Strong H1126בֶּן־אוֹנִ֑י

Ben-oni

Transliteration
ben-'ônîy
Pronunciation
ben-o-nee'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

From H1121 and H205; son of my sorrow;
Ben {Oni} the original name of Benjamin: - Ben-oni.

Meaning of the name

Ben-oni = "son of my sorrow"

Detailed definition

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 (H836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783);
father of: Bela (H1106A), Becher (H1071), Ashbel (H788), Gera (H1617), Naaman (H5283), Ehi (H278), Rosh (H7220), Muppim (H4649), Huppim (H2650H), Ard (H714), Ahiram (H297) and Jediael (H3043); also called Jamin at 1Sa.9.1,4; 22.7; 1x
Another name of bin.ya.min (בִּנְיָמִין "Benjamin" H1144G)

In the biblical story

Benjamin

Youngest son of Jacob and Rachel

Benjamin, initially named Ben-oni by his mother Rachel, was the youngest son of Jacob.

In the Bible

Strong H1126 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • oni1

First verses

  1. Genesis 35:18
    And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben–oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
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