What does בֵּן · אִישׁ mean in the Bible?
בֵּן · אִישׁ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "sons of man, persons of standing".
Hebrew · H1121, H376
בְּנֵי אִישׁ
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.) · 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)
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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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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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What does בְּנֵי אִישׁ (bene ish) mean in the Bible?
בֵּן · אִישׁ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "sons of man, persons of standing".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1121, H376?
H1121, H376 is connected to 7,129 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. sons of man, persons of standing
Strong's H1121, H376
Lexical occurrences 7,129 verses Source Gloss
sons of man, persons of standing
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בְּנֵי אִישׁ is built from this root:
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