Strong's #1121: ben (pronounced bane)
from 1129; 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 1, 251, 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, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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bên
1) son, grandson, child, member of a group
1a) son, male child
1b) grandson
1c) children (plural - male and female)
1d) youth, young men (plural)
1e) young (of animals)
1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for unrighteous men] or sons of God [for angels])
1g) people (of a nation) (plural)
1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (figuratively)
1i) a member of a guild, order, class
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: from H1129
Usage:
This word is used 4924 times:
Judges 20:1: "Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man,"
Judges 20:3: " (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.)"
Judges 20:3: "of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said"
Judges 20:3: "were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was"
Judges 20:7: "Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel."
Judges 20:13: "therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death,"
Judges 20:13: "evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not"
Judges 20:13: "not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:"
Judges 20:14: " But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle"
Judges 20:14: "to go out to battle against the children of Israel."
Judges 20:15: " And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty"
Judges 20:18: " And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said,"
Judges 20:18: "first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah"
Judges 20:19: " And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah."
Judges 20:21: " And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites"
Judges 20:23: " (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even,"
Judges 20:23: "again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said,"
Judges 20:24: " And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day."
Judges 20:24: "of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day."
Judges 20:25: "day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen"
Judges 20:26: "Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God,"
Judges 20:27: " And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there"
Judges 20:28: "And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those"
Judges 20:28: "And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those"
Judges 20:28: "go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease?"
Judges 20:30: " And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day,"
Judges 20:30: "of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array"
Judges 20:31: " And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city;"
Judges 20:32: " And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children"
Judges 20:32: "are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel Let us flee, and draw"
Judges 20:35: "Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed that"
Judges 20:36: " So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave"
Judges 20:48: "of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword,"
Judges 21:5: " And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel"
Judges 21:6: " And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one"
Judges 21:10: "twelve thousand men of the most valiant, of the most valiant, and commanded"
Judges 21:13: "sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock"
Judges 21:18: "them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel saying,"
Judges 21:20: "Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;"
Judges 21:23: " And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of"
Judges 21:24: " And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man"
Ruth 1:1: "in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons."
Ruth 1:2: "Naomi, and the name of his two sons and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem-judah."
Ruth 1:3: "and she was left, and her two sons."
Ruth 1:11: "will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons that they may be your husbands?"
Ruth 1:12: "also tonight, and should also bear sons;"
Ruth 4:13: "her conception, and she bore a son."
Ruth 4:15: "thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born"
Ruth 4:17: "gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name"
1 Samuel 1:1: "of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu,"
