Strong's H1144 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: בִּנְיָמִין (Binyâmîyn)

Pronunciation: bin-yaw-mene'

POS: bin-yaw-mene' Morph: n-pr-m

Exegesis: from and ; son of (the) right hand;

Definition: from בֵּן and יָמִין; son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; Benjamin.

KJV Usage: Benjamin.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Benjamin = "son of the right hand"
• 2. 1) Jacob's and Rachel's youngest son, Joseph's full brother
• 3. 2) son of Bilhan, great-grandson of Benjamin
• 4. 3) a Benjamite, one of the sons of Harim, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife
• 5. 4) the tribe descended from Benjamin, the son of Jacob

Cross References[edit | edit source]

• GREEK G958

Blue Letter Bible entry