בֵּן
ben
“son: child”
Definition
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.)
from H1129 (בָּנָה);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
בֵּן appears 3,465 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The sons of Japheth:Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.