What does בֵּן · יִשְׂרָאֵל · אִישׁ · אִשָּׁה mean in the Bible?
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Hebrew · H1121, H3478, H376, H802
בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ וְאִשָּׁה
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.) · he will rule as God ; Jisraël , a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity · a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) · a woman
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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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יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 he will rule as God ; Jisraël , a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
אִישׁ H376 a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Pronunciation ish
Individual male person functioning as a foundational unit of social identity, kinship, and covenantal responsibility in Hebrew thought
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אִשָּׁה H802 a woman
Pronunciation ishah
Woman or wife; context determines meaning—marriage, gender, or relational status all collapse into one term
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What does בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ וְאִשָּׁה (bene Yisra'el ish ve'ishah) mean in the Bible?
בֵּן · יִשְׂרָאֵל · אִישׁ · אִשָּׁה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "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.)".
Full entry for בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ וְאִשָּׁה (H1121, H3478, H376, H802) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1121, H3478, H376, H802?
H1121, H3478, H376, H802 is connected to 10,417 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. 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.)
Strong's H1121, H3478, H376, H802
Lexical occurrences 10,417 verses Source Gloss
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.)
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ וְאִשָּׁה is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
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