Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H1144
בִּנְיָמִין
Binyaminbin-yaw-mene'
Benjamin
166 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Binyâmîyn
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1144is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 19 of 39Old Testament books
- 73spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1144
Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
The King James renders it: Benjamin.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Binyamin is rendered "Benjamin". It stands 166 times in the Hebrew text, across nineteen books.
- Forty-five of the uses stand in Judges, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 35:18And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
- The Greek text spells it seventy-three different ways.
The first use
And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
Genesis 35:18בִנְיָמִֽין׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Forty-five of the word's 166 uses are in Judges.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Benjamin107
- and Benjamin28
- of Benjamin9
- to Benjamin8
- from Benjamin4
- for Benjamin3
- among Benjamin1
- and against Benjamin1
- and in Benjamin1
- and of Benjamin1
- and to Benjamin1
- in Benjamin1
and 1 more, 166 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 166, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
73 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בִנְיָמִ֖ן12
- בִנְיָמִ֑ן11
- בִנְיָמִ֔ן9
- בִּנְיָמִ֑ן9
- בִּנְיָמִן֙7
- בִּנְיָמִ֗ן7
- בִּנְיָמִֽן׃7
- וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן7
- בִנְיָמִן֙6
- בִּנְיָמִ֔ן5
- וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן5
- בִּנְיָמִ֛ן3
and 61 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)112HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)28HC/Npm
- preposition + proper noun (a name)22HR/Npm
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)4HC/R/Npm
Genesis
seventeen uses
And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
- בִנְיָמִֽין׃vinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
- וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃uvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”
- בִּנְיָמִין֙binyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
- בִּנְיָמִ֣ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”
- בִּנְיָמִ֑יןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
So the men took these gifts, along with double the amount of silver, and Benjamin as well. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
- בִּנְיָמִ֑ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
When Joseph saw Benjamin with his brothers, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they shall dine with me at noon.”
- בִּנְיָמִין֒binyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
- בִּנְיָמִ֣יןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.
- בִּנְיָמִ֛ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
- בִּנְיָמִֽן׃binyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Behold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that I, Joseph, am the one speaking with you.
- בִנְיָמִ֑יןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept as they embraced.
- בִנְיָמִֽן־vinyamin-proper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
- וּבִנְיָמִ֔ןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
- וּלְבִנְיָמִ֤ןulevinyaminconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and to Benjamin
The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
- וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃uvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
- בִנְיָמִ֗ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”
- בִּנְיָמִין֙binyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Exodus
one use
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
- וּבְנְיָמִֽן׃uveneyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
Numbers
eleven uses
from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
- לְבִ֨נְיָמִ֔ןlevinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: for Benjamin
From the sons of Benjamin, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- בִנְיָמִ֔ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
those registered to the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.
- בִנְיָמִ֑ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Next will be the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of the Benjamites is Abidan son of Gideoni,
- בִּנְיָמִ֑ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
- בִנְיָמִ֔ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, the leader of the Benjamites, drew near.
- בִנְיָמִ֑ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.
- בִנְיָמִ֑ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
- בִנְיָמִ֔ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
These were the descendants of Benjamin by their clans: The Belaite clan from Bela, the Ashbelite clan from Ashbel, the Ahiramite clan from Ahiram,
- בִנְיָמִן֮vinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
These were the clans of Benjamin, and their registration numbered 45,600.
- בִנְיָמִ֖ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Elidad son of Chislon from the tribe of Benjamin;
- בִנְיָמִ֔ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Deuteronomy
two uses
“When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
- וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃uvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”
- לְבִנְיָמִ֣ןlevinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Benjamin
Joshua
six uses
The first lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:
- בִנְיָמִ֖ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
On the east side the border was the Jordan. These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
- בִנְיָמִ֧ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin:
- בִנְיָמִ֖ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
- בִנְיָמִ֖ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
- בִנְיָמִן֙vinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,
- בִנְיָמִ֔ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Judges
forty-five uses
The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.
- בִנְיָמִ֑ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
- בִנְיָמִן֙vinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
- בִנְיָמִ֖יןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress.
- וּבְבִנְיָמִ֖יןuvevinyaminconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and against Benjamin
So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.
- לְבִנְיָמִֽן׃levinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Benjamin
(Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?”
- בִנְיָמִ֔ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.
- לְבִנְיָמִ֔ןlevinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Benjamin
We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”
- בִּנְיָמִ֔ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: of Benjamin
And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you?
- בִנְיָמִ֖ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.
- בִּנְיָמִ֔ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: of Benjamin
And from their cities they came together at Gibeah to go out and fight against the Israelites.
- בִנְיָמִ֛ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
- בִנְיָמִ֜ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mobilized 400,000 swordsmen, each one an experienced warrior.
- מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ןmibinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Benjamin
The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
- בִנְיָמִ֑ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
And the men of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin and took up their battle positions at Gibeah.
- בִּנְיָמִ֑ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.
- בִנְיָמִ֖ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”
- בִנְיָמִ֖ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
On the second day the Israelites advanced against the Benjamites.
- בִנְיָמִ֖ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
- בִנְיָמִ֨ן׀vinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”
- בִנְיָמִ֥ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
On the third day the Israelites went up against the Benjamites and arrayed themselves against Gibeah as they had done before.
- בִנְיָמִ֖ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.
- בִנְיָמִן֙vinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
“We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”
- בִנְיָמִ֔ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
The LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.
- בִּנְיָמִן֮binyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
- בְּבִנְיָמִן֙bevinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: among Benjamin
Then the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.
- בִנְיָמִ֖ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
- לְבִנְיָמִ֔ןlevinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Benjamin
the men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”
- וּבִנְיָמִ֡ןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.
- בִּנְיָמִן֙binyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Then the men of Israel turned back on them, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had come upon them.
- בִּנְיָמִ֑ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
They surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.
- בִּנְיָמִן֙binyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
And 18,000 Benjamites fell, all men of valor.
- מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ןmibinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Benjamin
That day 25,000 Benjamite swordsmen fell, all men of valor.
- מִבִּנְיָמִ֗ןmibinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Benjamin
And the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found. And they burned down all the cities in their path.
- בִנְיָמִן֙vinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
- לְבִנְיָמִ֖ןlevinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Benjamin
And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
- בִּנְיָמִ֖ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.
- בִנְיָמִ֔ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
- בִּנְיָמִן֙binyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
- לְבִנְיָמִ֑ןlevinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Benjamin
Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
- מִבִּנְיָמִ֖ןmibinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Benjamin
They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
- לְבִנְיָמִ֑ןlevinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Benjamin
But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
- לְבִנְיָמִֽן׃ סlevinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Benjamin
So they commanded the Benjamites: “Go, hide in the vineyards
- בִנְיָמִ֖ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
and watch. When you see the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, each of you is to come out of the vineyards, catch for himself a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
- בִּנְיָמִֽן׃binyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.
- בִנְיָמִ֔ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
1 Samuel
eleven uses
That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
- בִּנְיָמִן֙binyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.
- מִבִּנְיָמִ֗יןmibinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Benjamin
“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him leader over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
- בִּנְיָמִ֗ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”
- בִנְיָמִ֑ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’
- בִּנְיָמִ֖ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Thus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.
- בִּנְיָמִֽן׃binyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him.
- בִּנְיָמִן֙binyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.
- בִּנְיָמִ֑יןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.
- בִּנְיָמִ֑ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.
- בִּנְיָמִ֑ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: of Benjamin
Now when Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in Benjamin looked and saw the troops melting away and scattering in every direction,
- בִּנְיָמִ֑ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
2 Samuel
eleven uses
and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.
- בִּנְיָמִ֔ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
So they got up and were counted off—twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David.
- לְבִנְיָמִ֗ןlevinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: for Benjamin
The Benjamites rallied to Abner, formed a single unit, and took their stand atop a hill.
- בִנְיָמִן֙vinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
but they had struck down 360 Benjamites who were with Abner.
- מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ןmibinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Benjamin
Abner also spoke to the Benjamites and went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.
- בִנְיָמִ֑יןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
- בִּנְיָמִֽן׃binyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,
- בִנְיָמִ֑ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
- בִּנְיָמִֽן׃binyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
along with a thousand men of Benjamin, as well as Ziba the steward of the house of Saul and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan before the king
- מִבִּנְיָמִן֒mibinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Benjamin
And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.
- בִּנְיָמִ֜ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites,
- בִנְיָמִֽן׃ סvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
1 Kings
four uses
Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;
- בְּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ סbevinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Benjamin
And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.
- בִּנְיָמִ֗ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people
- וּבִנְיָמִ֑יןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.
- בִּנְיָמִ֖ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: of Benjamin
1 Chronicles
fifteen uses
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
- וּבִנְיָמִ֔ןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.
- בִנְיָמִ֗ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
They assigned by lot the cities named above from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
- בִנְיָמִ֑ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
The three sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.
- בִּנְיָמִ֗ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan:
- וּ֠בִנְיָמִןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
Benjamin was the father of Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was the second born, Aharah the third,
- וּבִ֨נְיָמִ֔ןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third. The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were the descendants of Benjamin.
- בִנְיָמִֽן׃ פvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
These were some of the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh who lived in Jerusalem:
- בִנְיָמִ֑ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
From the Benjamites: Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah;
- בִּנְיָמִ֑ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
- בִנְיָמִ֔ן סvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):
- מִבִּנְיָמִֽן׃mibinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Benjamin
Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.
- בִנְיָמִן֙vinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.
- בִנְיָמִ֛ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.
- וּבִנְיָמִ֔ןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
over the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead was Iddo son of Zechariah; over Benjamin was Jaasiel son of Abner;
- לְבִנְיָמִ֔ןlevinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: for Benjamin
2 Chronicles
fourteen uses
When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
- וּבִנְיָמִ֗ןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin
- וּבִנְיָמִ֖ןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
- וּבְבִנְיָמִ֑ןuvevinyaminconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and in Benjamin
He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
- וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ סuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.
- וּבִנְיָמִ֗ןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin bearing small shields and drawing the bow. All these were mighty men of valor.
- וּמִבִּנְיָמִ֗ןumibinyaminconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and of Benjamin
So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
- וּבִנְיָמִ֑ןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.
- וּבִנְיָמִ֔ןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
- וּבִנְיָמִ֔ןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields;
- בִּנְיָמִ֔ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Then Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the spear and shield.
- וּבִנְיָמִ֑ןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.
- וּבִנְיָמִ֛ןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites at the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, Judah, and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.
- וּבִנְיָמִ֑ןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
Then he had everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin take a stand in agreement to it. So all the people of Jerusalem carried out the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
- וּבִנְיָמִ֑ןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
Ezra
four uses
So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
- וּבִנְיָמִ֔ןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,
- וּבִנְיָמִ֑ןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.
- וּבִנְיָמִ֨ן׀uvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
- בְּנְיָמִ֥ןbeneyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Nehemiah
six uses
Beyond them, Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs in front of their house, and next to them, Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house.
- בִּנְיָמִ֛ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) From the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez;
- בִנְיָמִ֑ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
From the descendants of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah;
- בִנְיָמִ֑ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;
- בִנְיָמִ֖ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
And some divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin.
- לְבִנְיָמִֽין׃ פlevinyaminpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Benjamin
Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,
- וּבִנְיָמִ֔ןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
Psalms
two uses
There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, the princes of Judah in their company, the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
- בִּנְיָמִ֨ן׀binyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.
- וּבִנְיָ֘מִ֤ןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
Jeremiah
ten uses
These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
- בִּנְיָמִֽן׃binyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
- בִניָמִ֗ןvinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
And people will come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, and from the foothills, the hill country, and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.
- בִּנְיָמִ֗ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
- בִּנְיָמִן֙binyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
- בִּנְיָמִ֗יןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”
- בִּנְיָמִ֜ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
In the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev, in the land of Benjamin and the cities surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the LORD.
- בִּנְיָמִ֛ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.
- בִּנְיָמִ֑ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
- בִּנְיָמִ֗ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
- בִּנְיָמִֽן׃binyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Ezekiel
four uses
So the Levitical property and the city property will lie in the center of the area belonging to the prince—the area between the borders of Judah and Benjamin.
- בִּנְיָמִ֔ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
As for the rest of the tribes: Benjamin will have one portion extending from the east side to the west side.
- בִּנְיָמִ֥ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Simeon will have one portion bordering the territory of Benjamin from east to west.
- בִּנְיָמִ֗ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
On the east side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin, and the gate of Dan.
- בִּנְיָמִן֙binyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
Hosea
one use
Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
- בִּנְיָמִֽין׃binyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: O Benjamin
Obadiah
one use
Those from the Negev will possess the mountains of Esau; those from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will possess Gilead.
- וּבִנְיָמִ֖ןuvinyaminconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Benjamin
Zechariah
one use
All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.
- בִּנְיָמִ֗ןbinyaminproper noun (a name)tagged: Benjamin
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