Strong H11447 sensesבִּנְיָמִין

Meaning of the name

The 7 senses of Strong H1144

The lexicon tells 7 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H1144 appears in 156 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. BenjaminH1144GYoungest son of Jacob and Rachel146 verses · 18 books
2. Benjamin (Gate)H1144LGate in Jerusalem, associated with the tribe of Benjamin.3 verses · Jeremiah
3. BenjaminH1144HSon of Bilhan, descendant of Benjamin1 verse · 1 Chronicles
4. BenjaminH1144IIsraelite who divorced his foreign wife1 verse · Ezra
5. BenjaminH1144JIsraelite who repaired part of Jerusalem's wall1 verse · Nehemiah
6. BenjaminH1144KPriest in the dedication procession1 verse · Nehemiah
7. (Gate of) BenjaminH1144MGate in Jerusalem's wall, mentioned in Zechariah's prophecy.1 verse · Zechariah

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• benjamin153
• s3
• place1

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.
2. Genesis 35:24
   The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
3. Genesis 42:4
   But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
4. Genesis 42:36
   And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
5. Genesis 43:14
   And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
6. Genesis 43:15
   And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
7. Genesis 43:16
   And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
8. Genesis 43:29
   And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
9. Genesis 43:34
   And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
10. Genesis 44:12
    And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
11. Genesis 45:12
    And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
12. Genesis 45:14
    And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
13. Genesis 45:22
    To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
14. Genesis 46:19
    The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
15. Genesis 46:21
    And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
16. Genesis 49:27
    Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
17. Exodus 1:3
    Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
18. Numbers 1:11
    Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
19. Numbers 1:36
    Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
20. Numbers 1:37
    Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.