What does Βενιαμίν (Beniamín) mean in the Bible?
Βενιαμίν (Beniamín) is a Greek word meaning "Benjamin, an Israelite".
Greek · G958
Βενιαμίν
Benjamin, an Israelite
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Βενιαμίν G958
Pronunciation Beniamín
What does Βενιαμίν (Beniamín) mean in the Bible?
Βενιαμίν (Beniamín) is a Greek word meaning "Benjamin, an Israelite".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G958?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include of Benjamin (4).
Where does Βενιαμίν (Beniamín) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 13:21. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Philippians (1), Revelation (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It of Benjamin 4× Acts 13:21, Romans 11:1, Philippians 3:5, Revelation 7:8
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 13:21
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Acts 1 Romans 1 Philippians 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
Βενιαμίν 3x Beniamin Acts 13:21, Romans 11:1, Philippians 3:5
Βενιαμὶν 1x Beniamin Revelation 7:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 4x Acts 13:21, Romans 11:1, Philippians 3:5, Revelation 7:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Benjamin, an Israelite
Strong's G958
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 1 form 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
Benjamin, an Israelite
Extended definition
:--Benjamin.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 13:21 Proper name
Βενιαμίν, beniamin
Benjamin
Read verse Romans 11:1 Proper name
Βενϊαμίν. beniamin
Benjamin
Read verse Philippians 3:5 Proper name
Βενιαμίν, beniamin
Benjamin
Read verse Revelation 7:8 Proper name
Βενιαμίν, beniamin
Benjamin
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Genitive (4) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Acts 13:21 · Rom 11:1 · Phil 3:5 · Rev 7:8 4×
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain