1121a – בֵּן (ben)

son

Type:	Noun Noun   masc. ♂ masculine
Hebrew:	בֵּן (ben)
Pronunciation:	ben    Listen
Gematria:	702(2 + 700)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	from H1129 (בָּנָה)
Usage:	4933 times in OT

Description

1) son, grandson, child, member of a group
1a) son, male child
1b) grandson
1c) children (pl. - male and female)
1d) youth, young men (pl.)
1e) young (of animals)
1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]
1g) people (of a nation) (pl.)
1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)
1i) a member of a guild, order, class

Synonyms

בֵּן	ben	♂	H1121a	(4933 ggr)	son
בָּחוּר	bachor	♂	H0970	(44 ggr)	youth
בְּכוֹר	bechor	♂	H1060	(122 ggr)	firstborn
בֵּן	ben	♂	H1123	(11 ggr)	son
בַּת	bat	♀	H1323	(586 ggr)	daughter
בְּתוּלָה	betolah	♀	H1330	(50 ggr)	virgin
וָלָד	valad	♂	H2056	(1 ggr)	child
טַף	taf	♂	H2945	(42 ggr)	child
יוֹנֵק	joneq	♂	H3126	(1 ggr)	sapling
יֶ֫לֶד	jeled	♂	H3206	(89 ggr)	youth
יַלְדָּה	jaldah	♀	H3207	(3 ggr)	maiden
יַלְדוּת	jaldot	♀	H3208	(3 ggr)	youth
יָצִיא	jatsi		H3329	(1 ggr)	offspring
יָתוֹם	jatom	♂	H3490	(42 ggr)	orphan
נַ֫עַר	naar	♂	H5288	(239 ggr)	youth
נֹ֫עַר	noar	♂	H5290	(4 ggr)	youth
נַעֲרָה	naarah	♀	H5291	(63 ggr)	maiden
עֲוִיל	avil	♂	H5759	(3 ggr)	boy
עוּל	ol	♂	H5764	(2 ggr)	infant
עוֹלֵל	olel	♂	H5768	(20 ggr)	infant
עָלוּם	alom	♂	H5934	(4 ggr)	youth
עֶ֫לֶם	elem	♂	H5958	(2 ggr)	youth
עַלְמָה	almah	♀	H5959	(7 ggr)	maiden
בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת	banim ovanot		H9101	(30 ggr)	sons and daugters

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the Old Testament.

Origin

from H1129 (בָּנָה):

בָּנָה

banah

H1129

to build

Word root

Word with ben as root:

בֶּן־אֲבִינָדָב	Ben-avinadav	H1125	Ben-abinadab
בֶּן־אוֹנִ֑י	Ben-oni	H1126	Ben-oni
בֶּן־גֶּ֫בֶר	Ben-gever	H1127	Ben-geber
בֶּן־דֶּ֫קֶר	Ben-deqer	H1128	Ben-deker
בֶּן־הֲדַד	Ben-hadad	H1130	Ben-hadad
בֶּן־זוֹחֵת	Ben-zochet	H1132	Ben-zoheth
בֶּן־חוּר	Ben-chor	H1133	Ben-hur
בֶּן־חַ֫יִל	Ben-chajil	H1134	Ben-hail
בֶּן־חָנָן	Ben-chanan	H1135	Ben-hanan
בֶּן־חֶ֫סֶד	Ben-chesed	H1136	Ben-hesed
בִּנְיָמִין	Binjamin	H1144	Benjamin
בְּנִ֑ינוּ	Benino	H1148	Beninu
בֶּן־עַמִּי	Ben-ammi	H1151	Ben-ammi
בַּת	bat	H1323	daughter
מוּת לַבֵּן	mot laben	H4192	Of a son
רְאוּבֵן	Reoven	H7205	Reuben

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word ben was translated to the following:

ἄγγελος	aggelos	G0032	angel
ἀλλόφυλος	allophulos	G0246	one of another nation
ἀνατέλλω	anatello	G0393	be up
ἀνεψιός	anepsios	G0431	sister's son
ἀνήρ	aner	G0435	man
ἄνθρωπος	anthropos	G0444	man
ἄξιος	axios	G0514	worthy, belong
ἀρνίον	arnion	G0721	Lamb i
ἄῤῥην	arrhen, arsen	G0730	male
ἀσεβής	asebes	G0765	ungodly
Βενιαμίν	Beniamin	G0958	Benjamin
ἔθνος	ethnos	G1484	Gentiles
ἑκατονταέτης	hekatontaetes	G1541	hundred years old
ἔκγονον	ekgonon	G1549	nephew
θεράπων	therapon	G2324	servant
ἰός	ios	G2447	poison
κοιλία	koilia	G2836	womb
λαός	laos	G2992	people
μηρός	meros	G3382	thigh
μήτηρ	meter	G3384	mother
νεοσσός	neossos	G3502	young
οἶκος	oikos	G3624	house
ὀψέ	opse	G3796	in the end
παιδίον	paidion	G3813	child
παῖς	pais	G3816	servant
πολίτης	polites	G4177	citizen
πῶλος	polos	G4454	colt
σπέρμα	sperma	G4690	seed
συναγωγή	sunagoge	G4864	synagogue
συνέχω	sunecho	G4912	be taken with
τέκνον	teknon	G5043	child
υἱός	huios	G5207	son

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