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:
2 Samuel 2:18: "And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel:"
2 Samuel 2:25: " And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop,"
2 Samuel 3:2: "And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam"
2 Samuel 3:3: "the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son the daughter of Talmai king"
2 Samuel 3:4: "And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;"
2 Samuel 3:4: "of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;"
2 Samuel 3:14: "to Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver my wife"
2 Samuel 3:15: "her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish."
2 Samuel 3:23: "Joab, saying, the son of Ner came to the king,"
2 Samuel 3:25: "Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive"
2 Samuel 3:28: "before the LORD from the blood of Abner"
2 Samuel 3:34: "thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth wicked men,"
2 Samuel 3:34: "falleth wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept"
2 Samuel 3:37: "of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner."
2 Samuel 3:39: "king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah for me: the LORD"
2 Samuel 4:1: "And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands"
2 Samuel 4:2: "And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name"
2 Samuel 4:2: "and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children"
2 Samuel 4:2: "the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth"
2 Samuel 4:4: "And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five"
2 Samuel 4:4: "And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five"
2 Samuel 4:4: "He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan"
2 Samuel 4:5: " And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat"
2 Samuel 4:8: "Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought"
2 Samuel 4:9: "Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, unto them, As the LORD"
2 Samuel 5:4: "David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years."
2 Samuel 5:13: "after he was come from Hebron: sons and daughters born"
2 Samuel 6:3: "that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove"
2 Samuel 7:6: "since the time that I brought up the children of Israel"
2 Samuel 7:7: "the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spoke I a word with"
2 Samuel 7:10: "no neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as"
2 Samuel 7:14: "his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten"
2 Samuel 7:14: "of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:"
2 Samuel 8:3: "smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went"
2 Samuel 8:10: "sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute"
2 Samuel 8:12: "Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines,"
2 Samuel 8:12: "and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil"
2 Samuel 8:16: "And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud"
2 Samuel 8:16: "was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;"
2 Samuel 8:17: "And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah"
2 Samuel 8:17: "the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;"
2 Samuel 8:18: "And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were"
2 Samuel 8:18: "was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers."
2 Samuel 9:3: "the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet."
2 Samuel 9:4: "is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar."
2 Samuel 9:5: "and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar."
2 Samuel 9:6: "Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David,"
2 Samuel 9:6: "Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David,"
2 Samuel 9:9: "unto him, I have given son all that pertained to Saul"
2 Samuel 9:10: "Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's"
