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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 H1144 did not dispossess the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have lived with the sons of Benjamin H1144 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,

Following you, Benjamin H1144, with your peoples;

From Machir commanders came down,

And from Zebulun those who wield the staff of a scribe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9 - Then the sons of Ammon crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah, Benjamin H1144, 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 along and went their way, and the sun set on them near Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin H1144.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:3 - (Then the sons of Benjamin H1144 heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the sons of Israel said, “Tell us, how did this evil take place?”

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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, answered and said, “I came with my concubine to spend the night at Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin H1144.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10 - “And we will take 10 men out of 100 throughout the tribes of Israel, and 100 out of 1,000, and 1,000 out of 10,000 in order to take up provisions for the people, that when they come to [fn]Gibeah of Benjamin H1144, they may do to them according to all the disgraceful acts that they have done 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 [fn]tribe of Benjamin H1144, saying, “What is this evil that has taken place among you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:13 - “So now, give up the men, the [fn]vile fellows in Gibeah, that we may put them to death and purge this evil from Israel.” But the sons of Benjamin H1144 were not willing to 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 sons of Benjamin H1144 gathered from the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:15 - And from the cities on that day the sons of Benjamin H1144 were [fn]numbered, 26,000 men who draw the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah who were [fn]numbered, 700 choice men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:17 -

And the men of Israel besides Benjamin H1144 were [fn]numbered, 400,000 men who draw the sword; all these were men of war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:18 -

Then the sons of Israel arose, went up to Bethel, and asked of God and said, “Who shall go up for us to begin the battle against the sons of Benjamin H1144?” Then Yahweh said, “Judah shall begin it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:20 - And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin H1144, and the men of Israel arranged themselves for battle against them at Gibeah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:21 - Then the sons of Benjamin H1144 came out of Gibeah and destroyed to the ground on that day 22,000 men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:23

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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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:24 -

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

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

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 BoxJdg 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 BoxJdg 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

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

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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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:36 -

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 BoxJdg 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

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 BoxJdg 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 BoxJdg 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 BoxJdg 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 BoxJdg 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 BoxJdg 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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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:1

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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 BoxJdg 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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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:13

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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 BoxJdg 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 BoxJdg 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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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:16

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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 BoxJdg 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 BoxJdg 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

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 BoxJdg 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 BoxJdg 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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