(Gate of) Benjamin
בִּנְיָמִיןStrong’s H1144binyamin (bin-ya-min)
Appears in 159 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Binyamin is the Hebrew word usually translated “benjamin”, “from benjamin” and “against benjamin”. It appears in 159 verses of the Old Testament.
“All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.”
Meaning
- A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.35.18
- Jacob's and Rachel's youngest son, Joseph's full brother
- Son of Bilhan, great-grandson of Benjamin
- A Benjamite, one of the sons of Harim, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife
- The tribe descended from Benjamin, the son of Jacob
- Jacob's and Rachel's youngest son, Joseph's full brother
- Son of Bilhan, great-grandson of Benjamin
- A Benjamite, one of the sons of Harim, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife
- The tribe descended from Benjamin, the son of Jacob
- Jacob's and Rachel's youngest son, Joseph's full brother
- Son of Bilhan, great-grandson of Benjamin
- A Benjamite, one of the sons of Harim, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife
- The tribe descended from Benjamin, the son of Jacob
- Jacob's and Rachel's youngest son, Joseph's full brother
- Son of Bilhan, great-grandson of Benjamin
- A Benjamite, one of the sons of Harim, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife
- The tribe descended from Benjamin, the son of Jacob
- § Benjamin = "son of the right hand"
- § Benjamin = "son of the right hand"
How it's translated
- benjamin 107
- and benjamin 28
- of benjamin 9
- to benjamin 8
- from benjamin 4
- for benjamin 3
- and to benjamin 1
- and against benjamin 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 42
- Genesis 16
- 1 Chronicles 15
- 2 Chronicles 14
- 1 Samuel 11
- Numbers 10
19 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 35:18And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
- Genesis 35:24The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
- Genesis 42:4But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
- Genesis 42:36And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
- Genesis 43:14And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
- Genesis 43:15And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
All 159 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
בֶּן־אוֹנִ֑י ben-oni · Ben-oni
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.35.18; son of: Israel (H3478) and Rachel (H7354); brother of: Joseph (H3130); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); …
בִּנְיָמִין binyamin · Benjamin
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.10; son of: Bilhan (H1092H); brother of: Jeush (H3266H), Ehud (H0164H), Chenaanah (H3668H), Zethan (H2133), Tarshish (H8659I) and Ahishahar (H0300) § 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
בִּנְיָמִין binyamin · Benjamin
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.32 § 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
בִּנְיָמִין binyamin · Benjamin
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.3.23 § 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
בִּנְיָמִין binyamin · Benjamin
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.12.34 § 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
בִּנְיָמִין binyamin · Benjamin (Gate)
§ Benjamin = "son of the right hand" a gate in Jerusalem
בִּנְיָמִין binyamin · (Gate of) Benjamin
§ Benjamin = "son of the right hand" a gate in Jerusalem
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “benjamin” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BEN'JAMIN, noun
A tree, the Laurus Benzoin, a native of America, called also spicebush. It grows to the height of 15 or 20 feet, with a very branchy head.
- A gum or resin, or rather a balsam. [See Benzoin.]
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.