בִּנְיָמִין

bin.ya.minProper Noun (Masculine)H1144

Benjamin

From: from H1121 (בֵּן) and H3225 (יָמִין); son of (the) right hand;

Short Definition

Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

Full Lexicon Entry

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 § Benjamin = "son of the right hand" 1) Jacob's and Rachel's youngest son, Joseph's full brother 2) son of Bilhan, great-grandson of Benjamin 3) a Benjamite, one of the sons of Harim, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife 4) the tribe descended from Benjamin, the son of Jacob

Grammar

Part of Speech Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology N:N-M-P

DescriptionProper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

151 times

Appears 151 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Judges

Genesis

2 Chronicles

1 Chronicles

1 Samuel

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:31
2 Chronicles 11:23
Genesis 42:4
Judges 20:24
Jeremiah 32:8

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