Ben-yᵉmîynîy — H1145

Definition

adjective

a Benjaminite, or descendent of Benjamin

1. Benjamite = "a son of the right hand"
2. one of the tribe of Benjamin

Usually translated as

Benjamite, of Benjamin

Origin

sometimes (with the article inserted) Bên-ha-yᵉmîynîy; with H376 inserted (1 Samuel 9:1) Ben-ʼÎysh Ymîynîy; son of a man of Jemini; or shortened ʼÎysh Yᵉmîynîy; (1 Samuel 9:4; Esther 2:5) a man of Jemini, or (1 Samuel 20:1) simply Yᵉmîynîy; a Jeminite; (plural) Bᵉnêy Yᵉmîynîy; patron from H1144

• Derived from ʼîysh (H376)
• Derived from Binyâmîyn (H1144)

Occurrences

Ben-yᵉmîynîy occurs 12 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (2), 1 Samuel (4), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Esther (1)

• 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 (בֶּן), a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
• 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 place were Benjamites (בְּנֵ֥י).
• 1 Samuel 9:1 — Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
• 1 Samuel 9:4 — And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.
• 1 Samuel 9:21 — And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite (בֶן), of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
• 1 Samuel 22:7 — Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites (בְּנֵ֣י); will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
• 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 (בֶּן) do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.
• 2 Samuel 19:16 — And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite (הַיְמִינִ֔י), which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
• 2 Samuel 20:1 — And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
• 1 Kings 2:8 — And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite (בֶן) of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
• 1 Chronicles 27:12 — The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abi-ezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
• 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 (יְמִינִֽי);