What does בֵּן · גּוֹלָה mean in the Bible?
בֵּן · גּוֹלָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "sons of the exile, returned deportees from captivity".
Hebrew · H1121, H1473
בְּנֵי הַגּוֹלָה
A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) · exile ; concretely and collectively exiles
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בֵּן H1121 a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Pronunciation ben
Son extends metaphorically to designate relationship, condition, quality, and national identity across kinship and covenantal contexts.
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גּוֹלָה H1473 exile ; concretely and collectively exiles
Pronunciation gwōlāh
Displacement from homeland with corporate identity; collective exilic community bearing covenantal consequences
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What does בְּנֵי הַגּוֹלָה (bene ha-golah) mean in the Bible?
בֵּן · גּוֹלָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "sons of the exile, returned deportees from captivity".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1121, H1473?
H1121, H1473 is connected to 4,985 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. sons of the exile, returned deportees from captivity
Strong's H1121, H1473
Lexical occurrences 4,985 verses Source Gloss
sons of the exile, returned deportees from captivity
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בְּנֵי הַגּוֹלָה is built from this root:
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