Ben-hadad
בֶּן־הֲדַדStrong’s H1130ben-hadad (ben-ha-dad)
Appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ben-hadad is the Hebrew word usually translated “hadad” and “ben”. It appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,”
Meaning
- The king of Syria, contemporary with Asa of Judah
- The son of Hazael, also king of Syria
- The king of Syria, contemporary with Asa of Judah
- The son of Hazael, also king of Syria
- The king of Syria, contemporary with Asa of Judah
- The son of Hazael, also king of Syria
How it's translated
- hadad 25
- ben 21
- and ben 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 14
- 2 Kings 6
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Jeremiah 1
- Amos 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 15:20So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
- 1 Kings 20:1And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
- 1 Kings 20:2And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,
- 1 Kings 20:5And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;
- 1 Kings 20:9Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
- 1 Kings 20:10And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
Hebrew dictionary
בֶּן־הֲדַד ben-hadad · Ben-hadad
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.15.18; son of: Tabrimmon (H2886) § Ben-hadad = "son of [the false god] Hadad" 1) the king of Syria, contemporary with Asa of Judah 2) the son of Hazael, also king of Syria
בֶּן־הֲדַד ben-hadad · Ben-hadad
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.6.24 § Ben-hadad = "son of [the false god] Hadad" 1) the king of Syria, contemporary with Asa of Judah 2) the son of Hazael, also king of Syria
בֶּן־הֲדַד ben-hadad · Ben-hadad
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.13.3; son of: Hazael (H2371) § Ben-hadad = "son of [the false god] Hadad" 1) the king of Syria, contemporary with Asa of Judah 2) the son of Hazael, also king of Syria
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.