Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NIV

NIV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H1144 - binyāmîn

Choose a new font size and typeface
בִּנְיָמִין
Transliteration
binyāmîn
Pronunciation
bin-yaw-mene'
Listen
Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 254a

Variant Spellings

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

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).

  1. 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.
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 BuRS 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׳.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

35:18; 35:18; 35:24; 42:4; 42:36; 43:29; 45:12; 45:15; 46:21

Numbers

1:11; 1:36; 1:37; 2:22; 2:22; 7:60; 10:24; 13:9; 26:38; 26:41; 34:21

Deuteronomy

27:12; 33:12

Joshua

15:63; 18:11; 18:20; 18:21; 18:28; 21:4; 21:17

Judges

1:21; 5:14; 20:3; 20:12; 20:14; 20:15; 20:18; 20:21; 20:23; 20:24; 20:28; 20:30; 20:31; 20:32; 20:36; 20:41; 20:48; 21:18; 21:20; 21:21; 21:23

1 Samuel

4:12; 9:1; 9:16; 9:21; 10:2; 10:20; 10:21

2 Samuel

2:25; 3:19; 4:2; 21:14; 23:29

1 Kings

12:21; 12:23

1 Chronicles

6:45; 6:50; 7:10; 8:40; 9:3; 9:4; 9:7; 11:31; 12:17; 12:30

2 Chronicles

11:1

Ezra

10:32

Nehemiah

3:23; 11:4; 11:7; 11:31; 12:34

Psalms

68:28; 80:3

Jeremiah

1:1; 6:1; 17:26; 20:2; 32:8; 32:44; 33:13; 37:12; 37:13; 38:7

Ezekiel

48:22; 48:23; 48:24; 48:32

Hosea

5:8

Obadiah

1:19

Zechariah

14:10

H1144

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1144 matches the Hebrew בִּנְיָמִין (binyāmîn),
which occurs 167 times in 160 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 35:18–Jdg 20:21)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:18 - As she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named her son Ben-Oni.[fn] But his father named him Benjamin.[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:24 - The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:4 - But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:36 - Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my children. Joseph is no more and Simeon is no more, and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:14 - And may God Almighty[fn] grant you mercy before the man so that he will let your other brother and Benjamin come back with you. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:15 - So the men took the gifts and double the amount of silver, and Benjamin also. They hurried down to Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:16 - When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house, slaughter an animal and prepare a meal; they are to eat with me at noon.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:29 - As he looked about and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” And he said, “God be gracious to you, my son.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:34 - When portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as anyone else’s. So they feasted and drank freely with him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:12 - Then the steward proceeded to search, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:12 - “You can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that it is really I who am speaking to you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:14 - Then he threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin embraced him, weeping.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:22 - To each of them he gave new clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels[fn] of silver and five sets of clothes.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:19 - The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:21 - The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:27 - “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:3 - Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:11 - from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:36 - From the descendants of Benjamin: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37 - The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:22 - The tribe of Benjamin will be next. The leader of the people of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:60

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:60 - On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, the leader of the people of Benjamin, brought his offering.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:24 - and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:9 - from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:38 - The descendants of Benjamin by their clans were: through Bela, the Belaite clan; through Ashbel, the Ashbelite clan; through Ahiram, the Ahiramite clan;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:41 - These were the clans of Benjamin; those numbered were 45,600.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:21 - Elidad son of Kislon, from the tribe of Benjamin;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:12 - When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:12 - About Benjamin he said: “Let the beloved of the LORD rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the LORD loves rests between his shoulders.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:11 - The first lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin according to its clans. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:20 - The Jordan formed the boundary on the eastern side. These were the boundaries that marked out the inheritance of the clans of Benjamin on all sides.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:21 - The tribe of Benjamin, according to its clans, had the following towns: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath—fourteen towns and their villages. This was the inheritance of Benjamin for its clans.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4 - The first lot came out for the Kohathites, according to their clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:17 - And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:21 - The Benjamites, however, did not drive out the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites live there with the Benjamites.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - Some came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek; Benjamin was with the people who followed you. From Makir captains came down, from Zebulun those who bear a commander’s[fn] staff.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9 - The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin and Ephraim; Israel was in great distress.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:14 - So they went on, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:3 - (The Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) Then the Israelites said, “Tell us how this awful thing happened.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4 - So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, said, “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10 - We’ll take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred from a thousand, and a thousand from ten thousand, to get provisions for the army. Then, when the army arrives at Gibeah[fn] in Benjamin, it can give them what they deserve for this outrageous act done in Israel.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:12 - The tribes of Israel sent messengers throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What about this awful crime that was committed among you?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:13 - Now turn those wicked men of Gibeah over to us so that we may put them to death and purge the evil from Israel.” But the Benjamites would not listen to their fellow Israelites.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:14 - From their towns they came together at Gibeah to fight against the Israelites.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:15 - At once the Benjamites mobilized twenty-six thousand swordsmen from their towns, in addition to seven hundred able young men from those living in Gibeah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:17 - Israel, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand swordsmen, all of them fit for battle.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:18 - The Israelites went up to Bethel[fn] and inquired of God. They said, “Who of us is to go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” The LORD replied, “Judah shall go first.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:20 - The Israelites went out to fight the Benjamites and took up battle positions against them at Gibeah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:21 - The Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down twenty-two thousand Israelites on the battlefield that day.

Search Results Continued...

1. Currently on page 1/4 (Gen 35:18–Jdg 20:21) Gen 35:18–Jdg 20:21

2. LOAD PAGE 2 Jdg 20:23–1Ki 12:23

3. LOAD PAGE 3 1Ki 15:22–Jer 33:13

4. LOAD PAGE 4 Jer 37:12–Zec 14:10

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NIV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NIV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.