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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_23981" /> ==
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_92168" /> ==
<p> ( '''''בֶּןאּ''''' , ''Son Of'' ) is often found as the first element of Scriptural proper names (see those following), in which case the word which follows. it is always to be considered dependent on it, in the relation of our genitive. The word which follows ''Ben-'' may either be of itself a proper name, or be an appellative or abstract, the principle of the connection being essentially the same in both cases. Comp. AB-. As to the first class, the Syro-Arabian nations being all particularly addicted to genealogy, and possessing no surnames, nor family names in our sense, they have no means of attaching a definite designation to a person except by adding some accessory specification to his distinctive, or, as we would term it, [[Christian]] name. This explains why so many persons, both in the Old and New Testaments, are distinguished by the addition of the names of their father. The same usage is especially frequent among the Arabs; but they have improved its definiteness by adding the name of the person's child, in case he has one. In doing this, they always observe this arrangement-the name of the child, the person's own name, and the name of his father. Thus the designation of the patriarch Isaac would in Arabic run thus: Father of Jacob, Isaac, son of [[Abraham]] (Abu Ja'qub, Ishaq, ben Ibrahim). As to the latter class, there is an easy transition from this strict use of son to its employment in a figurative sense, to denote a peculiar dependence of derivation. The principle of such a connection not only explains such proper names as Ben- [[Chesed]] (son of mercy), but ap. plies to many striking metaphors in other classes of words, as sons of the bow, a son of seventeen years (the usual mode of denoting age), a hill, the son of oil (&nbsp;Isaiah 5:2), and many others, in which our translation effaces the Oriental type of the expression. All proper names which begin with Ben belong to one or the other of these classes. Ben-Aminadab, Ben-Gaber, and Ben-Chesed (&nbsp;1 Kings 4:10-11), illustrate all the possibilities of combination noticed above. In these names "Ben" would, perhaps, be better not translated, as it is in our version; although the [[Vulgate]] has preserved it, as the Sept. also appears to have once done in &nbsp;1 Kings 4:8, to judge by the reading there. </p> <p> These remarks apply also in part to BAR (See [[Bar]]) - (q.v.), the [[Aramaic]] synonyme of Ben-, as in the name Bar-Abbas. </p> <p> The following are instances in which our translators have doubted whether the prefix Ben- should not be transcribed, and have therefore placed it in the margin, giving "son" in the text: Ben-Hur, Ben-Dekar, Ben-Hesed, Ben-Abinadab, [[Ben-Geber]] (&nbsp;1 Kings 4:8-13) [for each of these, see the latter part of the name]. Of the following the reverse is true: Ben-Hanan, [[Ben-Zoheth]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:20; Ben-o (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 24:26-27); Ben-jamite (Psalms 7, title; &nbsp;Judges 2:15; &nbsp;Judges 19:16; &nbsp;1 Samuel 9:1; &nbsp;1 Samuel 9:4; &nbsp;2 Samuel 20:1; &nbsp;Esther 2:5). </p>
<p> '''(1):''' (adv.) The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; - opposed to but, the outer apartment. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (adv. & prep.) Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment. </p> <p> '''(3):''' Alt. of Ben nut </p> <p> '''(4):''' An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of Be. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (n.) A hoglike mammal of New [[Guinea]] (Porcula papuensis). </p>
          
          
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1685" /> ==
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49815" /> ==
<p> ''''' ben ''''' ( בּן , <i> ''''' bēn ''''' </i> , "son"): A L evite appointed to assist as musician in the temple service (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 15:18 ). The text seems to be doubtful, since the name is omitted in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 15:20 and not mentioned at all in the Septuagint. </p>
<p> <strong> BEN </strong> (‘son’). A Levite, &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 15:18 , omitted in parallel list in &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 15:20 in both MT [Note: Massoretic Text.] and LXX [Note: Septuagint.] . The latter omits it also in the first-named passage. </p>
       
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65379" /> ==
<p> A word signifying 'son,' and often placed at the beginning of proper names to say whose son the person is: or followed by an appellative, as Ben-oni, 'son of my sorrow.' In the plural it is BENE, or BENI. See BAR. </p>
       
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71818" /> ==
<p> '''Bel.''' ''(Son).'' A Levite, one of the porters appointed by David, for the ark. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 15:18. </p>
       
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58651" /> ==
<p> BEN or BEN'-NUT, n. A purgative fruit or nut, the largest of which resembles a filbert, yielding an oil used in pharmacy. </p>
       
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34724" /> ==
<p> ("son".) &nbsp;1 Chronicles 15:18. </p>
       
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38864" /> ==
&nbsp;1 Chronicles 15:18
       
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1648" /> ==
<p> Ben (prefix) (singular בּן , <i> ''''' ben ''''' </i> , "son of"; plural בּני , <i> ''''' benē ''''' </i> , "sons of" = [[Aramaic]] בּר , <i> ''''' bar ''''' </i> ): This word is used in the singular or plural to express relationship of almost any kind: (1) to a person; as such it is found as part of many compound names like Benjamin, Benhur, etc. (compare Bar); (2) to a clan; in this connection it is found in the plural only: "children of Israel," "children of Ammon," etc.; (3) to a town; perhaps as place of birth ("son of Jabesh"; &nbsp;2 Kings 15:10 ); (4) to occupation, state of life, age, character, quality even of things; (5) peculiarly employed in the sense of "scholar disciple" ("son of prophet"), or in phrases like "son of death," etc.; (6) in poetry, "sons of flame" for "sparks" (&nbsp;Job 5:7 margin), etc. The frequent metaphorical use of the word indicates that it was rarely used to express the relation of father to son like the Arabic <i> ''''' Ibn ''''' </i> . Compare <i> HPN </i> , 64ff. </p>
       
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_23985" /> ==
<p> (Heb. id. '''''בֵּן''''' , ''Son;'' Sept. omits; Vulg. [[Ben]] ) '','' a [[Levite]] "of the second degree," one of the porters appointed by David to the service of the ark, apparently as an assistant musician (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 15:18). B.C. 1043. </p> <p> in Norse mythology, was the god of the sea among ancient [[Angles]] and Saxons. </p>
       
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15133" /> ==
<p> Ben (son), is often found as the first element of proper names; in which case the word which follows it is always to be considered dependent on it in the relation of our genitive. The word which follows Ben may either be of itself a proper name, or be an appellative or abstract, the principle of the connection being essentially the same in both cases. [BAR]. </p>
          
          
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<ref name="term_23981"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/ben+(2) Ben from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_92168"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/ben Ben from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_49815"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/ben Ben from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_65379"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/ben Ben from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_71818"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/ben Ben from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_58651"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/ben Ben from King James Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_34724"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/ben Ben from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_38864"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/ben Ben from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_1648"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/ben Ben from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_23985"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/ben Ben from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
          
          
<ref name="term_1685"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/ben+(2) Ben from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_15133"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/ben Ben from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref>
          
          
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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): (adv.) The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; - opposed to but, the outer apartment.

(2): (adv. & prep.) Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment.

(3): Alt. of Ben nut

(4): An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of Be.

(5): (n.) A hoglike mammal of New Guinea (Porcula papuensis).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]

BEN (‘son’). A Levite,   1 Chronicles 15:18 , omitted in parallel list in   1 Chronicles 15:20 in both MT [Note: Massoretic Text.] and LXX [Note: Septuagint.] . The latter omits it also in the first-named passage.

Morrish Bible Dictionary [3]

A word signifying 'son,' and often placed at the beginning of proper names to say whose son the person is: or followed by an appellative, as Ben-oni, 'son of my sorrow.' In the plural it is BENE, or BENI. See BAR.

Smith's Bible Dictionary [4]

Bel. (Son). A Levite, one of the porters appointed by David, for the ark.  1 Chronicles 15:18.

King James Dictionary [5]

BEN or BEN'-NUT, n. A purgative fruit or nut, the largest of which resembles a filbert, yielding an oil used in pharmacy.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary [6]

("son".)  1 Chronicles 15:18.

Holman Bible Dictionary [7]

 1 Chronicles 15:18

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [8]

Ben (prefix) (singular בּן , ben , "son of"; plural בּני , benē , "sons of" = Aramaic בּר , bar ): This word is used in the singular or plural to express relationship of almost any kind: (1) to a person; as such it is found as part of many compound names like Benjamin, Benhur, etc. (compare Bar); (2) to a clan; in this connection it is found in the plural only: "children of Israel," "children of Ammon," etc.; (3) to a town; perhaps as place of birth ("son of Jabesh";  2 Kings 15:10 ); (4) to occupation, state of life, age, character, quality even of things; (5) peculiarly employed in the sense of "scholar disciple" ("son of prophet"), or in phrases like "son of death," etc.; (6) in poetry, "sons of flame" for "sparks" ( Job 5:7 margin), etc. The frequent metaphorical use of the word indicates that it was rarely used to express the relation of father to son like the Arabic Ibn . Compare HPN , 64ff.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [9]

(Heb. id. בֵּן , Son; Sept. omits; Vulg. Ben ) , a Levite "of the second degree," one of the porters appointed by David to the service of the ark, apparently as an assistant musician ( 1 Chronicles 15:18). B.C. 1043.

in Norse mythology, was the god of the sea among ancient Angles and Saxons.

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [10]

Ben (son), is often found as the first element of proper names; in which case the word which follows it is always to be considered dependent on it in the relation of our genitive. The word which follows Ben may either be of itself a proper name, or be an appellative or abstract, the principle of the connection being essentially the same in both cases. [BAR].

References

  1. ↑ Ben from Webster's Dictionary
  2. ↑ Ben from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
  3. ↑ Ben from Morrish Bible Dictionary
  4. ↑ Ben from Smith's Bible Dictionary
  5. ↑ Ben from King James Dictionary
  6. ↑ Ben from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
  7. ↑ Ben from Holman Bible Dictionary
  8. ↑ Ben from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
  9. ↑ Ben from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
  10. ↑ Ben from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature
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