1144. Binyamin

Strong's Lexicon

Binyamin: Benjamin

Original Word: בִּנְיָמִין
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Binyamin
Pronunciation: bin-yah-MEEN
Phonetic Spelling: (bin-yaw-mene')
Definition: Benjamin
Meaning: Binjamin

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew words בֵּן (ben, meaning "son") and יָמִין (yamin, meaning "right hand" or "south").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G958: Βενιαμίν (Beniamin) - Used in the New Testament to refer to the tribe of Benjamin, as seen in Romans 11:1 and Philippians 3:5.

Usage: The name "Benjamin" means "son of the right hand" or "son of the south." In the context of the Bible, it refers to the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel, and the progenitor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The name signifies a position of favor and strength, as the right hand is traditionally associated with power and authority.

Cultural and Historical Background: Benjamin was the twelfth and youngest son of Jacob, born to his beloved wife Rachel. His birth is recorded in Genesis 35:16-18, where Rachel names him Ben-Oni ("son of my sorrow") as she dies in childbirth, but Jacob renames him Benjamin. The tribe of Benjamin played a significant role in Israel's history, providing the first king, Saul, and later aligning with the tribe of Judah during the divided kingdom period. The tribe's territory was strategically located between the northern and southern kingdoms, which often placed it at the center of political and military events.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from ben and yamin
Definition
"son of (the) right hand," youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Isr .
NASB Translation
Benjamin (162), Benjamin's (4).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

בִּנְיָמִין Genesis 35:18 +; usually בִּנְיָמִן proper name, masculine₁₆₆ (son of (the) right hand) —

1 youngest son of Jacob, so called by him, but by Rachel, the mother, who died at Benjamin's birth, called בֶּןאֿוֺנִי (q. v.) Genesis 35:18; own brother of Joseph Genesis 35:24; Genesis 42:4; Genesis 43:29; Genesis 45:12; compare Genesis 42:36; Genesis 45:15; Genesis 45:34 +; name of tribe of Benjamin Numbers 1:11; Deuteronomy 27:12; Deuteronomy 33:12; Judges 5:14 23t. Judges; 32t. Samuel Kings Chronicles; Hosea 5:8; Ezekiel 48:23; Obadiah 19; Psalm 68:28; Psalm 80:3; בְּנֵי בנימן (literal Genesis 46:21) of tribe Numbers 1:36; Numbers 2:22; Numbers 7:60; Numbers 26:38,41; Joshua 18:20,28; Judges 20:3,14,15,18,21,23,24,28,30,31,32,36,48; Judges 21:18,20,23; 2 Samuel 2:25; 2 Samuel 4:2; 2 Samuel 23:29; 1 Chronicles 8:40; 1 Chronicles 9:3,7; 1 Chronicles 11:31; 1 Chronicles 12:17; 1 Chronicles 12:30; Nehemiah 11:4,7,31; Jeremiah 6:1; Judges 1:21 (twice in verse) (but בני יהודה in "" Joshua 15:63 compare Bu^{RS 7}); explicitly מַטֵּה בִנְיָמִן Numbers 1:37; Numbers 2:22; Numbers 13:9; Numbers 34:21; Joshua 21:4; 1 Chronicles 6:45 compare Joshua 21:17; מַטֵּה ׳בְנֵי ב Numbers 10:24; Joshua 18:11,21; 1 Chronicles 6:50; ׳שֵׁבֶט ב 1 Samuel 10:20,21; 1 Kings 12:21; observe also ׳כָּלשִֿׁבְטֵי ב Judges 20:12 compare 1 Samuel 9:21; אִישׁ בִּנְיָמִן Judges 20:41; 1 Samuel 4:12 compare אִישׁ מִבִּןיָֿ֯מִין 1 Samuel 9:1; אֶרֶץ בִּנְיָמִן Judges 21:21; 1 Samuel 9:16; 2 Samuel 21:14; Jeremiah 1:1; Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:13; Jeremiah 37:12; compare Jeremiah 32:8; ׳גְּבוּל ב 1 Samuel 10:2; Ezekiel 48:22 (strike out Co) Ezekiel 48:24; בֵּית בִּנְיָמִן 2 Samuel 3:19; בֵּית ׳יְהוּדָה וּב 1 Kings 12:23; 2Chronicles 11:1; in name of a temple-gate הָעֶלְיוֺן ׳שַׁעַר ב Jeremiah 20:2; compare Jeremiah 37:13; Jeremiah 38:7; Ezekiel 48:32; Zechariah 14:10.

2 a son of Bilhan and great-grandson of Benjamin 1 1 Chronicles 7:10.

3 a Jew of Ezra's time Ezra 10:32 compare Nehemiah 3:23; Nehemiah 12:34. — בנימן בני פרץ 1 Chronicles 9:4 Kt read with Qr ׳בָּנִי מִןבְּֿנֵי פ.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Benjamin

From ben and yamiyn; son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory -- Benjamin.

see HEBREW ben

see HEBREW yamiyn

Forms and Transliterations

בְּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ בְּבִנְיָמִן֙ בְּנְיָמִ֥ן בִּנְיָמִ֑ין בִּנְיָמִ֑ן בִּנְיָמִ֔ן בִּנְיָמִ֖ן בִּנְיָמִ֗ין בִּנְיָמִ֗ן בִּנְיָמִ֛ן בִּנְיָמִ֜ן בִּנְיָמִ֣ין בִּנְיָמִ֣ן בִּנְיָמִ֥ן בִּנְיָמִ֨ן ׀ בִּנְיָמִֽין׃ בִּנְיָמִֽן׃ בִּנְיָמִין֒ בִּנְיָמִין֙ בִּנְיָמִן֙ בִּנְיָמִן֮ בִנְיָמִ֑ין בִנְיָמִ֑ן בִנְיָמִ֔ן בִנְיָמִ֖ין בִנְיָמִ֖ן בִנְיָמִ֗ן בִנְיָמִ֛ן בִנְיָמִ֜ן בִנְיָמִ֥ן בִנְיָמִ֧ן בִנְיָמִ֨ן ׀ בִנְיָמִֽין׃ בִנְיָמִֽן־ בִנְיָמִֽן׃ בִנְיָמִן֙ בִנְיָמִן֮ בִניָמִ֗ן בבנימן בבנימן׃ בנימין בנימין׃ בנימן בנימן־ בנימן׃ וּ֠בִנְיָמִן וּבְבִנְיָמִ֑ן וּבְבִנְיָמִ֖ין וּבְנְיָמִֽן׃ וּבִ֨נְיָמִ֔ן וּבִנְיָ֘מִ֤ן וּבִנְיָמִ֑ין וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן וּבִנְיָמִ֖ן וּבִנְיָמִ֗ן וּבִנְיָמִ֛ן וּבִנְיָמִ֡ן וּבִנְיָמִ֨ן ׀ וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ וּלְבִנְיָמִ֤ן וּמִבִּנְיָמִ֗ן ובבנימין ובבנימן ובנימין ובנימן ובנימן׃ ולבנימן ומבנימן לְבִ֨נְיָמִ֔ן לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן לְבִנְיָמִ֔ן לְבִנְיָמִ֖ן לְבִנְיָמִ֗ן לְבִנְיָמִ֣ן לְבִנְיָמִֽין׃ לְבִנְיָמִֽן׃ לבנימין׃ לבנימן לבנימן׃ מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן מִבִּנְיָמִ֖ן מִבִּנְיָמִ֗ן מִבִּנְיָמִֽן׃ מִבִּנְיָמִן֒ מִבִּנְיָמִ֗ין מִן־ מבנימין מבנימן מבנימן׃ מן־ bə·ḇin·yā·min bə·nə·yā·min bəḇinyāmin beneyaMin bənəyāmin bevinyaMin ḇi·n·yā·min bin·yā·min bin·yā·mîn ḇin·yā·min ḇin·yā·mîn ḇin·yā·min- binyaMin binyāmin binyāmîn ḇinyāmin ḇinyāmîn ḇinyāmin- lə·ḇin·yā·min lə·ḇin·yā·mîn ləḇinyāmin ləḇinyāmîn leVinyaMin mib·bin·yā·min mib·bin·yā·mîn mibbinyaMin mibbinyāmin mibbinyāmîn min min- ū·ḇə·ḇin·yā·min ū·ḇə·ḇin·yā·mîn ū·ḇə·nə·yā·min ū·ḇin·yā·min ū·ḇin·yā·mîn ū·lə·ḇin·yā·min ū·mib·bin·yā·min ūḇəḇinyāmin ūḇəḇinyāmîn ūḇənəyāmin ūḇinyāmin ūḇinyāmîn ūləḇinyāmin ulevinyaMin umibbinyaMin ūmibbinyāmin uveneyaMin uvevinyaMin uvinyaMin vinyaMin

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 35:18
HEB: קָֽרָא־ ל֥וֹ בִנְיָמִֽין׃
NAS: but his father called him Benjamin.
KJV: but his father called him Benjamin.
INT: his father called Benjamin

Genesis 35:24
HEB: רָחֵ֔ל יוֹסֵ֖ף וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃
NAS: of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;
KJV: of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
INT: of Rachel Joseph and Benjamin

Genesis 42:4
HEB: וְאֶת־ בִּנְיָמִין֙ אֲחִ֣י יוֹסֵ֔ף
NAS: brother Benjamin with his brothers,
KJV: But Benjamin, Joseph's brother,
INT: Benjamin brother Joseph's

Genesis 42:36
HEB: אֵינֶ֔נּוּ וְאֶת־ בִּנְיָמִ֣ן תִּקָּ֔חוּ עָלַ֖י
NAS: and you would take Benjamin; all
KJV: [is] not, and ye will take Benjamin [away]: all these things are against me.
INT: and Simeon more Benjamin take are against

Genesis 43:14
HEB: אַחֵ֖ר וְאֶת־ בִּנְיָמִ֑ין וַאֲנִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if
KJV: brother, and Benjamin. If
INT: brother your other and Benjamin I if

Genesis 43:15
HEB: בְיָדָ֖ם וְאֶת־ בִּנְיָמִ֑ן וַיָּקֻ֙מוּ֙ וַיֵּרְד֣וּ
NAS: in their hand, and Benjamin; then they arose
KJV: in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up,
INT: took their hand and Benjamin arose and went

Genesis 43:16
HEB: אִתָּם֮ אֶת־ בִּנְיָמִין֒ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לַֽאֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: saw Benjamin with them, he said
KJV: saw Benjamin with
INT: Joseph with Benjamin said after

Genesis 43:29
HEB: וַיַּ֞רְא אֶת־ בִּנְיָמִ֣ין אָחִיו֮ בֶּן־
NAS: his brother Benjamin, his mother's
KJV: his brother Benjamin, his mother's
INT: his eyes and saw Benjamin his brother son

Genesis 43:34
HEB: וַתֵּ֜רֶב מַשְׂאַ֧ת בִּנְיָמִ֛ן מִמַּשְׂאֹ֥ת כֻּלָּ֖ם
NAS: to them from his own table, but Benjamin's portion
KJV: unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess
INT: much portion Benjamin's portions any

Genesis 44:12
HEB: הַגָּבִ֔יעַ בְּאַמְתַּ֖חַת בִּנְיָמִֽן׃
NAS: was found in Benjamin's sack.
KJV: was found in Benjamin's sack.
INT: and the cup sack Benjamin's

Genesis 45:12
HEB: וְעֵינֵ֖י אָחִ֣י בִנְיָמִ֑ין כִּי־ פִ֖י
NAS: of my brother Benjamin [see], that it is my mouth
KJV: of my brother Benjamin, that [it is] my mouth
INT: and the eyes of my brother Benjamin that it is my mouth

Genesis 45:14
HEB: עַל־ צַוְּארֵ֥י בִנְיָמִֽן־ אָחִ֖יו וַיֵּ֑בְךְּ
NAS: on his brother Benjamin's neck
KJV: upon his brother Benjamin's neck,
INT: and neck Benjamin's his brother and wept

Genesis 45:14
HEB: אָחִ֖יו וַיֵּ֑בְךְּ וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן בָּכָ֖ה עַל־
NAS: and wept, and Benjamin wept
KJV: and wept; and Benjamin wept
INT: his brother and wept and Benjamin wept on

Genesis 45:22
HEB: חֲלִפ֣וֹת שְׂמָלֹ֑ת וּלְבִנְיָמִ֤ן נָתַן֙ שְׁלֹ֣שׁ
NAS: of garments, but to Benjamin he gave
KJV: of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave
INT: changes of garments to Benjamin gave three

Genesis 46:19
HEB: יַעֲקֹ֔ב יוֹסֵ֖ף וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃
NAS: Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
KJV: wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
INT: of Jacob's Joseph and Benjamin

Genesis 46:21
HEB: וּבְנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֗ן בֶּ֤לַע וָבֶ֙כֶר֙
NAS: The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher
KJV: And the sons of Benjamin [were] Belah,
INT: the sons of Benjamin Bela and Becher

Genesis 49:27
HEB: בִּנְיָמִין֙ זְאֵ֣ב יִטְרָ֔ף
NAS: Benjamin is a ravenous wolf;
KJV: Benjamin shall ravin [as] a wolf:
INT: Benjamin wolf ravenous

Exodus 1:3
HEB: יִשָּׂשכָ֥ר זְבוּלֻ֖ן וּבְנְיָמִֽן׃
NAS: Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin;
KJV: Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
INT: Issachar Zebulun and Benjamin

Numbers 1:11
HEB: לְבִ֨נְיָמִ֔ן אֲבִידָ֖ן בֶּן־
NAS: of Benjamin, Abidan the son
KJV: Of Benjamin; Abidan the son
INT: of Benjamin Abidan the son

Numbers 1:36
HEB: לִבְנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֔ן תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם
NAS: Of the sons of Benjamin, their genealogical registration
KJV: Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations,
INT: of the sons of Benjamin their genealogical their families

Numbers 1:37
HEB: פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם לְמַטֵּ֣ה בִנְיָמִ֑ן חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛ים
NAS: men of the tribe of Benjamin [were] 35,400.
KJV: of them, [even] of the tribe of Benjamin, [were] thirty
INT: were numbered the tribe of Benjamin and five thirty

Numbers 2:22
HEB: וּמַטֵּ֖ה בִּנְיָמִ֑ן וְנָשִׂיא֙ לִבְנֵ֣י
NAS: Then [comes] the tribe of Benjamin, and the leader
KJV: Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain
INT: Then the tribe of Benjamin and the leader of the sons

Numbers 2:22
HEB: וְנָשִׂיא֙ לִבְנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֔ן אֲבִידָ֖ן בֶּן־
NAS: of the sons of Benjamin: Abidan
KJV: of the sons of Benjamin [shall be] Abidan
INT: and the leader of the sons of Benjamin Abidan the son

Numbers 7:60
HEB: נָשִׂ֖יא לִבְנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֑ן אֲבִידָ֖ן בֶּן־
NAS: leader of the sons of Benjamin;
KJV: of the children of Benjamin, [offered]:
INT: leader the son of Benjamin Abidan of the sons

Numbers 10:24
HEB: מַטֵּ֖ה בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֑ן אֲבִידָ֖ן בֶּן־
NAS: army of the sons of Benjamin.
KJV: of the children of Benjamin [was] Abidan
INT: the tribal the son of Benjamin and Abidan of the sons

167 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1144
167 Occurrences

bə·nə·yā·min — 1 Occ.
bə·ḇin·yā·min — 2 Occ.
bin·yā·mîn — 55 Occ.
lə·ḇin·yā·min — 12 Occ.
mib·bin·yā·min — 8 Occ.
min- — 1 Occ.
ū·lə·ḇin·yā·min — 1 Occ.
ū·mib·bin·yā·min — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·nə·yā·min — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·ḇin·yā·mîn — 2 Occ.
ū·ḇin·yā·min — 27 Occ.
ḇin·yā·mîn — 56 Occ.