Ben-deker
בֶּן־דֶּ֫קֶרStrong’s H1128ben-deqer (ben-de-qer)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Ben-deqer is the Hebrew word usually translated “ben-” and “deker”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.4.9
How it's translated
- ben- 1
- deker 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
בֶּן־דֶּ֫קֶר ben-deqer · Ben-deker
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.4.9; son of: Deker (H1857) § Ben-dekar = "son of stabbing" or "son of Dekar" an officer of Solomon
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ben” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BEN or BEN'-NUT, noun
A purgative fruit or nut, the largest of which resembles a filbert, yielding an oil used in pharmacy.
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.