What does בֵּן · יִשְׂרָאֵל mean in the Bible?
בֵּן · יִשְׂרָאֵל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "descendants or covenant family of Israel".
Hebrew · H1121, H3478
בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
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
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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
What does בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל (bene yisra'el) mean in the Bible?
בֵּן · יִשְׂרָאֵל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "descendants or covenant family of Israel".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1121, H3478?
H1121, H3478 is connected to 7,449 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. descendants or covenant family of Israel
Strong's H1121, H3478
Lexical occurrences 7,449 verses Source Gloss
descendants or covenant family of Israel
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל 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