בִּנְיָמִין
Binyâmîyn · bin-yaw-mene'
Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1121 (בֵּן) and H3225 (יָמִין); son of (the) right hand;
Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
- Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob
- also, the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Benjamin.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing
The house, what is within of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בִּנְיָמִין 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
166 occurrences · 166 OT · 0 NT · 73 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of benjamin90 · 57%
- and benjamin30 · 19%
- benjamin11 · 7%
- and of benjamin2 · 1%
- them for benjamin2 · 1%
- to benjamin2 · 1%
- and in benjamin2 · 1%
- him benjamin1 · 1%
- but benjamin1 · 1%
- but benjamin's1 · 1%
- in benjamin's1 · 1%
- benjamin's1 · 1%
- but to benjamin1 · 1%
- thee, benjamin1 · 1%
- and against benjamin1 · 1%
- which belongeth to benjamin1 · 1%
- that belongeth to benjamin1 · 1%
- beside benjamin1 · 1%
- against benjamin1 · 1%
- unto benjamin1 · 1%
- out of benjamin1 · 1%
- and over benjamin1 · 1%
- in benjamin1 · 1%
- the sons of benjamin1 · 1%
- now benjamin1 · 1%
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.