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Lexicon :: Strong's H1121 - bēn

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בֵּן
Transliteration
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, 38בֶּן־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;
† (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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1121 matches the Hebrew בֵּן (bēn),
which occurs 36 times in 33 verses in 'Job' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:2 - And there were born H3205 unto him seven H7651 sons H1121 and three H7969 daughters. H1323
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - His substance H4735 also was seven H7651 thousand H505 sheep, H6629 and three H7969 thousand H505 camels, H1581 and five H2568 hundred H3967 yoke H6776 of oxen, H1241 and five H2568 hundred H3967 she asses, H860 and a very H3966 great H7227 household; H5657 so that this man H376 was the greatest H1419 of all the men H1121 of the east. H6924
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:4 - And his sons H1121 went H1980 and feasted H4960 H6213 in their houses, H1004 every one H376 his day; H3117 and sent H7971 and called H7121 for their three H7969 sisters H269 to eat H398 and to drink H8354 with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - And it was so, when the days H3117 of their feasting H4960 were gone about, H5362 that Job H347 sent H7971 and sanctified H6942 them, and rose up early H7925 in the morning, H1242 and offered H5927 burnt offerings H5930 according to the number H4557 of them all: for Job H347 said, H559 It may be H194 that my sons H1121 have sinned, H2398 and cursed H1288 God H430 in their hearts. H3824 Thus did H6213 Job H347 continually. H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:6 - Now there was a day H3117 when the sons H1121 of God H430 came H935 to present H3320 themselves before the LORD, H3068 and Satan H7854 came H935 also among H8432 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:13 - And there was a day H3117 when his sons H1121 and his daughters H1323 were eating H398 and drinking H8354 wine H3196 in their eldest H1060 brother's H251 house: H1004
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:18 - While he was yet speaking, H1696 there came H935 also another, and said, H559 Thy sons H1121 and thy daughters H1323 were eating H398 and drinking H8354 wine H3196 in their eldest H1060 brother's H251 house: H1004
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:1 - Again there was a day H3117 when the sons H1121 of God H430 came H935 to present H3320 themselves before the LORD, H3068 and Satan H7854 came H935 also among H8432 them to present H3320 himself before the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:11 - The old lion H3918 perisheth H6 for lack H1097 of prey, H2964 and the stout lion's H3833 whelps H1121 are scattered abroad. H6504
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:4 - His children H1121 are far H7368 from safety, H3468 and they are crushed H1792 in the gate, H8179 neither is there any to deliver H5337 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7 - Yet man H120 is born H3205 unto trouble, H5999 as the sparks H1121 H7565 fly H5774 upward. H1361
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:4 - If thy children H1121 have sinned H2398 against him, and he have cast them away H7971 for H3027 their transgression; H6588
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:21 - His sons H1121 come to honour, H3513 and he knoweth H3045 it not; and they are brought low, H6819 but he perceiveth H995 it not of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:21 - O that one might plead H3198 for a man H1397 with God, H433 as a man H120 pleadeth for his neighbour! H1121 H7453
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:5 - He that speaketh H5046 flattery H2506 to his friends, H7453 even the eyes H5869 of his children H1121 shall fail. H3615
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:17 - My breath H7307 is strange H2114 to my wife, H802 though I intreated H2589 for the children's H1121 sake of mine own body. H990
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:10 - His children H1121 shall seek to please H7521 the poor, H1800 and his hands H3027 shall restore H7725 their goods. H202
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:19 - God H433 layeth up H6845 his iniquity H205 for his children: H1121 he rewardeth H7999 him, and he shall know H3045 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:6 - How much less man, H582 that is a worm? H7415 and the son H1121 of man, H120 which is a worm? H8438
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:14 - If his children H1121 be multiplied, H7235 it is for H3926 the sword: H2719 and his offspring H6631 shall not be satisfied H7646 with bread. H3899
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:8 - The lion's H7830 whelps H1121 have not trodden H1869 it, nor the fierce lion H7826 passed H5710 by it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:8 - They were children H1121 of fools, H5036 yea, children H1121 of base men: H8034 they were viler H5217 than the earth. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:2 - Then was kindled H2734 the wrath H639 of Elihu H453 the son H1121 of Barachel H1292 the Buzite, H940 of the kindred H4940 of Ram: H7410 against Job H347 was his wrath H639 kindled, H2734 because he justified H6663 himself H5315 rather than God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:6 - And Elihu H453 the son H1121 of Barachel H1292 the Buzite H940 answered H6030 and said, H559 I am young, H6810 H3117 and ye are very old; H3453 wherefore I was afraid, H2119 and durst H3372 not shew H2331 you mine opinion. H1843
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:8 - Thy wickedness H7562 may hurt a man H376 as thou art; and thy righteousness H6666 may profit the son H1121 of man. H120
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:7 - When the morning H1242 stars H3556 sang H7442 together, H3162 and all the sons H1121 of God H430 shouted H7321 for joy?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:32 - Canst thou bring forth H3318 Mazzaroth H4216 in his season? H6256 or canst thou guide H5148 Arcturus H5906 with his sons? H1121
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:4 - Their young ones H1121 are in good liking, H2492 they grow up H7235 with corn; H1250 they go forth, H3318 and return H7725 not unto them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:16 - She is hardened H7188 against her young ones, H1121 as though they were not H3808 hers: her labour H3018 is in vain H7385 without fear; H6343
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:28 - The arrow H1121 H7198 cannot make him flee: H1272 slingstones H68 H7050 are turned H2015 with him into stubble. H7179
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:34 - He beholdeth H7200 all high H1364 things: he is a king H4428 over all the children H1121 of pride. H7830
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:13 - He had also seven H7658 sons H1121 and three H7969 daughters. H1323
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:16 - After H310 this lived H2421 Job H347 an hundred H3967 and forty H705 years, H8141 and saw H7200 his sons, H1121 and his sons' H1121 sons, H1121 even four H702 generations. H1755
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