בֶּן־יְמִינִי ben-ymini
Hebrew word for “Benjaminite” · Strong’s H1145 · used 17 times in 9 verses
Meaning
Someone from the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.35.18;
How it is translated
Glosses given for ben-ymini in context, with how often each is used:
- ben- 8
- jaminite 7
- jaminites 2
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Judges 3 (1), Judges 19 (1), 1 Samuel 9 (1), 1 Samuel 22 (1), 2 Samuel 16 (1), 2 Samuel 19 (1), 1 Kings 2 (1), Esther 2 (1), Psalms 7 (1)
Forms
- בן 6
- ימיני 5
- הימיני 4
- בני 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with ben-ymini more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- גֵּרָא gera “Gera” 3
- שִׁמְעִי shimi “Shimei” 3
- בַּחֻרִים bachurim “Bahurim” 2
- קָלַל qalal “to lighten” 2
- קָרָא qara “to encounter” 2
- הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 3
- דָּוִד david “David” 3
- יָשַׁע yasah “to save” 2
- שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 2
- שָׁאוּל shaul “Saul” 2
- יָרַד yarad “to go down” 2
- עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 2
Key verses
The verses using ben-ymini that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Judges 3:15 — But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the…
- Judges 19:16 — And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the…
- 1 Samuel 9:21 — And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of…
- 1 Samuel 22:7 — Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you…
- 2 Samuel 16:11 — And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it?…
- 2 Samuel 19:16 — And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
- 1 Kings 2:8 — And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but…
- Esther 2:5 — Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
- Psalms 7:1 — [Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.] O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.