Lexicon :: Strong's H1144 - binyāmîn

בִּנְיָמִין

Transliteration

binyāmîn

Pronunciation

bin-yaw-mene'

Part of Speech

proper masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From בֵּן (H1121) and יָמִין (H3225)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 254a

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: בנימין.

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

בִּנְיָמִין Binyâmîyn, bin-yaw-mene'; from H1121 and H3225; son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory:—Benjamin.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 161x

The KJV translates Strong's H1144 in the following manner: Benjamin (161x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 161x

The KJV translates Strong's H1144 in the following manner: Benjamin (161x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

בִּנְיָמִין Binyâmîyn, bin-yaw-mene'; from H1121 and H3225; son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory:—Benjamin.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H1144: Abbreviations

בִּנְיָמִין Genesis 35:18 +; usually בִּנְיָמִן proper name, masculine₁₆₆ (son of (the) right hand) —

1. youngest son of Jacob, so called by him, but by Rachel, the mother, who died at Benjamin's birth, called בֶּן־אוֺנִי (which see) Genesis 35:18; own brother of Joseph Genesis 35:24; Genesis 42:4; Genesis 43:29; Genesis 45:12; compare Genesis 42:36; Genesis 45:15; Genesis 45:34 +; name of tribe of Benjamin Numbers 1:11; Deuteronomy 27:12; Deuteronomy 33:12; Judges 5:14 + 23 times Judges; + 32 times Samuel Kings Chronicles; Hosea 5:8; Ezekiel 48:23; Obadiah 19; Psalm 68:28; Psalm 80:3; בְּנֵי בנימן (literal Genesis 46:21) of tribe Numbers 1:36; Numbers 2:22; Numbers 7:60; Numbers 26:38, 41; Joshua 18:20, 28; Judges 20:3, 14, 15, 18, 21, 23, 24, 28, 30, 31, 32, 36, 48; Judges 21:18, 20, 23; 2 Samuel 2:25; 2 Samuel 4:2; 2 Samuel 23:29; 1 Chronicles 8:40; 1 Chronicles 9:3, 7; 1 Chronicles 11:31; 1 Chronicles 12:17; 1 Chronicles 12:30; Nehemiah 11:4, 7, 31; Jeremiah 6:1; Judges 1:21 (twice in verse) (but בני יהודה in || Joshua 15:63 compare Bu^{RS 7}); explicitly מַטֵּה בִנְיָמִן Numbers 1:37; Numbers 2:22; Numbers 13:9; Numbers 34:21; Joshua 21:4; 1 Chronicles 6:45 compare Joshua 21:17; מַטֵּה בְנֵי ב׳ Numbers 10:24; Joshua 18:11, 21; 1 Chronicles 6:50; שֵׁבֶט ב׳ 1 Samuel 10:20, 21; 1 Kings 12:21; observe also כָּל־שִׁבְטֵי ב׳ Judges 20:12 compare 1 Samuel 9:21; אִישׁ בִּנְיָמִן Judges 20:41; 1 Samuel 4:12 compare אִישׁ מִבִּן־יָ֯מִין 1 Samuel 9:1; אֶרֶץ בִּנְיָמִן Judges 21:21; 1 Samuel 9:16; 2 Samuel 21:14; Jeremiah 1:1; Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:13; Jeremiah 37:12; compare Jeremiah 32:8; גְּבוּל ב׳ 1 Samuel 10:2; Ezekiel 48:22 (strike out Co) Ezekiel 48:24; בֵּית בִּנְיָמִן 2 Samuel 3:19; בֵּית יְהוּדָה וּב׳ 1 Kings 12:23; 2 Chronicles 11:1; in name of a temple-gate הָעֶלְיוֺן שַׁעַר ב׳ Jeremiah 20:2; compare Jeremiah 37:13; Jeremiah 38:7; Ezekiel 48:32; Zechariah 14:10.

†2. a son of Bilhan and great-grandson of Benjamin 1. 1 Chronicles 7:10.

†3. a Jew of Ezra's time Ezra 10:32 compare Nehemiah 3:23; Nehemiah 12:34. — בנימן בני פרץ 1 Chronicles 9:4 Kt read with Qr בָּנִי מִן־בְּנֵי פ׳.

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