בֶּן־הֲדַד
Ben-Hădad · ben-had-ad'
Ben-Hadad, the name of several Syrian kings
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1121 (בֵּן) and H1908 (הֲדַד); son of Hadad;
Ben-Hadad, the name of several Syrian kings
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Benhadad.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold › the doorway, the way in › the doorway, the way in
The house, what is within of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold of the doorway, the way in of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בֶּן־הֲדַד 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
50 occurrences · 50 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and benhadad7 · 28%
- benhadad5 · 20%
- of benhadad5 · 20%
- that benhadad2 · 8%
- them to benhadad1 · 4%
- so benhadad1 · 4%
- but benhadad1 · 4%
- them: and benhadad1 · 4%
- him. then benhadad1 · 4%
- to benhadad1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
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.