Hebrew word study

בֵּןbên — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest se…

Pronounced “bane”

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.)

Translated in the King James as: [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, came up in, child, colt, common, corn, daughter, of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, servant born, soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.

Appears 4,725 times in Scripture

Origin: from H1129 (בָּנָה);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 363×

Genesis 3:16 Genesis 4:17 Genesis 4:25 Genesis 4:26 Genesis 5:4 Genesis 5:7 Genesis 5:10 Genesis 5:13 Genesis 5:16 Genesis 5:19 Genesis 5:22 Genesis 5:26 Genesis 5:28 Genesis 5:30 Genesis 5:32 Genesis 6:2 Genesis 6:4 Genesis 6:10 Genesis 6:18 Genesis 7:6 Genesis 7:7 Genesis 7:13 Genesis 8:16 Genesis 8:18 Genesis 9:1+ 338 more in Genesis

Exodus — 220×

Exodus 1:1 Exodus 1:7 Exodus 1:9 Exodus 1:12 Exodus 1:13 Exodus 1:16 Exodus 1:22 Exodus 2:2 Exodus 2:10 Exodus 2:22 Exodus 2:23 Exodus 2:25 Exodus 3:10 Exodus 3:11 Exodus 3:13 Exodus 3:14 Exodus 3:15 Exodus 3:22 Exodus 4:20 Exodus 4:22 Exodus 4:23 Exodus 4:25 Exodus 4:31 Exodus 5:14 Exodus 5:15+ 195 more in Exodus

Leviticus — 153×

Leviticus 1:2 Leviticus 1:5 Leviticus 1:7 Leviticus 1:8 Leviticus 1:11 Leviticus 1:14 Leviticus 2:2 Leviticus 2:3 Leviticus 2:10 Leviticus 3:2 Leviticus 3:5 Leviticus 3:8 Leviticus 3:13 Leviticus 4:2 Leviticus 4:3 Leviticus 4:14 Leviticus 5:7 Leviticus 5:11 Leviticus 6:9 Leviticus 6:14 Leviticus 6:16 Leviticus 6:18 Leviticus 6:20 Leviticus 6:22 Leviticus 6:25+ 128 more in Leviticus

Numbers — 561×

Numbers 1:2 Numbers 1:3 Numbers 1:5 Numbers 1:6 Numbers 1:7 Numbers 1:8 Numbers 1:9 Numbers 1:10 Numbers 1:11 Numbers 1:12 Numbers 1:13 Numbers 1:14 Numbers 1:15 Numbers 1:18 Numbers 1:20 Numbers 1:22 Numbers 1:24 Numbers 1:26 Numbers 1:28 Numbers 1:30 Numbers 1:32 Numbers 1:34 Numbers 1:36 Numbers 1:38 Numbers 1:40+ 536 more in Numbers

Deuteronomy — 127×

Deuteronomy 1:3 Deuteronomy 1:28 Deuteronomy 1:31 Deuteronomy 1:36 Deuteronomy 1:38 Deuteronomy 1:39 Deuteronomy 2:4 Deuteronomy 2:8 Deuteronomy 2:9 Deuteronomy 2:12 Deuteronomy 2:19 Deuteronomy 2:22 Deuteronomy 2:29 Deuteronomy 2:33 Deuteronomy 2:37 Deuteronomy 3:11 Deuteronomy 3:14 Deuteronomy 3:16 Deuteronomy 3:18 Deuteronomy 4:9 Deuteronomy 4:10 Deuteronomy 4:25 Deuteronomy 4:40 Deuteronomy 4:44 Deuteronomy 4:45+ 102 more in Deuteronomy

Joshua — 196×

Joshua 1:1 Joshua 1:2 Joshua 2:1 Joshua 2:23 Joshua 3:1 Joshua 3:9 Joshua 4:4 Joshua 4:6 Joshua 4:7 Joshua 4:8 Joshua 4:12 Joshua 4:21 Joshua 4:22 Joshua 5:1 Joshua 5:2 Joshua 5:3 Joshua 5:6 Joshua 5:7 Joshua 5:10 Joshua 5:12 Joshua 6:1 Joshua 6:6 Joshua 7:1 Joshua 7:12 Joshua 7:18+ 171 more in Joshua

Judges — 192×

Judges 1:1 Judges 1:8 Judges 1:9 Judges 1:13 Judges 1:16 Judges 1:20 Judges 1:21 Judges 1:34 Judges 2:4 Judges 2:6 Judges 2:8 Judges 2:11 Judges 3:5 Judges 3:6 Judges 3:7 Judges 3:8 Judges 3:9 Judges 3:11 Judges 3:12 Judges 3:13 Judges 3:14 Judges 3:15 Judges 3:27 Judges 3:31 Judges 4:1+ 167 more in Judges

Ruth — 8×

Ruth 1:1 Ruth 1:2 Ruth 1:3 Ruth 1:11 Ruth 1:12 Ruth 4:13 Ruth 4:15 Ruth 4:17

1 Samuel — 132×

1 Sam 1:1 1 Sam 1:3 1 Sam 1:4 1 Sam 1:8 1 Sam 1:20 1 Sam 1:23 1 Sam 2:5 1 Sam 2:12 1 Sam 2:21 1 Sam 2:22 1 Sam 2:24 1 Sam 2:29 1 Sam 2:34 1 Sam 3:6 1 Sam 3:13 1 Sam 3:16 1 Sam 4:4 1 Sam 4:11 1 Sam 4:15 1 Sam 4:16 1 Sam 4:17 1 Sam 4:20 1 Sam 6:7 1 Sam 6:10 1 Sam 7:1+ 107 more in 1 Samuel

2 Samuel — 201×

2 Sam 1:4 2 Sam 1:5 2 Sam 1:12 2 Sam 1:13 2 Sam 1:17 2 Sam 1:18 2 Sam 2:7 2 Sam 2:8 2 Sam 2:10 2 Sam 2:12 2 Sam 2:13 2 Sam 2:15 2 Sam 2:18 2 Sam 2:25 2 Sam 3:2 2 Sam 3:3 2 Sam 3:4 2 Sam 3:14 2 Sam 3:15 2 Sam 3:23 2 Sam 3:25 2 Sam 3:28 2 Sam 3:37 2 Sam 3:39 2 Sam 4:1+ 176 more in 2 Samuel

1 Kings — 179×

1 Ki 1:5 1 Ki 1:7 1 Ki 1:8 1 Ki 1:9 1 Ki 1:11 1 Ki 1:12 1 Ki 1:13 1 Ki 1:17 1 Ki 1:19 1 Ki 1:21 1 Ki 1:25 1 Ki 1:26 1 Ki 1:30 1 Ki 1:32 1 Ki 1:33 1 Ki 1:36 1 Ki 1:38 1 Ki 1:42 1 Ki 1:44 1 Ki 1:52 1 Ki 2:1 1 Ki 2:4 1 Ki 2:5 1 Ki 2:7 1 Ki 2:8+ 154 more in 1 Kings

2 Kings — 219×

2 Ki 1:17 2 Ki 2:3 2 Ki 2:5 2 Ki 2:7 2 Ki 2:15 2 Ki 2:16 2 Ki 3:1 2 Ki 3:3 2 Ki 3:11 2 Ki 3:27 2 Ki 4:1 2 Ki 4:4 2 Ki 4:5 2 Ki 4:6 2 Ki 4:7 2 Ki 4:14 2 Ki 4:16 2 Ki 4:17 2 Ki 4:28 2 Ki 4:36 2 Ki 4:37 2 Ki 4:38 2 Ki 5:22 2 Ki 6:1 2 Ki 6:28+ 194 more in 2 Kings

1 Chronicles — 692×

1 Chr 1:5 1 Chr 1:6 1 Chr 1:7 1 Chr 1:8 1 Chr 1:9 1 Chr 1:17 1 Chr 1:19 1 Chr 1:23 1 Chr 1:28 1 Chr 1:31 1 Chr 1:32 1 Chr 1:33 1 Chr 1:34 1 Chr 1:35 1 Chr 1:36 1 Chr 1:37 1 Chr 1:38 1 Chr 1:39 1 Chr 1:40 1 Chr 1:41 1 Chr 1:42 1 Chr 1:43 1 Chr 1:44 1 Chr 1:46 1 Chr 1:49+ 667 more in 1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles — 222×

2 Chr 1:1 2 Chr 1:5 2 Chr 2:12 2 Chr 2:14 2 Chr 5:10 2 Chr 5:12 2 Chr 6:9 2 Chr 6:11 2 Chr 6:16 2 Chr 7:3 2 Chr 8:2 2 Chr 8:8 2 Chr 9:29 2 Chr 9:31 2 Chr 10:2 2 Chr 10:15 2 Chr 10:16 2 Chr 10:17 2 Chr 10:18 2 Chr 11:3 2 Chr 11:14 2 Chr 11:17 2 Chr 11:18 2 Chr 11:19 2 Chr 11:21+ 197 more in 2 Chronicles

Ezra — 196×

Ezra 2:1 Ezra 2:3 Ezra 2:4 Ezra 2:5 Ezra 2:6 Ezra 2:7 Ezra 2:8 Ezra 2:9 Ezra 2:10 Ezra 2:11 Ezra 2:12 Ezra 2:13 Ezra 2:14 Ezra 2:15 Ezra 2:16 Ezra 2:17 Ezra 2:18 Ezra 2:19 Ezra 2:20 Ezra 2:21 Ezra 2:24 Ezra 2:25 Ezra 2:26 Ezra 2:29 Ezra 2:30+ 171 more in Ezra

Nehemiah — 244×

Nehemiah 1:1 Nehemiah 1:6 Nehemiah 3:2 Nehemiah 3:3 Nehemiah 3:4 Nehemiah 3:6 Nehemiah 3:8 Nehemiah 3:9 Nehemiah 3:10 Nehemiah 3:11 Nehemiah 3:12 Nehemiah 3:14 Nehemiah 3:15 Nehemiah 3:16 Nehemiah 3:17 Nehemiah 3:18 Nehemiah 3:19 Nehemiah 3:20 Nehemiah 3:21 Nehemiah 3:23 Nehemiah 3:24 Nehemiah 3:25 Nehemiah 3:29 Nehemiah 3:30 Nehemiah 3:31+ 219 more in Nehemiah

Esther — 15×

Esther 2:5 Esther 3:1 Esther 3:10 Esther 5:11 Esther 8:5 Esther 8:10 Esther 9:10 Esther 9:12 Esther 9:13 Esther 9:14 Esther 9:24 Esther 9:25+ 3 more in Esther

Job — 34×

Job 1:2 Job 1:3 Job 1:4 Job 1:5 Job 1:6 Job 1:13 Job 1:18 Job 2:1 Job 4:11 Job 5:4 Job 5:7 Job 8:4 Job 14:21 Job 16:21 Job 17:5 Job 19:17 Job 20:10 Job 21:19 Job 25:6 Job 27:14 Job 28:8 Job 30:8 Job 32:2 Job 32:6 Job 35:8+ 9 more in Job

Psalms — 96×

Psalms 2:7 Psalms 3:1 Psalms 4:2 Psalms 8:4 Psalms 11:4 Psalms 12:1 Psalms 12:8 Psalms 14:2 Psalms 17:14 Psalms 18:44 Psalms 18:45 Psalms 21:10 Psalms 29:1 Psalms 29:6 Psalms 31:19 Psalms 33:13 Psalms 34:11 Psalms 36:7 Psalms 42:1 Psalms 44:1 Psalms 45:1 Psalms 45:2 Psalms 45:16 Psalms 46:1 Psalms 47:1+ 71 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 59×

Proverbs 1:1 Proverbs 1:8 Proverbs 1:10 Proverbs 1:15 Proverbs 2:1 Proverbs 3:1 Proverbs 3:11 Proverbs 3:12 Proverbs 3:21 Proverbs 4:1 Proverbs 4:3 Proverbs 4:10 Proverbs 4:20 Proverbs 5:1 Proverbs 5:7 Proverbs 5:20 Proverbs 6:1 Proverbs 6:3 Proverbs 6:20 Proverbs 7:1 Proverbs 7:7 Proverbs 7:24 Proverbs 8:4 Proverbs 8:31 Proverbs 8:32+ 34 more in Proverbs

Ecclesiastes — 14×

Eccles 1:1 Eccles 1:13 Eccles 2:3 Eccles 2:7 Eccles 2:8 Eccles 3:10 Eccles 3:18 Eccles 3:21 Eccles 4:8 Eccles 5:14 Eccles 9:3 Eccles 9:12 Eccles 10:17 Eccles 12:12

Song of Solomon — 2×

Song 1:6 Song 2:3

Isaiah — 82×

Isaiah 1:1 Isaiah 1:2 Isaiah 1:4 Isaiah 2:1 Isaiah 5:1 Isaiah 7:1 Isaiah 7:3 Isaiah 7:4 Isaiah 7:5 Isaiah 7:6 Isaiah 7:9 Isaiah 7:14 Isaiah 8:2 Isaiah 8:3 Isaiah 8:6 Isaiah 9:6 Isaiah 11:14 Isaiah 13:1 Isaiah 13:18 Isaiah 14:12 Isaiah 14:21 Isaiah 17:9 Isaiah 19:11 Isaiah 20:2 Isaiah 21:10+ 57 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 226×

Jeremiah 1:1 Jeremiah 1:2 Jeremiah 1:3 Jeremiah 2:9 Jeremiah 2:16 Jeremiah 2:30 Jeremiah 3:14 Jeremiah 3:19 Jeremiah 3:21 Jeremiah 3:22 Jeremiah 3:24 Jeremiah 4:22 Jeremiah 5:7 Jeremiah 5:17 Jeremiah 6:1 Jeremiah 6:21 Jeremiah 7:18 Jeremiah 7:30 Jeremiah 7:31 Jeremiah 7:32 Jeremiah 10:20 Jeremiah 11:22 Jeremiah 13:14 Jeremiah 14:16 Jeremiah 15:4+ 201 more in Jeremiah

Lamentations — 4×

Lam 1:16 Lam 3:13 Lam 3:33 Lam 4:2

Ezekiel — 185×

Ezekiel 1:3 Ezekiel 2:1 Ezekiel 2:3 Ezekiel 2:4 Ezekiel 2:6 Ezekiel 2:8 Ezekiel 3:1 Ezekiel 3:3 Ezekiel 3:4 Ezekiel 3:10 Ezekiel 3:11 Ezekiel 3:17 Ezekiel 3:25 Ezekiel 4:1 Ezekiel 4:13 Ezekiel 4:16 Ezekiel 5:1 Ezekiel 5:10 Ezekiel 6:2 Ezekiel 7:2 Ezekiel 8:5 Ezekiel 8:6 Ezekiel 8:8 Ezekiel 8:11 Ezekiel 8:12+ 160 more in Ezekiel

Daniel — 8×

Daniel 1:3 Daniel 1:6 Daniel 8:17 Daniel 9:1 Daniel 11:10 Daniel 11:14 Daniel 11:41 Daniel 12:1

Hosea — 24×

Hosea 1:1 Hosea 1:3 Hosea 1:8 Hosea 1:10 Hosea 1:11 Hosea 2:4 Hosea 3:1 Hosea 3:4 Hosea 3:5 Hosea 4:1 Hosea 4:6 Hosea 5:7 Hosea 9:12 Hosea 9:13 Hosea 10:9 Hosea 10:14 Hosea 11:1 Hosea 11:10 Hosea 13:13 Hosea 13:15+ 4 more in Hosea

Joel — 14×

Joel 1:1 Joel 1:3 Joel 2:23 Joel 2:28 Joel 3:6 Joel 3:8 Joel 3:16 Joel 3:19+ 6 more in Joel

Amos — 10×

Amos 1:1 Amos 1:13 Amos 2:11 Amos 3:1 Amos 3:12 Amos 4:5 Amos 7:14 Amos 7:17 Amos 9:7+ 1 more in Amos

Obadiah — 1×

Obadiah 1:12

Jonah — 3×

Jonah 1:1 Jonah 4:10+ 1 more in Jonah

Micah — 6×

Micah 1:16 Micah 5:3 Micah 5:7 Micah 6:5 Micah 6:6 Micah 7:6

Zephaniah — 8×

Zeph 1:1 Zeph 1:8 Zeph 2:8 Zeph 2:9+ 4 more in Zephaniah

Haggai — 10×

Haggai 1:1 Haggai 1:12 Haggai 1:14 Haggai 2:2 Haggai 2:4 Haggai 2:23+ 4 more in Haggai

Zechariah — 13×

Zech 1:1 Zech 1:7 Zech 4:14 Zech 6:10 Zech 6:11 Zech 6:14 Zech 9:9 Zech 9:13 Zech 10:7 Zech 10:9+ 3 more in Zechariah

Malachi — 6×

Malachi 1:6 Malachi 3:3 Malachi 3:6 Malachi 3:17 Malachi 4:6+ 1 more in Malachi

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