Strong H1144H1144Lבִּנְיָמִין

Benjamin (Gate)

Transliteration: binyâmîyn
Pronunciation: bin-yaw-mene'
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

The Benjamin Gate was a gate in Jerusalem, associated with the tribe of Benjamin. (Jeremiah 20:2, 37:13, 38:7)

Meaning of the name

Benjamin = "son of the right hand"

General definition

From H1121 and H3225; son of (the) right hand;
{Binjamin} youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from {him} and its territory: - Benjamin.

In the biblical story

Benjamin Gate

Gate in Jerusalem, associated with the tribe of Benjamin.

The Benjamin Gate was a gate in Jerusalem, associated with the tribe of Benjamin. (Jeremiah 20:2, 37:13, 38:7)

In the Bible

Strong H1144L appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

benjamin3

First verses

Jeremiah 20:2
Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord.
Jeremiah 37:13
And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 38:7
Now when Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;