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Lexicon :: Strong's H1144 - binyāmîn

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בִּנְיָמִין
Transliteration
binyāmîn
Pronunciation
bin-yaw-mene'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 254a

Variant Spellings

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

Strong’s Definitions

בִּנְיָמִין Binyâmîyn, bin-yaw-mene'; from H1121 and H3225; son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory:—Benjamin.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 161x

The KJV translates Strong's H1144 in the following manner: Benjamin (161x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 161x
The KJV translates Strong's H1144 in the following manner: Benjamin (161x).

  1. Benjamin = "son of the right hand"

    1. Jacob's and Rachel's youngest son, Joseph's full brother

    2. son of Bilhan, great-grandson of Benjamin

    3. a Benjamite, one of the sons of Harim, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife

    4. the tribe descended from Benjamin, the son of Jacob

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בִּנְיָמִין Binyâmîyn, bin-yaw-mene'; from H1121 and H3225; son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory:—Benjamin.
STRONGS H1144: Abbreviations
בִּנְיָמִין Genesis 35:18 +; usually בִּנְיָמִן proper name, masculine166 (son of (the) right hand) —
1. youngest son of Jacob, so called by him, but by Rachel, the mother, who died at Benjamin's birth, called בֶּן־אוֺנִי (which see) Genesis 35:18; own brother of Joseph Genesis 35:24; Genesis 42:4; Genesis 43:29; Genesis 45:12; compare Genesis 42:36; Genesis 45:15; Genesis 45:34 +; name of tribe of Benjamin Numbers 1:11; Deuteronomy 27:12; Deuteronomy 33:12; Judges 5:14 + 23 times Judges; + 32 times Samuel Kings Chronicles; Hosea 5:8; Ezekiel 48:23; Obadiah 19; Psalm 68:28; Psalm 80:3; בְּנֵי בנימן (literal Genesis 46:21) of tribe Numbers 1:36; Numbers 2:22; Numbers 7:60; Numbers 26:38, 41; Joshua 18:20, 28; Judges 20:3, 14, 15, 18, 21, 23, 24, 28, 30, 31, 32, 36, 48; Judges 21:18, 20, 23; 2 Samuel 2:25; 2 Samuel 4:2; 2 Samuel 23:29; 1 Chronicles 8:40; 1 Chronicles 9:3, 7; 1 Chronicles 11:31; 1 Chronicles 12:17; 1 Chronicles 12:30; Nehemiah 11:4, 7, 31; Jeremiah 6:1; Judges 1:21 (twice in verse) (but בני יהודה in || Joshua 15:63 compare BuRS 7); explicitly מַטֵּה בִנְיָמִן Numbers 1:37; Numbers 2:22; Numbers 13:9; Numbers 34:21; Joshua 21:4; 1 Chronicles 6:45 compare Joshua 21:17; מַטֵּה בְנֵי ב׳ Numbers 10:24; Joshua 18:11, 21; 1 Chronicles 6:50; שֵׁבֶט ב׳ 1 Samuel 10:20, 21; 1 Kings 12:21; observe also כָּל־שִׁבְטֵי ב׳ Judges 20:12 compare 1 Samuel 9:21; אִישׁ בִּנְיָמִן Judges 20:41; 1 Samuel 4:12 compare אִישׁ מִבִּן־יָ֯מִין 1 Samuel 9:1; אֶרֶץ בִּנְיָמִן Judges 21:21; 1 Samuel 9:16; 2 Samuel 21:14; Jeremiah 1:1; Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:13; Jeremiah 37:12; compare Jeremiah 32:8; גְּבוּל ב׳ 1 Samuel 10:2; Ezekiel 48:22 (strike out Co) Ezekiel 48:24; בֵּית בִּנְיָמִן 2 Samuel 3:19; בֵּית יְהוּדָה וּב׳ 1 Kings 12:23; 2 Chronicles 11:1; in name of a temple-gate הָעֶלְיוֺן שַׁעַר ב׳ Jeremiah 20:2; compare Jeremiah 37:13; Jeremiah 38:7; Ezekiel 48:32; Zechariah 14:10.
†2. a son of Bilhan and great-grandson of Benjamin 1. 1 Chronicles 7:10.
†3. a Jew of Ezra's time Ezra 10:32 compare Nehemiah 3:23; Nehemiah 12:34. — בנימן בני פרץ 1 Chronicles 9:4 Kt read with Qr בָּנִי מִן־בְּנֵי פ׳.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

35:18; 35:18; 35:24; 42:4; 42:36; 43:29; 45:12; 45:15; 46:21

Numbers

1:11; 1:36; 1:37; 2:22; 2:22; 7:60; 10:24; 13:9; 26:38; 26:41; 34:21

Deuteronomy

27:12; 33:12

Joshua

15:63; 18:11; 18:20; 18:21; 18:28; 21:4; 21:17

Judges

1:21; 5:14; 20:3; 20:12; 20:14; 20:15; 20:18; 20:21; 20:23; 20:24; 20:28; 20:30; 20:31; 20:32; 20:36; 20:41; 20:48; 21:18; 21:20; 21:21; 21:23

1 Samuel

4:12; 9:1; 9:16; 9:21; 10:2; 10:20; 10:21

2 Samuel

2:25; 3:19; 4:2; 21:14; 23:29

1 Kings

12:21; 12:23

1 Chronicles

6:45; 6:50; 7:10; 8:40; 9:3; 9:4; 9:7; 11:31; 12:17; 12:30

2 Chronicles

11:1

Ezra

10:32

Nehemiah

3:23; 11:4; 11:7; 11:31; 12:34

Psalms

68:28; 80:3

Jeremiah

1:1; 6:1; 17:26; 20:2; 32:8; 32:44; 33:13; 37:12; 37:13; 38:7

Ezekiel

48:22; 48:23; 48:24; 48:32

Hosea

5:8

Obadiah

1:19

Zechariah

14:10

H1144

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Strong's Number H1144 matches the Hebrew בִּנְיָמִין (binyāmîn),
which occurs 45 times in 42 verses in 'Jdg' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:21 - But the sons of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 -

“From Ephraim those whose root is in Amalek came down,

After you, Benjamin, with your relatives;

From Machir came down commanders and rulers,

And from Zebulun those who [fn]handle the scepter of the [office of] scribe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9 - The Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was greatly distressed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:14 - So they passed by and went on their way, and the sun set on them near Gibeah, which belongs to [the tribe of] Benjamin,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:3 - (Now the Benjamites [in whose territory the crime was committed] heard that the [other tribes of the] sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the sons of Israel said, “How did this evil thing happen?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4 - So the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, replied, “I had come with my concubine to spend the night in Gibeah, [a town] which belongs to [the tribe of] Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10 - and we will take ten men out of a hundred throughout the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand to bring provisions for the men, so that when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, they may punish them for all the despicable acts which they have committed in Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:12 -

Then the tribes of Israel sent men through the entire tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this evil thing that has been done among you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:13 - “Now therefore, turn over the men [involved], the [fn]worthless and wicked men in Gibeah, so that we may put them to death and remove this wickedness from Israel.” But the Benjamites would not listen to the voice of their brothers, the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:14 - Then the [tribe of the] sons of Benjamin gathered from the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the [other] sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:15 - And the Benjamites assembled out of their cities at that time twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who assembled seven hundred chosen men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:17 -

Then the men of Israel, other than Benjamin, assembled four hundred thousand men who drew the sword; all of these were men of war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:18 -

The men of Israel arose and went up to [fn]Bethel and asked of God and said, “Which of us shall take the lead to battle against the sons [tribe] of Benjamin?” And the LORD said, “Judah [shall go up] first.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:20 - The men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin, and assembled in battle formation against them at Gibeah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:21 - The sons of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and struck to the ground on that day twenty-two thousand [fighting] men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:23 - The sons of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until evening, and asked of the LORD, “Shall we advance again to battle against the sons of our brother Benjamin?” And the LORD said, “Go up against them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:24 -

So the sons of Israel came against the sons of Benjamin the second day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:25 - And [the fighting men from the tribe of] Benjamin went out of Gibeah against them the second day and again struck to the ground the sons of Israel, eighteen thousand men, all of whom were swordsmen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:28 - and Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, ministered before it in those days), saying, “Shall I yet again go out to battle against the sons of my brother Benjamin, or shall I quit?” And the LORD said, “Go up, for tomorrow I will hand them over to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:30 - The [fighting men of the] sons of Israel went up against the sons of Benjamin on the third day and placed themselves in battle formation against Gibeah as at other times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:31 - The Benjamites went out against [fn]their army and were lured away from the city, and they began to strike and kill some of the people as at other times, on the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country, about thirty men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:32 - And the Benjamites said, “They are defeated before us, as at the first.” But the sons of Israel said, “Let us flee and lure them away from the city to the highways.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:35 - And the LORD struck down [the tribe of] Benjamin before Israel, so that the sons of Israel destroyed twenty-five thousand one hundred men of Benjamin that day, all of whom were swordsmen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:36

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So the Benjamites realized that they were defeated. Then men of Israel gave ground to the Benjamites, because they relied on the men in ambush whom they had placed against Gibeah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:39 - So the men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to strike and kill about thirty men of Israel, for they said, “Certainly they are defeated before us as in the first battle!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:40 - But when the [signal] cloud began to rise out of the city in a column of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and behold, the entire city went up in smoke to heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:41 - When the men of Israel turned back again, the men of Benjamin were terrified, for they saw that disaster had fallen upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43 - They surrounded [the men of] Benjamin, pursued them relentlessly, and overtook them opposite Gibeah toward the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:44 - Thus eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell, all of these brave and able warriors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:46 - So all of Benjamin who fell that day were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword, all of them brave and able warriors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:48 - The men of Israel turned back against [the tribe of] the sons of Benjamin and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city [of Gibeah] and the livestock and all that they found. They also set on fire all the [surrounding] towns which they found.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:1 -

Now the men of Israel had sworn [an oath] at Mizpah, “None of us shall give his daughter in marriage to [a man of] Benjamin.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:6 - And the sons of Israel felt sorry [and had compassion] for their brother Benjamin and said, “One tribe has been cut off from Israel today.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:13

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Then the whole congregation sent word to the [surviving] sons of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:14 - So [the survivors of] Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had kept alive from the women of Jabesh-gilead; but there were not enough [to provide wives] for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:15 - And the people were sorry [and had compassion] for [the survivors of the tribe of] Benjamin because the LORD had made a gap in the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:16

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Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those [men] who are left, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:17 - They said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be wiped out from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:18 - “But we cannot give them wives from our daughters.” For the sons of Israel had sworn [an oath], “Cursed is he who gives a wife to [a man from the tribe of] Benjamin.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:20 - So they instructed the sons of Benjamin, saying, “Go, set an ambush in the vineyards,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:21 - and watch; if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then you shall come out of the vineyards and each of you shall catch his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of [the tribe of] Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:23 - So the sons of [the tribe of] Benjamin did as instructed and took wives according to their number, from the dancers whom they carried away. Then they went and returned to their inheritance, and rebuilt the towns and lived in them.
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