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Son

בֵּןStrong’s H1121

ben

Appears in 3,659 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Ben is the Hebrew word usually translated “son of”, “people of” and “descendants of”. It appears in 3,659 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes;”
Daniel 1:3 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.24.26
How it's translated
  • son of 1231
  • people of 619
  • descendants of 445
  • sons of 402
  • son his 233
  • sons his 131
  • and sons of 123
  • a son of 116

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Numbers 437
  • 1 Chronicles 430
  • Genesis 306
  • Exodus 208
  • 2 Chronicles 176
  • 2 Kings 174

37 books in all.

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Genesis 306
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Exodus 208
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Numbers 437
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1 Chronicles 430
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2 Chronicles 176
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Song of Solomon 2
1:62:3
Lamentations 4
1:163:133:334:2
Obadiah 2
1:121:20
Jonah 2
1:14:10
Zephaniah 4
1:11:82:82:9
Hebrew dictionary

בֵּן ben · son

: child/son

בְּנוֹ beno · Beno

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.24.26; son of: Jaaziah (H3269); brother of: Shoham (H7719), Zaccur (H2139I) and Ibri (H5681) § Beno = "his son" the sons of Jaaziah and the sons of Merari by Jaahziah (his son)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “son” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SON, noun

  1. A male child; the male issue of a parent, father or mother.
  2. A male descendant, however distant; hence in the plural, sons signifies descendants in general, a sense much used in the Scriptures.
  3. The compellation of an old man to a young one, or of a confessor to his penitent; a term of affection.
  4. A native or inhabitant of a country; as the sons of Britain.
All definitions
  1. The produce of any thing.
  2. One adopted into a family. Exodus 2:2“Moses was the son of Pharaoh's daughter” Exodus 2:10
  3. One who is converted by another's instrumentality, is called his son; also, one educated by another; as the sons of the prophets.
  4. Christ is called the son of God, as being conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, or in consequence of his relation to the Father.
  5. son of pride, sons of light, son of Belial.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.