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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)
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1144 matches the Hebrew בִּנְיָמִין (binyāmîn),
which occurs 167 times in 160 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (1Ki 15:22–Jer 33:13)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:22 - Then King Asa caused an announcement to be heard throughout all Judah—none was exempt—and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had been building. And King Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin H1144 and Mizpah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:2 -

Dan, Joseph, Benjamin H1144, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60 -

from the tribe of Benjamin H1144:

Geba with its pasture lands, [fn]Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands.

All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:65 - They also gave by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah, the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and the tribe of the sons of Benjamin H1144, these cities which are mentioned here by name.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:6 -

The sons of Benjamin H1144: Bela and Becher and Jediael, three.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:10 -

The [fn]son of Jediael was Bilhan.

And the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin H1144, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:1 -

And Benjamin H1144 [fn]became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:40 -

The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons and grandsons, 150 of them.

All these were of the sons of Benjamin H1144.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:3 - And some of the sons of Judah, of the sons of Benjamin H1144 and of the sons of Ephraim and Manasseh lived in Jerusalem:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:4 -

Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, from the sons of Perez the son of Judah.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:7 -

From the sons of Benjamin H1144 were Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:31 -

Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin H1144,

Benaiah the Pirathonite,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:2 - They were equipped with bows, using both the right hand and the left to sling stones and to shoot arrows from the bow; they were Saul’s relatives from Benjamin H1144.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:16 -

Then some of the sons of Benjamin H1144 and Judah came to the stronghold to David.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:29 -

Of the sons of Benjamin H1144, Saul’s relatives, 3,000; for until now the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:6 - But he did not [fn]number Levi and Benjamin H1144 among them, for the king’s [fn]command was abominable to Joab.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:21 -

for the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah;

for Benjamin H1144, Jaasiel the son of Abner;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:1 -

Then Rehoboam came to Jerusalem and assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin H1144, 180,000 chosen men who could wage war, to fight against Israel to return the kingdom to Rehoboam.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:3 - “Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin H1144, saying,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:10 - Zorah, Aijalon and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin H1144.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:12 - And he put large shields and spears in every city and strengthened them greatly. So he held Judah and Benjamin H1144.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:23 - And he acted with discernment and distributed [fn]some of his sons through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin H1144 to all the fortified cities, and he gave them sustenance in abundance. And he sought a multitude of wives for them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8 - Now Asa had a military force of 300,000 from Judah, bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 from Benjamin H1144, bearing shields and wielding bows; all of them were mighty men of valor.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:2 - and he went out [fn]to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin H1144: Yahweh is with you when you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will be found; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:8 -

Now when Asa heard these words and the [fn]prophecy which Azariah the son of Oded the prophet spoke, he strengthened himself and took away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin H1144 and from the cities which he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then renewed the altar of Yahweh which was in front of the porch of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:9 - And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin H1144 and those from Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who sojourned with them, for many defected to him from Israel when they saw that Yahweh his God was with him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:17 -

and of Benjamin H1144, Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 equipped with bow and shield;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5 -

Moreover, Amaziah assembled Judah and appointed them according to their fathers’ households under commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds throughout Judah and Benjamin H1144; and he [fn]took a census of those from twenty years old and upward and found them to be 300,000 choice men, able to go out for military duty, able to handle spear and large shield.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 -

Now when all this was completed, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, shattered the pillars, cut the [fn]Asherim in pieces, and tore down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin H1144, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until the destruction was completed. Then all the sons of Israel returned to their cities, each to his possession.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:9 - And they came to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the [fn]doorkeepers, had gathered from the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah and Benjamin H1144 and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:32 - Moreover, he made all who were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin H1144 to stand with him. So the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:5 -

Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin H1144 and the priests and the Levites arose, that is of everyone whose spirit God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:1 -

Then the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin H1144 heard that the people of the exile were building a temple to Yahweh, the God of Israel,

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:9 -

So all the men of Judah and Benjamin H1144 gathered at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month on the twentieth of the month, and all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and the heavy rain.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:32 -

Benjamin H1144, Malluch and Shemariah;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:23 - After [fn]them Benjamin H1144 and Hasshub made repairs in front of their house. After [fn]them Azariah the son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:4 - And some of the sons of Judah and some of the sons of Benjamin H1144 lived in Jerusalem. From the sons of Judah:

Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, from the sons of Perez;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:7 -

Now these are the sons of Benjamin H1144:

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;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:31 -

The sons of Benjamin H1144 also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, at Bethel and its towns,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:36 -

From the Levites, some divisions in Judah belonged to Benjamin H1144.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:34 -

Judah, Benjamin H1144, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:27 -

There is Benjamin H1144, the [fn]youngest, [fn]having dominion over them,

The princes of Judah in their throng,

The princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:2 -

Before Ephraim and Benjamin H1144 and Manasseh, stir up Your might

And come to save us!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:1 -

The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin H1144,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1 -

“Flee for safety, O sons of Benjamin H1144,

From the midst of Jerusalem!

Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa

And raise a signal over [fn]Beth-haccerem,

For evil looks down from the north,

As well as great destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:26 - “And they will come in from the cities of Judah and from all around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin H1144, from the [fn]Shephelah, from the hill country, and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings, and frankincense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:2 - and Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet struck and put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin H1144 Gate, which was by the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:8 - “Then Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Yahweh and said to me, ‘Buy my field, please, that is at Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin H1144; for you have the legal judgment for possession, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:44 - ‘Men will buy fields for money, [fn]sign and seal deeds, and call in witnesses in the land of Benjamin H1144, in the surroundings of Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the [fn]Shephelah, and in the cities of the [fn]Negev; for I will [fn]return their [fn]fortunes,’ declares Yahweh.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:13 - ‘In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the [fn]Shephelah, in the cities of the Negev, in the land of Benjamin H1144, in the surroundings of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who numbers them,’ says Yahweh.

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