Ben: meaning of the name

Ben in Hebrew and Greek

Who named Ben in the Bible

• Ben

  1 verse · first mentioned in 1 Chronicles 15:18

Ben in Scripture

“Ben” appears in 31 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• Genesis 19:38

  And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben–ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

• 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.

• 1 Kings 15:18

  Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben–hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

• 1 Kings 15:20

  So Ben–hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel–beth–maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

• 1 Kings 20:1

  And Ben–hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.

• 1 Kings 20:2

  And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben–hadad,

• 1 Kings 20:5

  And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben–hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

• 1 Kings 20:9

  Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben–hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.