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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

H1144

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

Page 2 / 4 (Jdg 20:23–1Ki 12:23)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:23 - And the sons of Israel went up and wept before Yahweh until evening and asked of Yahweh, saying, “Shall we again approach for battle against the sons of my brother Benjamin H1144?” And Yahweh said, “Go up against him.”

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Then the sons of Israel drew near to the sons of Benjamin H1144 the second day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:25 - And Benjamin H1144 went out to meet them from Gibeah the second day and destroyed to the ground again 18,000 men of the sons of Israel; all these drew the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:28 - and Phinehas the son of Eleazar, Aaron’s son, stood before it to minister in those days), saying, “Shall I yet again go out to battle against the sons of my brother Benjamin H1144, or shall I cease?” And Yahweh said, “Go up, for tomorrow I will give them into your hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:30 - And the sons of Israel went up against the sons of Benjamin H1144 on the third day and arrayed themselves against Gibeah as at other times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:31 - So the sons of Benjamin H1144 went out to meet the people and were drawn away from the city, and they began to strike [fn]and slay 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 field, about thirty men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:32 - The sons of Benjamin H1144 said, “They are [fn]defeated before us, as at the first.” But the sons of Israel said, “Let us flee that we may draw them away from the city to the highways.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:35 - Then Yahweh [fn]defeated Benjamin H1144 before Israel, so that the sons of Israel destroyed 25,100 men of Benjamin H1144 that day, all [fn]who drew the sword.

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So the sons of Benjamin H1144 saw that they were [fn]defeated. Now the men of Israel had given [fn]ground to Benjamin H1144 because they relied on the men in ambush whom they had set against Gibeah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:39 - So the men of Israel had turned around in the battle, and Benjamin H1144 had begun to strike [fn]and slay about thirty men of Israel, for they said, “Surely they are [fn]defeated before us, as in the first battle.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:40 - But the cloud began to rise from the city in a column of smoke, and Benjamin H1144 turned behind them; and behold, the whole city was going up in smoke to heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:41 - Then the men of Israel turned around again, and the men of Benjamin H1144 were dismayed; for they saw that [fn]calamity had [fn]reached them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43 - They surrounded Benjamin H1144, pursued them without rest, and trod them down opposite Gibeah to the east toward the sunrise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:44 - Thus 18,000 men of Benjamin H1144 fell; all these were valiant men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:46 - So all of Benjamin H1144 who fell that day were 25,000 men who drew the sword; all these were valiant men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:48 - Now the men of Israel returned to the sons of Benjamin H1144 and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city with the cattle and all that they found; they also set on fire all the cities which they found.

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Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, “None of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin H1144 as a wife.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:6 - And the sons of Israel were sorry for their brother Benjamin H1144 and said, “One tribe is cut off from Israel today.

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Then the whole congregation sent word and spoke to the sons of Benjamin H1144 who were at the rock of Rimmon and called out peace to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:14 - Then Benjamin H1144 returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had kept alive from the women of Jabesh-gilead; yet they did not find [fn]enough for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:15 - And the people were sorry for Benjamin H1144 because Yahweh had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

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Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin H1144?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:17 - And they said, “There must be a possession for the survivors of Benjamin H1144, so that a tribe will not be blotted out from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:18 - “But we cannot give them wives of our daughters.” For the sons of Israel had sworn, saying, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin H1144.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:20 - And they commanded the sons of Benjamin H1144, saying, “Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:21 - and watch; and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to [fn]take part 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 Benjamin H1144.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:23 - And the sons of Benjamin H1144 did so and carried away wives according to their number from those who danced, whom they stole away. And they went and returned to their inheritance and rebuilt the cities and lived in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:12 -

Now a man of Benjamin H1144 ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day with his robes torn and [fn]dust on his head.

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Now there was a man of Benjamin H1144 whose name was Kish the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of [fn]valor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:16 - “About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin H1144, and you shall anoint him to be ruler over My people Israel; and he will save My people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have regarded My people because their cry has come to Me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:21 - And Saul answered and said, “Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the [fn]tribe of Benjamin H1144? Why then do you speak to me in this way?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:2 - “When you go from me today, then you will find two men close to Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin H1144 at Zelzah; and they will say to you, ‘The donkeys which you went to search for have been found. Now behold, your father has [fn]ceased to be concerned about the donkeys and is anxious for you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?”’

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Thus Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin H1144 was taken by lot.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:21 - Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin H1144 near by its families, and the Matrite family was taken. And Saul the son of Kish was taken; but they looked for him, and he could not be found.

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And Saul chose for himself 3,000 men of Israel, of which 2,000 were with Saul in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, while 1,000 were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin H1144. But he sent away the rest of the people, each to his tent.

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Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin H1144. And Saul [fn]numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:16 - Now Saul and his son Jonathan and the people who were present with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin H1144, and the Philistines camped at Michmash.

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Then Saul’s watchmen in Gibeah of Benjamin H1144 looked, and behold, the multitude melted away; and they went here and there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:9 - And he made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, and over Benjamin H1144, even over all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:15 - So they arose and went over by count, twelve for Benjamin H1144 and Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:25 - And the sons of Benjamin H1144 gathered together behind Abner and became one band, and they stood on the top of a certain hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:31 - But the servants of David had struck down many of Benjamin H1144 and Abner’s men, so that 360 men died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19 - Abner also spoke in the hearing of Benjamin H1144; and in addition Abner went to speak in the hearing of David in Hebron all that was good in the sight of Israel and in the sight of the whole house of Benjamin H1144.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:2 - Now Saul’s son had two men who were commanders of bands: the name of the one was Baanah and the name of the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the sons of Benjamin H1144 (for Beeroth is also considered part of Benjamin H1144,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:17 - Now there were one thousand men of Benjamin H1144 with him, with Ziba the young man of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they rushed to the Jordan before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:14 - Then they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin H1144 in Zela, in the grave of Kish his father; thus they did all that the king commanded, and afterwards God was moved by the entreaty for the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:29 - Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin H1144,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:18 -

Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin H1144;

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:23 - “Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin H1144 and to the rest of the people, saying,

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