בֵּן
bên · bane
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 father or brother), etc.)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1129 (בָּנָה);
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 father or brother), etc.)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the seed, life continuing
The house, what is within of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בֵּן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4941 occurrences · 4941 OT · 0 NT · 541 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the son1134 · 32%
- the children350 · 10%
- of the children322 · 9%
- his son196 · 6%
- and the children167 · 5%
- son150 · 4%
- sons142 · 4%
- the sons138 · 4%
- and the sons138 · 4%
- old134 · 4%
- of the sons115 · 3%
- unto the children85 · 2%
- and his sons72 · 2%
- my son59 · 2%
- of the first50 · 1%
- a son42 · 1%
- children39 · 1%
- for the children28 · 1%
- thy son25 · 1%
- he, his sons22 · 1%
- and of the sons22 · 1%
- to the children21 · 1%
- his sons21 · 1%
- of his sons21 · 1%
- these are the sons20 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis365
- Exodus233
- Leviticus160
- Numbers611
- Deuteronomy127
- Joshua243
- Judges203
- Ruth8
- 1 Samuel139
- 2 Samuel208
- 1 Kings184
- 2 Kings221
- 1 Chronicles710
- 2 Chronicles235
- Ezra197
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.