HebrewH1126Proper Noun (Masculine)
בֶּן־אוֹנִ֑י
ben-o.ni
“Ben-oni”
1Occurrences
H1126Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Ben-Oni, the original name of Benjamin
from H1121 (בֵּן) and H205 (אָוֶן); son of my sorrow;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Israel (H3478) and Rachel (H7354); brother of: Joseph (H3130); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); father of: Bela (H1106A), Becher (H1071), Ashbel (H0788), Gera (H1617), Naaman (H5283), Ehi (H0278), Rosh (H7220), Muppim (H4649), Huppim (H2650H), Ard (H0714), Ahiram (H0297) and Jediael (H3043); also called Jamin at ; 1x Another name of bin.ya.min (*בִּנְיָמִין *"Benjamin" H1144G) § Ben-oni = "son of my sorrow" the name given to Benjamin by Rachel
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
בֶּן־אוֹנִ֑י appears 1 time in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Genesis
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Key Passages
Genesis 35:18BSB
And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
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