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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 11 times in 11 verses in '1Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:12 - And there ran H7323 a man H376 of Benjamin H1144 out of the army, H4634 and came H935 to Shiloh H7887 the same day H3117 with his clothes H4055 rent, H7167 and with earth H127 upon his head. H7218

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:1 - Now there was a man H376 of Benjamin, H1144 whose name H8034 was Kish, H7027 the son H1121 of Abiel, H22 the son H1121 of Zeror, H6872 the son H1121 of Bechorath, H1064 the son H1121 of Aphiah, H647 a Benjamite, H1145 a mighty H1368 man H376 of power. H2428

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:16 - To morrow H4279 about this time H6256 I will send H7971 thee a man H376 out of the land H776 of Benjamin, H1144 and thou shalt anoint H4886 him to be captain H5057 over my people H5971 Israel, H3478 that he may save H3467 my people H5971 out of the hand H3027 of the Philistines: H6430 for I have looked H7200 upon my people, H5971 because their cry H6818 is come H935 unto me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:21 - And Saul H7586 answered H6030 and said, H559 Am not I a Benjamite, H1145 of the smallest H6996 of the tribes H7626 of Israel? H3478 and my family H4940 the least H6810 of all the families H4940 of the tribe H7626 of Benjamin? H1144 wherefore then speakest H1696 thou so H1697 to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:2 - When thou art departed H3212 from me H5978 to day, H3117 then thou shalt find H4672 two H8147 men H582 by Rachel's H7354 sepulchre H6900 in the border H1366 of Benjamin H1144 at Zelzah; H6766 and they will say H559 unto thee, The asses H860 which thou wentest H1980 to seek H1245 are found: H4672 and, lo, thy father H1 hath left H5203 the care H1697 of the asses, H860 and sorroweth H1672 for you, saying, H559 What shall I do H6213 for my son? H1121

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:20 - And when Samuel H8050 had caused all the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 to come near, H7126 the tribe H7626 of Benjamin H1144 was taken. H3920

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:21 - When he had caused the tribe H7626 of Benjamin H1144 to come near H7126 by their families, H4940 the family H4940 of Matri H4309 was taken, H3920 and Saul H7586 the son H1121 of Kish H7027 was taken: H3920 and when they sought H1245 him, he could not be found. H4672

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:2 - Saul H7586 chose H977 him three H7969 thousand H505 men of Israel; H3478 whereof two thousand H505 were with Saul H7586 in Michmash H4363 and in mount H2022 Bethel, H1008 and a thousand H505 were with Jonathan H3129 in Gibeah H1390 of Benjamin: H1144 and the rest H3499 of the people H5971 he sent H7971 every man H376 to his tent. H168

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:15 - And Samuel H8050 arose, H6965 and gat him up H5927 from Gilgal H1537 unto Gibeah H1390 of Benjamin. H1144 And Saul H7586 numbered H6485 the people H5971 that were present H4672 with him, about six H8337 hundred H3967 men. H376

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:16 - And Saul, H7586 and Jonathan H3129 his son, H1121 and the people H5971 that were present H4672 with them, abode H3427 in Gibeah H1387 of Benjamin: H1144 but the Philistines H6430 encamped H2583 in Michmash. H4363

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:16 - And the watchmen H6822 of Saul H7586 in Gibeah H1390 of Benjamin H1144 looked; H7200 and, behold, the multitude H1995 melted away, H4127 and they went H3212 on beating down H1986 one another.
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