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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 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 - Then a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line the same day, and came to Shiloh with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:1 - There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:16 - “Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him commander over My people Israel, that he may save My people from the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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 tribe[fn] of Benjamin? Why then do you speak like this to me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:2 - “When you have departed from me today, you will find two men by Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found. And now your father has ceased caring about the donkeys and is worrying about you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:20 - And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was chosen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:21 - When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was chosen. And Saul the son of Kish was chosen. But when they sought him, he could not be found.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:2 - Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel. Two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the mountains of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent away, every man to his tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:15 - Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin.[fn] And Saul numbered the people present with him, about six hundred men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:16 - Saul, Jonathan his son, and the people present with them remained in Gibeah of Benjamin. But the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:16 - Now the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and there was the multitude, melting away; and they went here and there.
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