 19:33, 36 1 Ch 2:21 23:3, 24, 27; 27:3 2 Ch 24:15; 25:5; 31:16, 17 Ezr 3:8 Is 65:20(×2) Je 52:1; + 41 times SK Ch of kings at accession; note especially (incl. in above) the phrase מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמָ֑עְלָה Ex 30:14; 38:26 Nu 1:3 + 21 times Nu 1–3 + 26:2, 4; 32:11 1 Ch 23:24, 27 2 Ch 25:5 Ezr 3:8; cf. Lv 27:7 Nu 8:24; 26:62 1 Ch 23:3 & without מעלה Nu 8:25; 18:16; also מִבֶּן עשׂרים שׁנה וְעַד בֶּן־שִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה Lv 27:3 cf. v 5, 6; מִבֶּן שׁלשׁים שׁנה ומעלה ועד בן־חמשׁים שׁנה Nu 4:3(×2) + 12 times Nu 4; מבן שׁלושׁ שׁנים וּלְמַ֫עְלָה 2 Ch 31:16 cf. v 17; & לְמִבֶּן עשׂרים שׁנה וּלְמָ֑טָה 1 Ch 27:23. e.g. Genesis 5:32
- b. of animals, (Hex all P, incl. H) בֶּן־שָׁנָה Ex 12:5; 29:38 Lv 9:3; 23:18, 19 Nu 7:17 + 28 times Nu 7, 28, 29; also Mi 6:6; בֶּן־שְׁנָתוֹ Lv 12:6; 23:12 Nu 6:12, 14 + 12 times Nu 7; also Ez 46:13. Note.—בן appears perhaps abbrev. as בּ in a few cpd. n.pr.; v. בִּדְקַר (= בֶּן־דקר?), בִּלְשָׁן, בִּמְהָל, בַּעֲלִיס, בַּעֲנָה, בִּרְשַׁע, בִּשְׁלָם (so MV after Schol. Hamâsa3 ed. Freytag; Röde libr. hist. interpr. Arabic 20, 21; but this is very uncertain, cf. Ol§227 b, p. 613).—On Lag’s explan. of אבי in some n.pr. as for אבן = בן cf. LagBN 75 & v. אבינר p. 4, etc., but this is dub. e.g. Exodus 12:5
בן II m. a Levite 1 Ch 15
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.m. son (MI Ph. בן; so Sab. CISiv. No. 2, cf. בני DHMSem. Sprachforsch. 6; Arabic اِبْنٌ; Assyrian bin(u), LyonSargon 9, 1. 57; especially in bin-bin, grandson COTGloss., cf. Dl infr.; Aramaic בַּר, ܒܰܪ, pl. בְּנִין, ܒܢܺܝܢ; cf. Palm., especially VogNo. 21. 31. 36 a al.; possibly orig. connected with בנה build, so Thes, cf. Assyrian bânu, begetter (DlPr 104 & cf. BaZMG 1887, 638 ff.); but all traces of this √ lost in Heb. form; √ perhaps orig. bilit. (בִּן, בֵּן) בַּן v. Sta§ 183)—abs. בּ׳ Gn 4:25 +; בֵּֽן־ Ez 18:10; cstr. בֵּן Gn 49:22(×2); בֶּן־ Gn 5:32 +; בֶּן Est 2:5; Ne 6:18, & c. prefix Gn 17:17; Nu 8:25; 1 Ch 27:23; 2 Ch 25:5; 31:16, 17; בְּנוֹ Nu 23:18; 24:3, 15; בְּנִי Gn 49:11; בִּן Dt 25:2; בִּן־ Ex 33:11 + 32 times (29 times in combination בִּן־נוּן (ישׁוע, הושׁע) יהושׁע); sf. בְּנִי Gn 21:10 +; בִּנְךָ Ex 20:10 +; לִבֱנ֑ךָ Dt 7:3; 1 K 11:13; בְּנֵךְ Gn 30:14 +; בְּנוֹ Gn 4:17 +; בְּנָהּ Gn 21:10 +; pl. בָּנִים Gn 3:16 +; cstr. בְּנֵי Gn 6:2 +; sf. בָּנַי Gn 31:43 +; בָּנֵינוּ Jos 22:25 +; בְּנֵיכֶם Ex 3:22 +, etc.;—
II. n.pr.m. a Levite 1 Ch 15:18, but del. 𝔊 Be Öt cf. v 20.
I. 1 Ch 24:26, 27 as n.pr.m. in AV RV, but render: the sons of Jaaziah his son, & the sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son, cf. VB & Be Öt.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from בנה (bânâh) (H1129) — to build.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
בֵּן
- , constr. בֶּן (b. h.; בנה) offspring, son, child. שבוע הב׳ the male child’s week, a disguise for circumcision day, adopted during the Hadrianic persecutions. Snh. 32ᵇ; Y. Keth. I, 25ᶜ; a. e.—ישוע הב׳ a disguise for פִּדְיוֹן הבן. B. Kam. 80ᵃ.—… בְּנוֹ של the son of, v. שֶׁל. בְּנָן של קדושים descendant of holy men. Ab. Zar. 50ᵃ; a. e.—Pl. בָּנִים, constr. בְּנֵי. Ab. III, 14 ב׳ למקום chosen children of God. Gen. R. s. 82 בָּנֶיהָ של תורה children (followers) of the Law.—Trnsf. belonging to, fit for &c.; e.g. בני גולה those belonging to the colony of exiles, Babylonians &c.; בני גליל Galileans; בני אכילה things fit to be eaten &c. [For such compounds as are not self-evident, see the respective determinants.] [בני פיקרין, v. בְּנִיפיקָרִין.]
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Forms in the corpus
The 525 distinct written forms H1121 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 465 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H1121, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- אבן ʼeben H68 stone
- בית bayith H1004 house
- בנא bᵉnâʼ H1124 to build
- בניה binyâh H1140 building
- בנין binyân H1146 building
- בת bath H1323 daughter
- מבנה mibneh H4011 building
- תבן teben H8401 stubble
- תבנית tabnîyth H8403 pattern
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- בנוי Binnûwy H1131 Binnui
- בני Bânîy H1137 Bani
- בני Bunnîy H1138 Bunni
- בניה Bᵉnâyâh H1141 Benaiah
- יבנאל Yabnᵉʼêl H2995 Jabneel
- יבנה Yabneh H2996 Jabneh
- יבניה Yibnᵉyâh H2997 Ibneiah
- יבניה Yibnîyâh H2998 Ibnijah
- מבני Mᵉbunnay H4012 Mebunnai
- בן Bên H1122 Ben
- בןאבינדב Ben-ʼĂbîynâdâb H1125 Ben-Abinadab
- בןאוני Ben-ʼÔwnîy H1126 Ben-oni
- בןגבר Ben-Geber H1127 Ben-geber
- בןדקר Ben-Deqer H1128 Ben-dekar
- בןהדד Ben-Hădad H1130 Ben-hadad
- בןזוחת Ben-Zôwchêth H1132 Ben-zoheth
- בןחור Ben-Chûwr H1133 Ben-hur
- בןחיל Ben-Chayil H1134 Ben-hail
- בןחנן Ben-Chânân H1135 Ben-hanan
- בןחסד Ben-Cheçed H1136 Ben-hesed
- בניברק Bᵉnêy-Bᵉraq H1139 Bene-barak
- בני יעקן Bᵉnêy Yaʻăqân H1142 Bene-jaakan
- בנימין Binyâmîyn H1144 Benjamin
- בנינו Bᵉnîynûw H1148 Beninu
- בןעמי Ben-ʻAmmîy H1151 Ben-ami
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 38 — not the complete family. 25 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
Most of the 3,652 Hebrew verses this word occurs in also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), so the same passages can be read in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 3:16
- Exodus 1:1
- Leviticus 1:2
- Numbers 1:2
- Deuteronomy 1:3
- Joshua 1:1
- Judges 1:1
- Ruth 1:1
- 1 Samuel 1:1
- 2 Samuel 1:4
- 1 Kings 1:5
- 2 Kings 1:17
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.