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Lexicon :: Strong's H1121 - bēn

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בֵּן
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bēn
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bane
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 254

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The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: בן.

Strong’s Definitions

בֵּן bên, bane; from H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.):—afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, × in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, rebel, + robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, + spark, steward, + stranger, × surely, them of, + tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4,906x

The KJV translates Strong's H1121 in the following manner: son (2,978x), children (1,568x), old (135x), first (51x), man (20x), young (18x), young (with H1241) (17x), child (10x), stranger (10x), people (5x), miscellaneous (92x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4,906x
The KJV translates Strong's H1121 in the following manner: son (2,978x), children (1,568x), old (135x), first (51x), man (20x), young (18x), young (with H1241) (17x), child (10x), stranger (10x), people (5x), miscellaneous (92x).

  1. son, grandson, child, member of a group

    1. son, male child

    2. grandson

    3. children (pl. - male and female)

    4. youth, young men (pl.)

    5. young (of animals)

    6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

    7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

    8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

    9. a member of a guild, order, class

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֵּן bên, bane; from H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.):—afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, × in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, rebel, + robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, + spark, steward, + stranger, × surely, them of, + tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
STRONGS H1121: Abbreviations
בֵּן 4870 noun masculine son (MI Phoenician בן; so Sabean CISiv. No. 2, compare בני DHMSemitic Sprachforsch. 6; Arabic اِبْنً; Assyrian bin(u), LyonSargon 9, 1. 57; especially in bin-bin, grandson COTGloss, compare Dl below; Aramaic בַּר, Rfb, plural בְּנִין, Nycnb; compare Palmyrene, especially VogNo. 21. 31. 36a and others; possibly originally connected with בנה build, so Thes, compare Assyrian bânu, begetter (DlPr 104 & compare BaZMG 1887, 638 ff.); but all traces of this √ lost in Hebrew form; √ perhaps originally bilit (בִּן, בֵּן) *בַּן see Sta§ 183) — absolute בּ׳ Genesis 4:25 +; בֵּֽן־ Ezekiel 18:10; construct בֵּן Genesis 49:22 (twice in verse); בֶּן־ Genesis 5:32 +; בֶּן Esther 2:5; Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefix Genesis 17:17; Numbers 8:25; 1 Chronicles 27:23; 2 Chronicles 25:5; 31:16, 17; בְּנוֺ Numbers 23:18; Numbers 24:3, 15; בְּנִי Genesis 49:11; בִּן Deuteronomy 25:2; בִּן־ Exodus 33:11 + 32 times (29 times in combination בִּן־נוּן (ישׁוע, הושׁע) יהושׁע); suffix בְּנִי Genesis 21:10 +; בִּנְךָ Exodus 20:10 +; לִבֱנ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 7:3; 1 Kings 11:13; בְּנֵךְ Genesis 30:14 +; בְּנוֺ Genesis 4:17 +; בְּנָהּ Genesis 21:10 +; plural בָּנִים Genesis 3:16 +; construct בְּנֵי Genesis 6:2 +; suffix בָּנַי Genesis 31:43 +; בָּנֵינוּ Joshua 22:25 +; בְּנֵיכֶם Exodus 3:22 +, etc.; —
1. son, male child, born of a woman Genesis 4:25; Genesis 16:11, 15; Genesis 17:19 compare Genesis 17:16; Genesis 18:10, 14; Genesis 19:37, 38 —בֶּן־בִּטְנָהּ Isaiah 49:15; begotten by a man Genesis 5:4f; Genesis 5:28; Genesis 6:10; Genesis 11:11f. + often; || (בָּנוֺת) בַּת daughter Genesis 5:4, 7, 10f. Genesis 11:11, 13, 15f; Exodus 20:10; Deuteronomy 5:14; Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 16:14; 1 Samuel 30:3; 1 Samuel 30:6; Job 1:2; Job 42:13 +; of son as desired Genesis 30:2 (compare Genesis 15:2; Genesis 16:2; Genesis 17:17; Genesis 18:10f.; 1 Samuel 1:5-11) 2 Kings 4:14, 28; Psalm 127:3 +; rejoiced in Genesis 30:6 +; beloved Exodus 21:5; 2 Samuel 19:1; 2 Samuel 19:3; 2 Samuel 19:5; 1 Kings 3:26; cared for Deuteronomy 1:31; spared Malachi 3:17; disciplined & trained Deuteronomy 8:5; Proverbs 3:12; Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 29:17; owing reverence, obedience, etc. to parents Proverbs 6:20; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 13:1; בִּנְךָ בְּכוֺרְךָ thy first-born son Genesis 27:32; הַבֵּן הַבְּכֹר Deuteronomy 21:15 compare 1 Samuel 8:2; בְּנָהּ הַגָּדֹל her elder son Genesis 27:15, 42; בְּנוֺ הַגָּדֹל Genesis 27:1; בְּנָהּ הַקָּטָן her younger son Genesis 27:15, 42. In particular
a. בֶּן־אִמּוֺ son of his mother, i.e. own (uterine) brother Genesis 43:29, compare Genesis 27:29; Judges 8:19; Psalm 50:20; Psalm 69:9, & see אֵם; בְּנֵי אָבִיךָ sons of thy father = brethren Genesis 49:8 (poetry).
†b. בְּנֵי דֹדֵיהֶן = cousins Numbers 36:11.
c. בְּנִי my son, as term of kindliness or endearment, used by Eli to Samuel 1 Samuel 3:6, 16; compare 1 Samuel 4:16; 1 Samuel 24:17; 1 Samuel 26:17, 21, 25, see also Proverbs 1:8, 10; Proverbs 2:1 +; compare בִּנְךָ, used by Benhadad of himself to Elisha 2 Kings 8:9; by Ahaz to Tiglath-pileser 2 Kings 16:7; especially to express intimate and gracious relation with God: י׳ calls Israel בְּנִי בְכֹרִי Exodus 4:22 compare Exodus 4:23; Hosea 11:1, see also Psalm 80:16 (but compare Che); בָּנִים אַתֶּם ליהוה אלהיכם Deuteronomy 14:1; בְּנֵי עֶלְיוֺן Psalm 82:6 (|| אלהים); בְּנֵי אֵל־חָ֑י Hosea 2:1; compare further Deuteronomy 32:5 (plural) Deuteronomy 32:20 (plural) Isaiah 1:2, 4; Isaiah 30:1, 9; Jeremiah 3:14, 22; Jeremiah 4:22; Jeremiah 31:20; of future Davidic king 2 Samuel 7:14 = 1 Chronicles 17:13 compare Psalm 2:7; expressly referred to Solomon 1 Chronicles 22:10; 1 Chronicles 28:6; also of children (offered in fire) Ezekiel 16:21.
d. בְּנֵי האלהים applied to supernatural beings Genesis 6:2, 4; Job 1:6; Job 2:1; בְּנֵי אלהים Job 38:7; בְּנֵי אֵלִים Psalm 29:1 (on which compare Che's note) Psalm 89:7.
e. בֶּן־אָדָם son of man, compare בְּנֵי א׳, see אָדָם; בְּנֵי אִישׁ Psalm 4:3 & (|| בני אדם) Psalm 49:3; Psalm 62:10.
†f. בֶּן־בִּנְךָ = thy grandson Exodus 10:2; Deuteronomy 6:2; Judges 8:22 compare Jeremiah 27:7; plural Exodus 34:7; Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 4:25; Judges 12:14; 2 Kings 17:41; 2 Chronicles 8:40; Job 42:16; Psalm 128:6; Proverbs 13:22; Proverbs 17:6; Ezekiel 37:25; also בֵּן alone with similar reference Genesis 29:5 (Laban son of Nahor); Laban calls his daughters' children his own sons Genesis 31:28, 43; compare Genesis 32:1 [Genesis 31:55; so of Naomi Ruth 4:17; בְּנֵי רְבִעִים 2 Kings 10:30 sons of the fourth generation, and, in general, descendants Joshua 22:24, 25, 27 +; see also below i. below.
g. constantly, as more precise designation, added to personal name כָּלֵב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּה Numbers 14:30; Numbers 32:12; Numbers 34:19 +; יְהוֺשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן Numbers 11:28; Numbers 14:30; Numbers 32:12, 28; Numbers 34:17 +; יָרָבְעָם בֶּן־נְבָט 1 Kings 12:2, 15 +, etc.; also without personal name (often with implication of contempt) בֶּן־קִישׁ 1 Samuel 10:11; בֶּן־יִשַׁי 1 Samuel 20:27, 30, 31; 1 Samuel 22:7, 8, 9, 13; 1 Samuel 25:10; 2 Samuel 20:1; בְּנֵי צְרוּיָה 2 Samuel 16:10; בֶּן־רְמַלְיָהוּ Isaiah 7:4, 5, 9; Isaiah 8:16; בֶּן־טָֽבְאַ֑ל Isaiah 7:6; compare also בְּנֵי לֵוִי Numbers 16:7, 8.
h. designated as בֶּן־זְקֻנִים i.e. born in old age of father Genesis 37:3; opposed to בְּנֵי הַנְּעוּרִים sons of one's youth Psalm 127:4; also בֶּן־בֵּיתִי one born in my house Genesis 15:3 (i.e. slave) so בְּנֵי בַיִת Ecclesiastes 2:7.
i. in various combinations:
(α) as expression of contumely, בֶּן־ נַעֲוַת הַמַּרְדּוּת 1 Samuel 20:30; בֶּן־הַמְּרַצֵּחַ הַזֶּה 2 Kings 6:32 this son of a murderer; compare בְּנֵי־נָבָל Job 30:8; בְּנֵי בְלִי־שֵׁם ib.; בְּנֵי עֹנֲַנָה Isaiah 57:3 (|| זֶרַע מְנָאֵף); compare בֶּן־אִשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת Judges 11:2 (compare Judges 11:1);
(β) as term of respect, dignity, בֶּן־חוֺרִים son of nobles Ecclesiastes 10:17 (in Aramaic = free born); בֶּן־חֲכָמִים Isaiah 19:11; בֶּן־מַלְכֵי־קֶדֶם ib.; compare בֶּן־מֶלֶךְ Psalm 72:1 (|| מֶלֶךְ); בֶּן־אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 86:16 in addressing י׳ (|| עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ) & בְּנֵי־עֲבָדֶיךָ Psalm 102:29; of noble appearance בְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ Judges 8:18.
j. often plural with name of ancestor, people, land, or city, to denote descendants, inhabitants, membership in a nation or family, etc.:
(α) e.g. בְּנֵי־עֵבֶר Genesis 10:21; בְּנֵי־חֵת Genesis 23:3, 5, 7, 10 (twice in verse); Genesis 23:11, 16, 18, 20; Genesis 25:10; Genesis 49:32 (all P); (בְּנֵי־שֵׁת Numbers 24:17 see below 8); בְּנֵי־חֲמוֺר Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32; בְּנֵי עֵשָׂו Genesis 36:5, 15, 19; Deuteronomy 2:4, 8, 12, 22, 29; בְּנֵי שֵׂעִיר Genesis 36:20, 21; בֶּן־(בני)הִנֹּם Joshua 15:8 + (compare below גַּיְא); בְּנֵי לוֺט Deuteronomy 2:9, 19; Psalm 83:9; בְּנֵי־יוֺסֵף (literal Genesis 46:27; Genesis 48:8; 1 Chronicles 5:1) Numbers 1:32; Numbers 26:28, 37; Numbers 34:23; Numbers 36:5 (י׳ מַטֵּה ב׳) + 6 times Joshua, compare Psalm 77:16; even בְּנֵי חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מְנַשֶּׁה 1 Chronicles 5:23; בְּנֵי דָוַיד (literal 2 Samuel 8:18 = 1 Chronicles 18:17; 1 Chronicles 3:1, 9) 2 Chronicles 13:8; 23:3; 32:33; בְּנֵי אָסָף 2 Chronicles 29:13; Ezra 2:41; Ezra 3:8 + (see H623 אָסָף); בְּנֵי קֹרַח in titles of Psalm 42-49, 84, 85, 87, 88; especially
(β) בְּנֵי־עַמּוֺן (standing designation of people of Ammon) Genesis 19:38 + 81 times (compare עַמּוֺן & NöZMG 1886, 171 DrSm 66); בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב (literal Genesis 34:7, 13, 25, 27; Genesis 35:5, 22, 26; Genesis 49:2) 2 Kings 17:34; Psalm 105:6; Malachi 3:6 compare Psalm 77:16; & chiefly
(γ) בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל (literal Genesis 42:5; Genesis 45:21; Genesis 46:5; Exodus 1:1) Exodus 1:7 + 613 times, including Hexateuch + 427 (of which + 328 P, + 49 E, + 25 J, + 25 D), Judges + 61, Samuel Kings Chronicles + 73 (23 in reference to ancient history, + 10 in opposition to Judah); so also Vrss & variant reading sometimes for בֵּית יִשׂ׳, e.g. Joshua 21:43 + see Di, Ezekiel 3:1 + see Co; also the reverse Ezekiel 2:3 and elsewhere; note especially יִשְׂרָאֵל עַם בּ׳ Exodus 1:9; יִשְׂרָאֵל עַמִּי בּ׳ Exodus 3:10; Exodus 7:4; עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Exodus 16:1, 2, 9, 10; Exodus 17:1; Leviticus 16:5; Leviticus 19:2; Numbers 1:2, 53; Numbers 8:9, 20; Numbers 13:26; Numbers 15:25, 26; Numbers 17:6; Numbers 19:9; Numbers 25:6; Numbers 26:2; Numbers 31:12 (all P); יִשׂ׳ דֹּרוֺת ב׳ Judges 3:2; וְכָל־הָעָם יִשׂ׳ כָּל־ב׳ Judges 20:26; וּבְּנֵי הַלֵּוִי יִשׂ׳ ב׳ Nehemiah 10:40; also
(δ) בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה (literal Genesis 46:12; Genesis 26:19; 1 Chronicles 2:3, 10; 1 Chronicles 4:1) Numbers 1:26 + 18 times Numbers, Joshua, Judges 1:8, 9, 16 (so read also Judges 1:21; Judges 1:21 compare Joshua 15:53 & see below H1144 בנימן) 2 Samuel 1:18; 1 Chronicles 4:27 + 8 times Chronicles, Jeremiah 7:30 + 4 times Jeremiah; Hosea 2:2; Joel 4:6; Joel 4:8; Joel 4:19; Obadiah 12 (not in Kings, of Judah or of any other tribe, except בְּנֵי לֵוִי 1 Kings 12:31) including מַטֵּה בְּנֵי יהוּדָה Joshua 15:1, 20, 21; Joshua 21:1; 1 Chronicles 6:50; for usage with other tribes of Israel, see the articles; — but note
(ε) † בְּנֵי לֵוִי (literal Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16; Numbers 3:17; 1 Chronicles 5:27; 1 Chronicles 6:1; compare 1 Chronicles 23:6) Exodus 32:28; Numbers 3:15; Numbers 16:7, 8; Numbers 18:21; Joshua 21:10 (as including sons of Aaron etc.); כָּל־בְּנֵי לֵוִי Exodus 32:26; ל׳ כָּל־אַחֶיךָ ב׳ Numbers 16:10; ל׳ הַכֹּהֲנִים ב׳ Deuteronomy 21:5; Deuteronomy 31:9 compare 1 Kings 12:31 & Malachi 3:8; 1 Chronicles 23:24, 27; 1 Chronicles 24:20; Ezra 8:15 (distinguished from priests) Nehemiah 12:23; Ezekiel 40:46 (including בְּנֵי צָדוֺק the priests); also ל׳ מַחֲנוֺת ב׳ 1 Chronicles 9:18; בְּנֵי הַלֵּוִי 1 Chronicles 12:27; Nehemiah 10:40; בְּנֵי הַלְּוִיִם 1 Chronicles 15:15; 1 Chronicles 24:30 (compare also לֵוִי);
(ζ) בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן (literal Exodus 28:1, 40; 1 Chronicles 5:29; 1 Chronicles 24:1; often Aaron and his sons literal Exodus 27:21; Exodus 28:1, 4 +) Leviticus 3:5, 8, 13; Leviticus 6:7; Leviticus 6:11; Leviticus 7:10; Leviticus 7:83; Joshua 21:10; 1 Chronicles 6:35; 1 Chronicles 6:39; 1 Chronicles 6:42; 1 Chronicles 15:4 (+ Levites) 1 Chronicles 24:1; 1 Chronicles 24:31; Nehemiah 12:47; also הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי א׳ Leviticus 1:5, 8, 11; Leviticus 2:2; Leviticus 3:2; Numbers 3:8; Numbers 10:8 & Joshua 21:19; 2 Chronicles 31:19; compare 2 Chronicles 26:18; 29:21; 35:14 (twice in verse); בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן Leviticus 1:7; Joshua 21:4 (as subdivision of Levites) Joshua 21:13 compare Leviticus 7:34; אֶת־כֹּהֲנֵי יהוה אֶת־בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן וְהַלְּוִּיִּם 2 Chronicles 13:9 compare 2 Chronicles 13:10; once in singular הַכֹּהֵן בֶּן־אַהֲרֹן Nehemiah 10:39; see also below H175 אַהֲרֹן;
(η) † בְּנֵי צָדוֺק Ezekiel 40:26, 44:15 הכהנים הלוים בני צדוק; Ezekiel 48:11 הכהנים הַמְֿקֻדָּשׁ מנגי צדוק (Greek Version of the LXX Sm Co join מ of מבני to preceding word, making plural);
(θ) בְּנֵי with names of peoples, lands, and cities, בְּנֵי כֻּשִׁיִּים Amos 9:7; בְּנֵי מִצְרַיִם Ezekiel 16:26; בְּנֵי אַשּׁוּר Ezekiel 16:28; Ezekiel 23:7, 9, 12, 23; אֶדֶץ הַבְּרִית ב׳ Ezekiel 30:5 (Co strike out ארץ); בָּבֶל ב׳ Ezekiel 23:15. Ezekiel 23:17, 28; יְרוּשָׁלַם ב׳ Joel 4:6; צִיּוֺן ב׳ Joel 2:23; Lamentations 4:2; Psalm 149:2 (compare Zechariah 9:13). See further
(ι) בְּנֵי עַמֶּ֑ךָ Leviticus 19:18; compare Leviticus 20:17; Numbers 22:5; Judges 14:16, 17; Ezekiel 3:11; Ezekiel 33:2, 12, 17, 30; Ezekiel 37:18; Daniel 12:1 בְּנֵי פָּרִיצֵי עַמְּךָ Daniel 11:14;
(κ) קֶבֶר בְּנֵי הָעָם 2 Kings 23:6; 2 Chronicles 35:5, 7, 12; קִבְרֵי בְּנֵי הָעָם Jeremiah 26:23;
(λ) בְּנֵי־קֶדֶם Genesis 29:1; Judges 7:12; Judges 8:10; 1 Kings 5:10; Job 1:3; Isaiah 11:14; Jeremiah 49:28; Ezekiel 25:4, 10;
† (μ) בְּנֵי הַמְּדִינָה Ezra 2:1 = Nehemiah 7:6;
(ν) of bulls, בְּנֵי בָשָׁן Deuteronomy 32:14 (song) compare KloSK 1872. 254 Di.
2. children (male and female) Genesis 3:16; Genesis 21:7; Exodus 21:5; Exodus 22:23; hence בְּנֵי מְנַשֶּׁה הַזְכָּרִים Joshua 17:2 male children, בֵּן זָכָר Jeremiah 20:15.
3. youth, young men (plural) Proverbs 7:7; Songs 2:3.
4. the young of animals Leviticus 22:28 (שׁוֺר אוֺ שֶׂה) compare Deuteronomy 22:6, 7; 1 Samuel 6:7, 10; Zechariah 9:9; Job 4:11; Job 28:8; Job 39:4, 16; — בֶּן־בָּקָר etc. see below 7b below.
5. of plant-shoots פֹּרָת בֵּן Genesis 49:22 (twice in verse); also בֵּן Psalm 80:16 ? (|| כַּנָּה; see Chetransl. & critical note)
6. figurative of lifeless things, בְּנֵי רֶשֶׁף sparks Job 5:7; stars עַיִשׁ עַל־בָּנֶיהָ Job 38:32; arrows בֶּן־קָ֑שֶׁת Job 41:2; בְּנֵי אַשְׁפָּתוֹ Lamentations 3:13; compare בֶּן־גָּרְנִי i.e. corn of my threshing-floor Isaiah 21:10.
7.
a. member of a guild, order or class, † בְּנֵי הַנְּבִיאִים i.e. those belonging to the prophetic order 1 Kings 20:35; 2 Kings 2:3, 5, 7, 15; 2 Kings 4:1, 38 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 5:22; 2 Kings 6:1; 2 Kings 9:1 (Hoffm RSProph, 85, 388, Ki 15 f.; ZehnpfBAS i, 355 compare Assyrian mâr šipri (šiprâtum), son of a messenger = messenger, and explains from the son's succeeding to father's calling) & בֶּן־נָבִיא Amos 7:14; probably also בְּנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים 1 Chronicles 9:30; Ezra 2:61; Ezra 10:18; בְּנֵי הַשֹּׁעֲרִים Ezra 2:42; compare בְּנֵי הַגְּדוּד 2 Chronicles 25:13 men of the troop, see Palmyrene בנישירתא men of the caravan VogNo, 4 and others; also בְּנֵי הַגּוֺלָה = exiles Ezra 4:1; Ezra 6:19, 20; Ezra 8:35; Ezra 10:7, 16 (see H1473 גולה): further, in בֶּן־נֵכָר = foreigner (only P, poetry, & late) Genesis 17:12, 27; Exodus 12:43; Leviticus 22:25; Ezekiel 44:9 (twice in verse); ־הַנּ׳ ב׳ Isaiah 56:3; בְּנֵיִ־נֵכָר 2 Samuel 22:45, 46 = Psalm 18:45; Psalm 18:46; Nehemiah 9:2; Isaiah 60:10; Isaiah 61:5; Isaiah 62:8; Ezekiel 44:7; Psalm 144:7; Psalm 144:11, בְּנֵי־הַנּ׳ Isaiah 56:6; also בְּנֵי הַתּוֺשָׁבִּים הַגָּרִים עִמָּכֶם Leviticus 25:4, 5.
b. of animals, בֶּן־בָּקָר son of (the) herd, i.e. young one of the herd, בָּקָר וּבְנֵי בָקָר 1 Samuel 14:32 compare עֵגֶל בֶּן־בָּקָר Leviticus 9:2 (P); then, in general, one of the herd: fit for food Genesis 18:7, 8 (J), for sacrifice Numbers 15:8, 9 (P); בן־הַב׳ only Leviticus 12:6 (P); especially פַּר בֶּן־בָּקָר Exodus 29:1; Leviticus 4:3, 14; Leviticus 16:3; Leviticus 23:18; Numbers 7:15 + 16 times Numbers (all P) + 2 Chronicles 13:9; Ezekiel 43:19, 23, 25; Ezekiel 45:18; Ezekiel 46:6; פָּרִים בְּנֵי בָּקָר Numbers 28:11, 19, 27; Numbers 29:13, 17 (P); also בְּנִי אֲתֹנוֺ Genesis 49:11 (poem, J; || עִירֹה); בְּנֵי־צֹאן Psalm 114:4; Psalm 114:6; בֶּן־רְאֵמִים Psalm 29:6; בְָּנֵי הָרַמָּכִים Esther 8:10; בְּנֵי (הַ)יּוֺנָה Leviticus 1:14 + 7 times Lev + Numbers 6:10 compare בֶּן־יוֺנָה Leviticus 12:6 (all P); בְּנֵי־ נָ֑שֶׁר Proverbs 30:17; בְּנֵי עֹרֵב Psalm 147:9.
8. ב׳ as relative noun followed by word of quality, characteristic, etc. especially
† (α) בֶּן־(בני)חַיִל = mighty man 1 Samuel 14:52; 1 Samuel 18:17; 2 Samuel 2:7; 2 Samuel 13:28; 2 Samuel 17:10 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 1:52 + 7 times Chronicles; אֲנָשִׁים בני ח׳ Judges 18:2; 2 Kings 2:16; אֶלֶף אִישׁ מִבְּנֵי הֶחָ֑יִל Judges 21:10;
† (β) בְּנֵי עַוְלָה wicked men 2 Samuel 3:34; 2 Samuel 7:10; 1 Chronicles 17:9; Hosea 10:9; בֶּן־ע׳ Psalm 89:23 (for בני בליעל see H1100 בליעל);
† (γ) בְּנֵי מֶ֑רִי rebels Numbers 17:25 (compare בַּיִת);
† (δ) בְּנֵי הַתַּעֲרֻבוֺת sons of pledges = hostages 2 Kings 14:14 2 Chronicles 25:24;
† (ε) בְּנֵי מָוֶת i.e. those deserving of death 1 Samuel 26:16; so בֶּן־מות 2 Samuel 12:5; בְּנֵי תְמוּתָה appointed or exposed to death Psalm 79:11; Psalm 102:21; compare
† (ζ) בִּן הַכּוֺת one worthy of smiting Deuteronomy 25:2;
† (η) בְּנֵי עֹ֑נִי Proverbs 31:5;
† (θ) בְּנֵי חֲלוֺף Proverbs 31:8;
† (ι) בְּנֵי שָׁאוֺן Jeremiah 48:45 = tumultuous ones; so also (= שֵׁאת) בְּנֵי שֵׁת Numbers 24:17 compare RV Di and others;
† (κ) כְּנֵי הַיִּצְהָר Zechariah 4:14 i.e. anointed ones;
† (λ) בֶּן־מֶשֶׁק Genesis 15:2 son of possession, i.e. heir;
† (μ) הֵילֵל בֶּן־שָׁ֑חַר Isaiah 14:12 son of dawn;
† (ν) of animals בְּנֵיִ שָׁ֑הַץ i.e. proud beasts Job 28:8; Job 41:26;
(ξ) of Jonah's gourd בִּן־לַיְלָה Jonah 4:10 (twice in verse);
† (ο) of a fertile hill קֶרֶן בֶּן־שֶׁמֶן Isaiah 5:1.
9. noun relative of age:
a. of men, וַיְהִי נֹחַ בֶּן־הֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 5:32; compare Genesis 7:6 + 71 times P; Genesis 50:26; Joshua 14:7. Joshua 14:10; Joshua 24:29 (all E); Numbers 32:11 (J), Deuteronomy 31:2; also Judges 2:8; 1 Samuel 4:15; 2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 19:33; 2 Samuel 19:36; 1 Chronicles 2:21; 1 Chronicles 23:3, 24, 27; 1 Chronicles 27:3; 2 Chronicles 24:15; 25:5; 31:16, 17; Ezra 3:8; Isaiah 65:20 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 52:1; + 41 times Samuel Kings Chronicles, of kings of accession; note especially (included in above) the phrase מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמָ֑עְלָה Exodus 30:14; Exodus 38:26; Numbers 1:3 + 21 times Numbers 1-3 + Numbers 26:2, 4; Numbers 32:11; 1 Chronicles 23:24, 27; 2 Chronicles 25:5; Ezra 3:8; compare Leviticus 27:7; Numbers 8:24; Numbers 26:62; 1 Chronicles 23:3 & without מעלה Numbers 8:25; Numbers 18:16; also מִבֶּן עשׂרים שׁנה וְעַד בֶּן־שִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה Leviticus 27:3 compare Leviticus 27:5; Leviticus 27:6; מִבֶּן שׁלשׁים שׁנה ומעלה ועד בן־חמשׁים שׁנה Numbers 4:3 (twice in verse) + 12 times Numbers 4; מבּן שׁלושׁ שׁנים וּלְמַ֫עְלָה 2 Chronicles 31:16 compare 2 Chronicles 31:17; & לְמִבֶּן עשׂרים שׁנה וּלְמָ֑טָּה 1 Chronicles 27:23.
b. of animals, (Hexateuch all P, including H) בֶּן־שָׁנָה Exodus 12:5; Exodus 29:38; Leviticus 9:3; Leviticus 23:18, 19; Numbers 7:17 + 28 times Numbers 7, 28, 29; also Micah 6:6; בֶּן־שְׁנָתוֺ Leviticus 12:6; Leviticus 23:12; Numbers 6:12, 14 + 12 times Numbers 7; also Ezekiel 46:13.
Note. — בן appears perhaps abbreviated as בּ in a few compound proper names; see H920 בִּדְקַר (= בֶּן־דקר ?), בִּלְשָׁן, בִּמְהָל, בַּעֲלִיס, בַּעֲנָה, בִּרְשַׁע, בִּשְׁלָם (so MV after Schol. Hamâsa3ed. Freytag; Röde libr, hist, interpr, Arab, 20, 21; but this is very uncertain, compare Ol§ 227 b, p. 613). — On Lag's explanation of אבי in some proper names as for אבן = בן compare LagBN 75 & see אבינר p. 4, etc., but this is dubious.

בְּנוֺ 1 Chronicles 24:26, 27 as proper name, masculine in AV RV, but render: the sons of Jaaziah his son, & the sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son, compare VB & Be Öttli.
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Genesis

3:16; 3:16; 4:17; 4:25; 4:25; 5:4; 5:4; 5:7; 5:10; 5:28; 5:32; 5:32; 6:2; 6:2; 6:4; 6:10; 7:6; 10:21; 11:11; 11:11; 11:13; 11:15; 15:2; 15:2; 15:3; 16:2; 16:11; 16:15; 17:12; 17:16; 17:17; 17:17; 17:19; 17:27; 18:7; 18:8; 18:10; 18:10; 18:14; 19:37; 19:38; 19:38; 21:7; 21:10; 21:10; 23:3; 23:5; 23:7; 23:10; 23:11; 23:16; 23:18; 23:20; 25:10; 26:19; 27:1; 27:15; 27:15; 27:29; 27:32; 27:42; 27:42; 29:1; 29:5; 30:2; 30:6; 30:14; 31:28; 31:43; 31:43; 31:55; 33:19; 34:7; 34:13; 34:25; 34:27; 35:5; 35:22; 35:26; 36:5; 36:15; 36:19; 36:20; 36:21; 37:3; 42:5; 43:29; 45:21; 46:5; 46:11; 46:12; 46:27; 48:8; 49:2; 49:8; 49:11; 49:11; 49:22; 49:22; 49:32; 50:26

Exodus

1:1; 1:7; 1:9; 3:10; 3:22; 4:22; 4:23; 6:16; 7:4; 10:2; 12:5; 12:43; 16:1; 16:2; 16:9; 16:10; 17:1; 20:10; 20:10; 21:5; 21:5; 22:23; 27:21; 28:1; 28:1; 28:4; 28:40; 29:1; 29:38; 30:14; 32:26; 32:28; 33:11; 34:7; 38:26

Leviticus

1:5; 1:7; 1:8; 1:11; 1:14; 2:2; 3:2; 3:5; 3:8; 3:13; 4:3; 4:14; 6:7; 6:11; 7:10; 7:34; 9:2; 9:3; 12:6; 12:6; 12:6; 16:3; 16:5; 19:2; 19:18; 20:17; 22:25; 22:28; 23:12; 23:18; 23:18; 23:19; 25:4; 25:5; 27:3; 27:5; 27:6; 27:7

Numbers

1; 1:2; 1:3; 1:26; 1:32; 1:53; 2; 3; 3:8; 3:15; 3:17; 4; 4:3; 6:10; 6:12; 6:14; 7; 7; 7:15; 7:17; 7:28; 7:29; 8:9; 8:20; 8:24; 8:25; 8:25; 10:8; 11:28; 13:26; 14:30; 14:30; 15:8; 15:9; 15:25; 15:26; 16:7; 16:7; 16:8; 16:8; 16:10; 17:6; 18:16; 18:21; 19:9; 22:5; 23:18; 24:3; 24:15; 24:17; 24:17; 25:6; 26:2; 26:2; 26:4; 26:28; 26:37; 26:62; 28:11; 28:19; 28:27; 29:13; 29:17; 31:12; 32:11; 32:11; 32:12; 32:12; 32:28; 34:17; 34:19; 34:23; 36:5; 36:11

Deuteronomy

1:31; 2:4; 2:8; 2:9; 2:12; 2:19; 2:22; 2:29; 4:9; 4:25; 5:14; 6:2; 7:3; 8:5; 14:1; 16:11; 16:14; 21:5; 21:15; 22:6; 22:7; 25:2; 25:2; 31:2; 31:9; 32:5; 32:14; 32:20

Joshua

14:7; 14:10; 15:1; 15:8; 15:20; 15:21; 15:53; 17:2; 21:1; 21:4; 21:10; 21:10; 21:13; 21:19; 21:43; 22:24; 22:25; 22:25; 22:27; 24:29; 24:32

Judges

1:8; 1:9; 1:16; 1:21; 1:21; 2:8; 3:2; 7:12; 8:10; 8:18; 8:19; 8:22; 11:1; 11:2; 12:14; 14:16; 14:17; 18:2; 20:26; 21:10

Ruth

4:17

1 Samuel

1:5; 1:6; 1:7; 1:8; 1:9; 1:10; 1:11; 3:6; 3:16; 4:15; 4:16; 6:7; 6:10; 8:2; 10:11; 14:32; 14:52; 18:17; 20:27; 20:30; 20:30; 20:31; 22:7; 22:8; 22:9; 22:13; 24:17; 25:10; 26:16; 26:17; 26:21; 26:25; 30:3; 30:6

2 Samuel

1:18; 2:7; 3:34; 4:4; 7:10; 7:14; 8:18; 12:5; 13:28; 16:10; 17:10; 19:1; 19:3; 19:5; 19:33; 19:36; 20:1; 22:45; 22:46

1 Kings

1:52; 3:26; 5:10; 11:13; 12:2; 12:15; 12:31; 12:31; 20:35

2 Kings

2:3; 2:5; 2:7; 2:15; 2:16; 4:1; 4:14; 4:28; 4:38; 5:22; 6:1; 6:32; 8:9; 9:1; 10:30; 14:14; 16:7; 17:34; 17:41; 23:6

1 Chronicles

2:3; 2:10; 2:21; 3:1; 3:9; 4:1; 4:27; 5:1; 5:23; 6:1; 6:35; 6:39; 6:42; 6:50; 9:18; 9:30; 12:27; 15:4; 15:15; 17:9; 17:13; 18:17; 22:10; 23:3; 23:3; 23:6; 23:24; 23:24; 23:24; 23:27; 23:27; 23:27; 24:1; 24:1; 24:20; 24:26; 24:27; 24:30; 24:31; 27:3; 27:23; 27:23; 28:6

2 Chronicles

13:8; 13:9; 13:9; 13:10; 23:3; 24:15; 25:5; 25:5; 25:5; 25:13; 25:24; 26:18; 29:13; 29:21; 31:16; 31:16; 31:16; 31:17; 31:17; 31:17; 31:19; 32:33; 35:5; 35:7; 35:12; 35:14

Ezra

2:1; 2:41; 2:42; 2:61; 3:8; 3:8; 3:8; 4:1; 6:19; 6:20; 8:15; 8:35; 10:7; 10:16; 10:18

Nehemiah

6:18; 7:6; 9:2; 10:39; 12:23; 12:47

Esther

2:5; 8:10

Job

1:2; 1:3; 1:6; 2:1; 4:11; 5:7; 28:8; 28:8; 30:8; 38:7; 38:32; 39:4; 39:16; 41:2; 41:26; 42:13; 42:16

Psalms

2:7; 4:3; 18:45; 18:46; 29:1; 29:6; 49:3; 50:20; 62:10; 69:9; 72:1; 77:16; 77:16; 79:11; 80:16; 80:16; 82:6; 83:9; 86:16; 89:7; 89:23; 102:21; 105:6; 114:4; 114:6; 127:3; 127:4; 128:6; 144:7; 144:11; 147:9; 149:2

Proverbs

1:8; 1:10; 2:1; 3:12; 6:20; 7:7; 10:1; 13:1; 13:22; 13:24; 17:6; 19:18; 29:17; 30:17; 31:5; 31:8

Ecclesiastes

2:7; 10:17

Song of Songs

2:3

Isaiah

1:2; 1:4; 5:1; 7:4; 7:5; 7:6; 7:9; 8:16; 11:14; 14:12; 19:11; 21:10; 30:1; 30:9; 49:15; 56:3; 56:6; 57:3; 60:10; 61:5; 62:8; 65:20

Jeremiah

3:14; 3:22; 4:22; 7:30; 20:15; 26:23; 27:7; 31:20; 48:45; 49:28; 52:1

Lamentations

3:13; 4:2

Ezekiel

2:3; 3:1; 3:11; 16:21; 16:26; 16:28; 18:10; 23:7; 23:9; 23:12; 23:15; 23:17; 23:23; 23:28; 25:4; 25:10; 30:5; 33:2; 33:12; 33:17; 33:30; 37:18; 37:25; 40:26; 40:46; 43:19; 43:23; 43:25; 44:7; 44:9; 44:15; 45:18; 46:6; 46:13; 48:11

Daniel

11:14; 12:1

Hosea

2:1; 2:2; 10:9; 11:1

Joel

2:23

Amos

7:14; 9:7

Obadiah

1:12

Jonah

4:10

Micah

6:6

Zechariah

4:14; 9:9; 9:13

Malachi

3:6; 3:8; 3:17

H1121

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Strong's Number H1121 matches the Hebrew בֵּן (bēn),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in 'Ecc' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:1 - The words of the Preacher, the son H1121 of David, king in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13 - And I set my [fn]mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is [fn]a grievous task which God has given to the sons H1121 of men to be afflicted with.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I explored with my [fn]mind how to stimulate my body with wine while my [fn]mind was guiding me wisely, and how to take hold of folly, until I could see what good there is for the sons H1121 of men [fn]to do under heaven the few [fn]years of their lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:7 - I bought male and female slaves and I had [fn]homeborn H1121 slaves. H1121 Also I possessed flocks and herds larger than all who preceded me in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:8 - Also, I collected for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male and female singers and the pleasures of men H1121—many concubines.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:10 - I have seen the task which God has given the sons H1121 of men with which to occupy themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:18 - I said [fn]to myself concerning the sons H1121 of men, “God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - For the fate of the sons H1121 of men and the fate of beasts [fn]is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is [fn]vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:21 - Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There was a certain man without a [fn]dependent, having neither a son H1121 nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, “And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:14 - When those riches were lost through [fn]a bad investment and he had fathered a son, H1121 then there was nothing [fn]to support him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:11 - Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons H1121 of men among them are given fully to do evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:3 - This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for all men. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons H1121 of men are full of evil and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - Moreover, man does not know his time: like fish caught in a treacherous net and birds trapped in a snare, so the sons H1121 of men are ensnared at an evil time when it suddenly falls on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:17 - Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility H1121 and whose princes eat at the appropriate time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:12 - But beyond this, my son, H1121 be warned: the [fn]writing of many books is endless, and excessive devotion to books is wearying to the body.
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