בִּנְיָמִין
Benjamin
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Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Proper 166 times (99%)
- Preposition 1 time (1%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 167 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H1144 appears — 160 distinct verses across 19 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 16 verses
- Genesis 35:18 בִנְיָמִֽין n Proper It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni, but his father named him Benjamin.
- Genesis 35:24 וּ/בִנְיָמִֽן conj + n Proper The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
- Genesis 42:4 בִּנְיָמִין֙ n Proper But Jacob didn't send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with his brothers; for he said, "Lest perhaps harm happen to him."
- Genesis 42:36 בִּנְיָמִ֣ן n Proper Jacob, their father, said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me."
- Genesis 43:14 בִּנְיָמִ֑ין n Proper May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved."
- Genesis 43:15 בִּנְיָמִ֑ן n Proper The men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
- Genesis 43:16 בִּנְיָמִין֒ n Proper When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, "Bring the men into the house, and butcher an animal, and make ready; for the men will dine with me at noon."
- Genesis 43:29 בִּנְיָמִ֣ין n Proper He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?" He said, "God be gracious to you, my son."
- Genesis 43:34 בִּנְיָמִ֛ן n Proper He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank, and were merry with him.
- Genesis 44:12 בִּנְיָמִֽן n Proper He searched, beginning with the eldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
- Genesis 45:12 בִנְיָמִ֑ין n Proper Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
- Genesis 45:14 בִנְיָמִֽן וּ/בִנְיָמִ֔ן n Proper conj + n Proper He fell on his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.
- Genesis 45:22 וּ/לְ/בִנְיָמִ֤ן conj + prep + n Proper To all of them he gave each man changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing.
- Genesis 46:19 וּ/בִנְיָמִֽן conj + n Proper The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
- Genesis 46:21 בִנְיָמִ֗ן n Proper The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
- Genesis 49:27 בִּנְיָמִין֙ n Proper "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the spoil."
Exodus 1 verse
Numbers 10 verses
- Numbers 1:11 לְ/בִ֨נְיָמִ֔ן prep + n Proper Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.
- Numbers 1:36 בִנְיָמִ֔ן n Proper Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
- Numbers 1:37 בִנְיָמִ֑ן n Proper those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 2:22 בִּנְיָמִ֑ן בִנְיָמִ֔ן n Proper n Proper "The tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
- Numbers 7:60 בִנְיָמִ֑ן n Proper On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin
- Numbers 10:24 בִנְיָמִ֑ן n Proper Over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
- Numbers 13:9 בִנְיָמִ֔ן n Proper Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
- Numbers 26:38 בִנְיָמִן֮ n Proper The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;
- Numbers 26:41 בִנְיָמִ֖ן n Proper These are the sons of Benjamin after their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand six hundred.
- Numbers 34:21 בִנְיָמִ֔ן n Proper Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
Deuteronomy 2 verses
- Deuteronomy 27:12 וּ/בִנְיָמִֽן conj + n Proper These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you are passed over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.
- Deuteronomy 33:12 לְ/בִנְיָמִ֣ן prep + n Proper Of Benjamin he said, The beloved of Yahweh shall dwell in safety by him; He covers him all the day long, He dwells between his shoulders.
Joshua 6 verses
- Joshua 18:11 בִנְיָמִ֖ן n Proper The lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
- Joshua 18:20 בִנְיָמִ֧ן n Proper The Jordan was the border of it on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders of it round about, according to their families.
- Joshua 18:21 בִנְיָמִ֖ן n Proper Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth Hoglah, and Emek Keziz,
- Joshua 18:28 בִנְיָמִ֖ן n Proper and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, [and] Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
- Joshua 21:4 בִנְיָמִן֙ n Proper The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
- Joshua 21:17 בִנְיָמִ֔ן n Proper Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
Judges 42 verses
- Judges 1:21 בִנְיָמִ֑ן בִנְיָמִן֙ n Proper n Proper The children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
- Judges 5:14 בִנְיָמִ֖ין n Proper Out of Ephraim [came down] they whose root is in Amalek; After you, Benjamin, among your peoples; Out of Machir came down governors, Out of Zebulun those who handle the marshal's staff.
- Judges 10:9 וּ/בְ/בִנְיָמִ֖ין conj + prep + n Proper The children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.
- Judges 19:14 לְ/בִנְיָמִֽן prep + n Proper So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near to Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
- Judges 20:3 בִנְיָמִ֔ן n Proper (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) The children of Israel said, Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass?
- Judges 20:4 לְ/בִנְיָמִ֔ן prep + n Proper The Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered, I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
- Judges 20:10 בִּנְיָמִ֔ן n Proper and we will take ten men of one hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of one thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to get food for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have worked in Israel.
- Judges 20:12 בִנְיָמִ֖ן n Proper The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is happen among you?
- Judges 20:13 בִּנְיָמִ֔ן n Proper Now therefore deliver up the men, the base fellows, who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers the children of Israel.
- Judges 20:14 בִנְיָמִ֛ן n Proper The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
- Judges 20:15 בִנְיָמִ֜ן n Proper The children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
- Judges 20:17 מִ/בִּנְיָמִ֔ן prep + n Proper The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men who drew sword: all these were men of war.
- Judges 20:18 בִנְיָמִ֑ן n Proper The children of Israel arose, and went up to Bethel, and asked counsel of God; and they said, Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin? Yahweh said, Judah [shall go up] first.
- Judges 20:20 בִּנְיָמִ֑ן n Proper The men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel set the battle in array against them at Gibeah.
- Judges 20:21 בִנְיָמִ֖ן n Proper The children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day Twenty-two thousand men.
- Judges 20:23 בִנְיָמִ֖ן n Proper The children of Israel went up and wept before Yahweh until even; and they asked of Yahweh, saying, Shall I again draw near to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? Yahweh said, Go up against him.
- Judges 20:24 בִנְיָמִ֖ן n Proper The children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
- Judges 20:25 בִנְיָמִ֨ן n Proper Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
- Judges 20:28 בִנְיָמִ֥ן n Proper and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? Yahweh said, Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand.
- Judges 20:30 בִנְיָמִ֖ן n Proper The children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
- Judges 20:31 בִנְיָמִן֙ n Proper The children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike and kill of the people, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to Bethel, and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
- Judges 20:32 בִנְיָמִ֔ן n Proper The children of Benjamin said, They are struck down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them away from the city to the highways.
- Judges 20:35 בִּנְיָמִן֮ בְּ/בִנְיָמִן֙ n Proper prep + n Proper Yahweh struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men: all these drew the sword.
- Judges 20:36 בִנְיָמִ֖ן לְ/בִנְיָמִ֔ן n Proper prep + n Proper So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck; for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted to the liers-in-wait whom they had set against Gibeah.
- Judges 20:39 וּ/בִנְיָמִ֡ן conj + n Proper The men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to strike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, Surely they are struck down before us, as in the first battle.
- Judges 20:40 בִּנְיָמִן֙ n Proper But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and, behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to the sky.
- Judges 20:41 בִּנְיָמִ֑ן n Proper The men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil had come on them.
- Judges 20:43 בִּנְיָמִן֙ n Proper They enclosed the Benjamites round about, [and] chased them, [and] trod them down at [their] resting-place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrise.
- Judges 20:44 מִ/בִּנְיָמִ֔ן prep + n Proper There fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these [were] men of valor.
- Judges 20:46 מִ/בִּנְיָמִ֗ן prep + n Proper So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword; all these [were] men of valor.
- Judges 20:48 בִנְיָמִן֙ n Proper The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.
- Judges 21:1 לְ/בִנְיָמִ֖ן prep + n Proper Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin as wife.
- Judges 21:6 בִּנְיָמִ֖ן n Proper The children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
- Judges 21:13 בִנְיָמִ֔ן n Proper The whole congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.
- Judges 21:14 בִּנְיָמִן֙ n Proper Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead: and yet so they weren't enough for them.
- Judges 21:15 לְ/בִנְיָמִ֑ן prep + n Proper The people repented them for Benjamin, because that Yahweh had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
- Judges 21:16 מִ/בִּנְיָמִ֖ן prep + n Proper Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
- Judges 21:17 לְ/בִנְיָמִ֑ן prep + n Proper They said, There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
- Judges 21:18 לְ/בִנְיָמִֽן prep + n Proper However we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin.
- Judges 21:20 בִנְיָמִ֖ן n Proper They commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
- Judges 21:21 בִּנְיָמִֽן n Proper and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come you out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
- Judges 21:23 בִנְיָמִ֔ן n Proper The children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of those who danced, whom they carried off: and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and lived in them.
1 Samuel 11 verses
- 1 Samuel 4:12 בִּנְיָמִן֙ n Proper There ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn, and with earth on his head.
- 1 Samuel 9:1 מִ/בִּנְיָמִ֗ין prep + n Proper Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.
- 1 Samuel 9:16 בִּנְיָמִ֗ן n Proper Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel; and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked on my people, because their cry is come to me.
- 1 Samuel 9:21 בִנְיָמִ֑ן n Proper Saul answered, Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? why then speak you to me after this manner?
- 1 Samuel 10:2 בִּנְיָמִ֖ן n Proper When you are departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will tell you, The donkeys which you went to seek are found; and, behold, your father has left off caring for the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
- 1 Samuel 10:20 בִּנְיָמִֽן n Proper So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
- 1 Samuel 10:21 בִּנְיָמִן֙ n Proper He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families; and the family of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the son of Kish was taken: but when they sought him, he could not be found.
- 1 Samuel 13:2 בִּנְיָמִ֑ין n Proper Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the Mount of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
- 1 Samuel 13:15 בִּנְיָמִ֑ן n Proper Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.
- 1 Samuel 13:16 בִּנְיָמִ֑ן n Proper Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present with them, abode in Geba of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
- 1 Samuel 14:16 בִּנְיָמִ֑ן n Proper The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went [here] and there.
2 Samuel 9 verses
- 2 Samuel 2:9 בִּנְיָמִ֔ן n Proper and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
- 2 Samuel 2:15 לְ/בִנְיָמִ֗ן prep + n Proper Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin, and for Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
- 2 Samuel 2:25 בִנְיָמִן֙ n Proper The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.
- 2 Samuel 2:31 מִ/בִּנְיָמִ֔ן prep + n Proper But the servants of David had struck of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, [so that] three hundred sixty men died.
- 2 Samuel 3:19 בִנְיָמִ֑ין בִּנְיָמִֽן n Proper n Proper Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to the whole house of Benjamin.
- 2 Samuel 4:2 בִנְיָמִ֑ן בִּנְיָמִֽן n Proper n Proper [Ish-bosheth], Saul's son, [had] two men who were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin:
- 2 Samuel 19:17 מִ/בִּנְיָמִן֒ prep + n Proper There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan in the presence of the king.
- 2 Samuel 21:14 בִּנְיָמִ֜ן n Proper They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. After that God was entreated for the land.
- 2 Samuel 23:29 בִנְיָמִֽן n Proper Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
1 Kings 4 verses
- 1 Kings 4:18 בְּ/בִנְיָמִֽן prep + n Proper Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
- 1 Kings 12:21 בִּנְיָמִ֗ן n Proper When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
- 1 Kings 12:23 וּ/בִנְיָמִ֑ין conj + n Proper Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying,
- 1 Kings 15:22 בִּנְיָמִ֖ן n Proper Then king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah; none was exempted: and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber of it, with which Baasha had built; and king Asa built therewith Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
1 Chronicles 16 verses
- 1 Chronicles 2:2 וּ/בִנְיָמִ֔ן conj + n Proper Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
- 1 Chronicles 6:60 בִנְיָמִ֗ן n Proper and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
- 1 Chronicles 6:65 בִנְיָמִ֑ן n Proper 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 7:6 בִּנְיָמִ֗ן n Proper [The sons of] Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
- 1 Chronicles 7:10 וּ֠/בִנְיָמִן conj + n Proper The sons of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
- 1 Chronicles 8:1 וּ/בִ֨נְיָמִ֔ן conj + n Proper Benjamin became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
- 1 Chronicles 8:40 בִנְיָמִֽן n Proper 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 בִנְיָמִ֑ן n Proper 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 בני/מן n c mp cs + prep 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.
- 1 Chronicles 9:7 בִּנְיָמִ֑ן n Proper Of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah,
- 1 Chronicles 11:31 בִנְיָמִ֔ן n Proper Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
- 1 Chronicles 12:2 מִ/בִּנְיָמִֽן prep + n Proper They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul's brothers of Benjamin.
- 1 Chronicles 12:16 בִנְיָמִן֙ n Proper There came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David.
- 1 Chronicles 12:29 בִנְיָמִ֛ן n Proper Of the children of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.
- 1 Chronicles 21:6 וּ/בִנְיָמִ֔ן conj + n Proper But he didn't count Levi and Benjamin among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
- 1 Chronicles 27:21 לְ/בִנְיָמִ֔ן prep + n Proper of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
2 Chronicles 14 verses
- 2 Chronicles 11:1 וּ/בִנְיָמִ֗ן conj + n Proper When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
- 2 Chronicles 11:3 וּ/בִנְיָמִ֖ן conj + n Proper Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
- 2 Chronicles 11:10 וּ/בְ/בִנְיָמִ֑ן conj + prep + n Proper and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.
- 2 Chronicles 11:12 וּ/בִנְיָמִֽן conj + n Proper In every city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
- 2 Chronicles 11:23 וּ/בִנְיָמִ֗ן conj + n Proper He dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city: and he gave them food in abundance. He sought [for them] many wives.
- 2 Chronicles 14:8 וּ/מִ/בִּנְיָמִ֗ן conj + prep + n Proper Asa had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.
- 2 Chronicles 15:2 וּ/בִנְיָמִ֑ן conj + n Proper and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear you me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
- 2 Chronicles 15:8 וּ/בִנְיָמִ֔ן conj + n Proper When Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of Yahweh, that was before the porch of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 15:9 וּ/בִנְיָמִ֔ן conj + n Proper He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Yahweh his God was with him.
- 2 Chronicles 17:17 בִּנְיָמִ֔ן n Proper Of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
- 2 Chronicles 25:5 וּ/בִנְיָמִ֑ן conj + n Proper Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers' houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, who could handle spear and shield.
- 2 Chronicles 31:1 וּ/בִנְיָמִ֛ן conj + n Proper Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke in pieces the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim, and broke down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
- 2 Chronicles 34:9 וּ/בִנְיָמִ֑ן conj + n Proper They came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 34:32 וּ/בִנְיָמִ֑ן conj + n Proper He caused all who were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand [to it]. The inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
Ezra 4 verses
- Ezra 1:5 וּ/בִנְיָמִ֔ן conj + n Proper Then rose up the heads of fathers' [houses] of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem.
- Ezra 4:1 וּ/בִנְיָמִ֑ן conj + n Proper Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to Yahweh, the God of Israel;
- Ezra 10:9 וּ/בִנְיָמִ֨ן conj + n Proper Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth [day] of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
- Ezra 10:32 בְּנְיָמִ֥ן n Proper Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.
Nehemiah 6 verses
- Nehemiah 3:23 בִּנְיָמִ֛ן n Proper After them repaired Benjamin and Hasshub over against their house. After them repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah beside his own house.
- Nehemiah 11:4 בִנְיָמִ֑ן n Proper In Jerusalem lived certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez;
- Nehemiah 11:7 בִנְיָמִ֑ן n Proper These are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the 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.
- Nehemiah 11:31 בִנְיָמִ֖ן n Proper The children of Benjamin also [lived] from Geba [onward], at Michmash and Aija, and at Bethel and the towns of it,
- Nehemiah 11:36 לְ/בִנְיָמִֽין prep + n Proper Of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah [were joined] to Benjamin.
- Nehemiah 12:34 וּ/בִנְיָמִ֔ן conj + n Proper Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
Psalms 2 verses
Jeremiah 10 verses
- Jeremiah 1:1 בִּנְיָמִֽן n Proper The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
- Jeremiah 6:1 בִניָמִ֗ן n Proper Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem; for evil looks forth from the north, and a great destruction.
- Jeremiah 17:26 בִּנְיָמִ֗ן n Proper They shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowland, and from the hill-country, and from the South, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meal-offerings, and frankincense, and bringing [sacrifices of] thanksgiving, to the house of Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 20:2 בִּנְיָמִן֙ n Proper Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 32:8 בִּנְיָמִ֗ין n Proper So Hanamel my uncle's son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Yahweh, and said to me, Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself. Then I knew that this was the word of Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 32:44 בִּנְיָמִ֜ן n Proper Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 33:13 בִּנְיָמִ֛ן n Proper In the cities of the hill-country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks again pass under the hands of him who numbers them, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 37:12 בִּנְיָמִ֑ן n Proper then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.
- Jeremiah 37:13 בִּנְיָמִ֗ן n Proper When he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are falling away to the Chaldeans.
- Jeremiah 38:7 בִּנְיָמִֽן n Proper Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),
Ezekiel 4 verses
- Ezekiel 48:22 בִּנְיָמִ֔ן n Proper Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, it shall be for the prince.
- Ezekiel 48:23 בִּנְיָמִ֥ן n Proper As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one [portion].
- Ezekiel 48:24 בִּנְיָמִ֗ן n Proper By the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon, one [portion].
- Ezekiel 48:32 בִּנְיָמִן֙ n Proper At the east side four thousand and five hundred [reeds], and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.
Hosea 1 verse
Obadiah 1 verse
Zechariah 1 verse
About this entry
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“Benjamin” is the headline sense of the Hebrew name בנימין (Binyâmîyn). First canonically at Genesis 35:18, it enters the text early. With 160 verses in 19 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. It concentrates in Judges, which alone accounts for 26% of its uses. The sections below give every occurrence and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H1144 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 →
- 160
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 160 distinct verses.
- 19 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 19 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #273
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 273 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 160 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Judges 42 verses 26%
- Genesis 16 verses 10%
- 1 Chronicles 16 verses 10%
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 160 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 89 verses · 56%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 42 verses · 26%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 29 verses · 18%
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).
- King James Version: Benjamin 147×, Benjamin's 3×, Against benjamin 2×
- American Standard Version: Benjamin 146×, Against benjamin 2×, Belongeth to benjamin 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Benjamin 114×, Benjamites 11×, Benjamite 5×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Benjamin 156×, Is to benjamin 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1144 across 161 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1144 across 160 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 8 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 H1144 across 139 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 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 28 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1144 across 161 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
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 3 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.
- 1. youngest son of Jacob, so called by him, but by Rachel, the mother, who died at Benjamin’s birth, called בֶּן־אוֹנִי (q.v.) Gn 35:18; own brother of Joseph Gn 35:24; 42:4; 43:29; 45:12; cf. 42:36; 45:15, 34 +; name of tribe of Benjamin Nu 1:11 Dt 27:12; 33:12 Ju 5:14 + 23 times Ju; 32 times S K Chr; Ho 5:8 Ez 48:23 Ob 19 ψ 68:28; 80:3; בְּנֵי בנימן (lit. Gn 46:21) of tribe Nu 1:36; 2:22; 7:60; 26:38, 41 Jos 18:20, 28 Ju 20:3, 14, 15, 18, 21, 23, 24, 28, 30, 31, 32, 36, 48; 21:13, 20, 23 2 S 2:25; 4:2; 23:29 1 Ch 8:40; 9:3, 7; 11:31; 12:17, 30 Ne 11:4, 7, 31 Je 6:1; Ju 21(×2) (but בני יהודה in ‖ Jos 15:63 cf. BuRS 7); explicitly מַטֵּה בִנְיָמִן Nu 1:37; 2:22; 13:9; 34:21 Jos 21:4 1 Ch 6:45 cf. Jos 21:17; מַטֵּה בְנֵי ב׳ Nu 10:24 Jos 18:11, 21 1 Ch 6:50; שֵׁבֶט ב׳ 1 S 10:20, 21 1 K 12:21; observe also כָּל־שִׁבְטֵי ב׳ Ju 20:12 cf. 1 S 9:21; אִישׁ בִּנְיָמִן Ju 20:41 1 S 4:12 cf. אִישׁ מִבִּן־יָ֯מִין 1 S 9:1; אֶרֶץ בִּנְיָמִן Ju 21:21 1 S 9:16 2 S 21:14 Je 1:1; 17:26; 32:44; 33:13; 37:12 cf. 32:8; גְּבוּל ב׳ 1 S 10:2 Ez 48:22 (del. Co) v 24; בֵּית בִּנְיָמִן 2 S 3:19; בֵּית יְהוּדָה וּב׳ 1 K 12:23 2 Ch 11:1; in name of a temple-gate שַׁעַר ב׳ הָעֶלְיוֹן Je 20:2 cf. 37:13; 38:7 Ez 48:32 Zc 14:10. e.g. Genesis 35:18
- 2. a son of Bilhan and great-grandson of Benjamin 1. 1 Ch 7:10. e.g. 1 Chronicles 7:10
- 3. a Jew of Ezra’s time Ezr 10:32 cf. Ne 3:23; 12:34—בנימן בני קרץ 1 Ch 9:4 Kt read with Qr בָּנִי מִן־בְּנֵי פ׳. e.g. Ezra 10:32
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
Gn 35:18 +; usually בִּנְיָמִן n.pr.m.166 (son of (the) right hand)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from בן (bên) (H1121) — son.
Forms in the corpus
The 69 distinct written forms H1144 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.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| בִנְיָמִ֖ן | Noun, Proper | Joshua 18:11 | 12 |
| בִנְיָמִ֑ן | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 6:65 | 11 |
| בִנְיָמִ֔ן | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 11:31 | 10 |
| בִּנְיָמִ֑ן | Noun, Proper | Genesis 43:15 | 9 |
| בִּנְיָמִ֗ן | Noun, Proper | Ezekiel 48:24 | 7 |
| בִּנְיָמִֽן | Noun, Proper | Genesis 44:12 | 7 |
| בִּנְיָמִן֙ | Noun, Proper | Ezekiel 48:32 | 7 |
| וּ/בִנְיָמִ֔ן | Noun, Proper | Ezra 1:5 | 7 |
| בִנְיָמִן֙ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 12:16 | 6 |
| בִּנְיָמִ֔ן | Noun, Proper | Ezekiel 48:22 | 5 |
| וּ/בִנְיָמִ֑ן | Noun, Proper | Ezra 4:1 | 5 |
| וּ/בִנְיָמִֽן | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 27:12 | 4 |
| בִנְיָמִֽן | Noun, Proper | Genesis 45:14 | 3 |
| בִּנְיָמִ֖ן | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 15:22 | 3 |
| בִּנְיָמִ֛ן | Noun, Proper | Genesis 43:34 | 3 |
| לְ/בִנְיָמִ֔ן | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 27:21 | 3 |
| מִ/בִּנְיָמִ֔ן | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 2:31 | 3 |
| בִנְיָמִ֑ין | Noun, Proper | Genesis 45:12 | 2 |
| בִנְיָמִ֗ן | Noun, Proper | Genesis 46:21 | 2 |
| בִנְיָמִ֛ן | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 12:29 | 2 |
| בִּנְיָמִ֑ין | Noun, Proper | Genesis 43:14 | 2 |
| בִּנְיָמִ֜ן | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 21:14 | 2 |
| בִּנְיָמִין֙ | Noun, Proper | Genesis 42:4 | 2 |
| וּ/בִנְיָמִ֖ן | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 11:3 | 2 |
| וּ/בִנְיָמִ֗ן | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 11:1 | 2 |
| לְ/בִנְיָמִ֑ן | Noun, Proper | Judges 21:15 | 2 |
| לְ/בִנְיָמִֽן | Noun, Proper | Judges 19:14 | 2 |
| בִנְיָמִ֖ין | Noun, Proper | Judges 5:14 | 1 |
| בִנְיָמִ֜ן | Noun, Proper | Judges 20:15 | 1 |
| בִנְיָמִ֥ן | Noun, Proper | Judges 20:28 | 1 |
| בִנְיָמִ֧ן | Noun, Proper | Joshua 18:20 | 1 |
| בִנְיָמִ֨ן | Noun, Proper | Judges 20:25 | 1 |
| בִנְיָמִֽין | Noun, Proper | Genesis 35:18 | 1 |
| בִנְיָמִן֮ | Noun, Proper | Numbers 26:38 | 1 |
| בִניָמִ֗ן | Noun, Proper | Jeremiah 6:1 | 1 |
| בְּ/בִנְיָמִֽן | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 4:18 | 1 |
| בְּ/בִנְיָמִן֙ | Noun, Proper | Judges 20:35 | 1 |
| בְּנְיָמִ֥ן | Noun, Proper | Ezra 10:32 | 1 |
| בִּנְיָמִ֗ין | Noun, Proper | Jeremiah 32:8 | 1 |
| בִּנְיָמִ֣ין | Noun, Proper | Genesis 43:29 | 1 |
| בִּנְיָמִ֣ן | Noun, Proper | Genesis 42:36 | 1 |
| בִּנְיָמִ֥ן | Noun, Proper | Ezekiel 48:23 | 1 |
| בִּנְיָמִ֨ן | Noun, Proper | Psalms 68:27 | 1 |
| בִּנְיָמִֽין | Noun, Proper | Hosea 5:8 | 1 |
| בִּנְיָמִין֒ | Noun, Proper | Genesis 43:16 | 1 |
| בִּנְיָמִן֮ | Noun, Proper | Judges 20:35 | 1 |
| בני/מן | Preposition | 1 Chronicles 9:4 | 1 |
| וּ/בְ/בִנְיָמִ֑ן | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 11:10 | 1 |
| וּ/בְ/בִנְיָמִ֖ין | Noun, Proper | Judges 10:9 | 1 |
| וּ/בְנְיָמִֽן | Noun, Proper | Exodus 1:3 | 1 |
| וּ/בִ֨נְיָמִ֔ן | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 8:1 | 1 |
| וּ/בִנְיָ֘מִ֤ן | Noun, Proper | Psalms 80:2 | 1 |
| וּ/בִנְיָמִ֑ין | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 12:23 | 1 |
| וּ/בִנְיָמִ֛ן | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 31:1 | 1 |
| וּ/בִנְיָמִ֡ן | Noun, Proper | Judges 20:39 | 1 |
| וּ/בִנְיָמִ֨ן | Noun, Proper | Ezra 10:9 | 1 |
| וּ/לְ/בִנְיָמִ֤ן | Noun, Proper | Genesis 45:22 | 1 |
| וּ/מִ/בִּנְיָמִ֗ן | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 14:8 | 1 |
| וּ֠/בִנְיָמִן | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 7:10 | 1 |
| לְ/בִ֨נְיָמִ֔ן | Noun, Proper | Numbers 1:11 | 1 |
The 60 most common forms are shown; 9 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H1144, 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
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- 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
- בנינו Bᵉnîynûw H1148 Beninu
- בןעמי Ben-ʻAmmîy H1151 Ben-ami
- Βενιαμιν Beniamín G958 Benjamin
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 20 — not the complete family. 16 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Benjamin). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
Son of my right hand. (1.) The younger son of Jacob by Rachel (Gen. 35:18). His birth took place at Ephrath, on the road between Bethel and Bethlehem, at a short distance from the latter place. His mother died in giving him birth, and with her last breath named him Ben-oni, son of my pain, a name which was changed by his father into Benjamin. His posterity are called Benjamites (Gen. 49:27; Deut. 33:12; Josh. 18:21).
The tribe of Benjamin at the Exodus was the smallest but one (Num. 1:36, 37; Ps. 68:27). During the march its place was along with Manasseh and Ephraim on the west of the tabernacle. At the entrance into Canaan it counted 45,600 warriors. It has been inferred by some from the words of Jacob (Gen. 49:27) that the figure of a wolf was on the tribal standard. This tribe is mentioned in Rom. 11:1; Phil. 3:5.
The inheritance of this tribe lay immediately to the south of that of Ephraim, and was about 26 miles in length and 12 in breadth. Its eastern boundary was the Jordan. Dan intervened between it and the Philistines. Its chief towns are named in Josh. 18:21-28.
The history of the tribe contains a sad record of a desolating civil war in which they were engaged with the other eleven tribes. By it they were almost exterminated (Judg. 20:20, 21; 21:10). (See GIBEAH.)
The first king of the Jews was Saul, a Benjamite. A close alliance was formed between this tribe and that of Judah in the time of David (2 Sam. 19:16, 17), which continued after his death (1 Kings 11:13; 12:20). After the Exile these two tribes formed the great body of the Jewish nation (Ezra 1:5; 10:9).
The tribe of Benjamin was famous for its archers (1 Sam. 20:20, 36; 2 Sam. 1:22; 1 Chr. 8:40; 12:2) and slingers (Judge. 20:6).
The gate of Benjamin, on the north side of Jerusalem (Jer. 37:13; 38:7; Zech. 14:10), was so called because it led in the direction of the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. It is called by Jeremiah (20:2) "the high gate of Benjamin;" also "the gate of the children of the people" (17:19). (Comp. 2 Kings 14:13.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(son of the right hand, fortunate).
+ The youngest of the children of Jacob. His birth took place on the road between Bethel and Bethlehem, near the latter, B.C. 1729. His mother, Rachel, died in the act of giving him birth, naming him with her last breath Ben-oni (son of my sorrow). This was by Jacob changed into Benjamin. (Genesis 35:16,18) Until the journeys of Jacob's sons and Jacob himself into Egypt we hear nothing of Benjamin. Nothing personal is known of him. Henceforward the history of Benjamin is the history of the tribe. + A man of the tribe of Benjamin, son of bilhan, and the head of a family of warriors. (1 Chronicles 7:10) + One of the "sons of Harim," an Israelite in the time of Ezra who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:32)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
son of the right hand
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 153 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 160 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 35:18
- Exodus 1:3
- Numbers 1:11
- Deuteronomy 27:12
- Joshua 18:11
- Judges 1:21
- 1 Samuel 4:12
- 2 Samuel 2:9
- 1 Kings 4:18
- 1 Chronicles 2:2
- 2 Chronicles 11:1
- Ezra 1:5
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.
