בֵּן bên

Meaning

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.)

In the King James Version: [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.

Derivation: from H1129 (בָּנָה);

Where it is used

• Proverbs 10:5 He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
• Proverbs 13:1 A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
• Proverbs 13:22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
• Proverbs 13:24 He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
• Proverbs 14:26 He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
• Proverbs 15:11 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD—how much more the hearts of men!
• Proverbs 15:20 A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
• Proverbs 17:2 A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.
• Proverbs 17:6 Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.
• Proverbs 17:25 A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
• Proverbs 19:13 A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
• Proverbs 19:18 Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
• Proverbs 19:26 He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
• Proverbs 19:27 If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
• Proverbs 20:7 The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.
• Proverbs 23:15 My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
• Proverbs 23:19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
• Proverbs 23:26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
• Proverbs 24:13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
• Proverbs 24:21 My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
• Proverbs 27:11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.
• Proverbs 28:7 A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
• Proverbs 29:17 Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
• Proverbs 30:1 These are the words of Agur son of Jakeh—the burden that this man declared to Ithiel: “I am weary, O God, and worn out.
• Proverbs 30:4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!
• Proverbs 30:17 As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
• Proverbs 31:2 What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows?
• Proverbs 31:5 lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
• Proverbs 31:8 Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
• Proverbs 31:28 Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:
• Ecclesiastes 1:1 These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
• Ecclesiastes 1:13 And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
• Ecclesiastes 2:3 I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
• Ecclesiastes 2:7 I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,
• Ecclesiastes 2:8 and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
• Ecclesiastes 3:10 I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.
• Ecclesiastes 3:18 I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
• Ecclesiastes 3:19 For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
• Ecclesiastes 3:21 Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
• Ecclesiastes 4:8 There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
• Ecclesiastes 5:14 or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.
• Ecclesiastes 8:11 When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
• Ecclesiastes 9:3 This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
• Ecclesiastes 9:12 For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
• Ecclesiastes 10:17 Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.
• Ecclesiastes 12:12 And by these, my son, be further warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body.
• Song of Solomon 1:6 Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.
• Song of Solomon 2:3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
• Isaiah 1:1 This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
• Isaiah 1:2 Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
• Isaiah 1:4 Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
• Isaiah 2:1 This is the message that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
• Isaiah 5:1 I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
• Isaiah 7:1 Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.
• Isaiah 7:3 Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,
• Isaiah 7:4 and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.
• Isaiah 7:5 For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:
• Isaiah 7:6 ‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’
• Isaiah 7:9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.’”
• Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.