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Strong's numbers

בֵּן H1121

bên

bane

from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

בֵּן 4870 n.m. son
1 son, male child, born of a woman
2 children (male and female)
3 youth, young men
4 the young of animals
5 of plant shoots
6 fig. of lifeless things, sparks, stars, arrows
7
a member of a guild, order or class
b of animals son of (the) herd
8 ב׳ as n. relat. followed by word of quality, characteristic, etc.
9 n. relat. of age
בְּנוֹ 1 Ch 24:26, 27 as n.pr.m. in AV, RV, but render: the sons of Jaaziah his son, & the sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son, cf. VB & Be Öt.

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.

3654 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Genesis 38:26
    And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
  • Genesis 41:46
    And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
  • Genesis 41:50
    And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
  • Genesis 42:1
    Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
  • Genesis 42:5
    And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
  • Genesis 42:11
    We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
  • Genesis 42:13
    And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
  • Genesis 42:32
    We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
  • Genesis 42:37
    And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
  • Genesis 42:38
    And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.