noun · masculine
beniamin
GreekΒενιαμίν (beniamin)
Strong’sG958
Benjamin
stem beniamin-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Βενιαμίν, (Rec. -μίν), ὁ, indecl.
(Heb. בֶּנְיָמִין),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G958 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidben-ee-am-een'
Benjamin, an Israelite
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesBenjamin.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | beniamin | beniamin |
| object accusative | beniamin | beniamin |
| direct address vocative | beniamin | beniamin |
| of, belonging to genitive | beniamin4×Βενιαμίν | beniamin |
| to, for dative | beniamin | beniamin |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
beniamin“Benjamin”of, belonging togenitive singular4×
Acts 13:21“Benjamin”kakeithen aitela basilevon, kai dōata autoi tos theos ton Saoul huion Kis, anēron ek fulau Beniamin, eteim tesserakonta;Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.
Romans 11:1“Benjamin”Legamō oun, mē apōtheta tos theos ton laon autou? mē ginetoia; kai gar mis Israēlitos amō, ek spermeu Abraam, fulau Beniamin.I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
Philippians 3:5“Benjamin”peritoma oktaēmeros, ek geneu Israēl, fulau Beniamin, Hebraios ek Hebraioiu, kata nomon Farisaios,circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
Revelation 7:8“Benjamin”ek fulau Zaboulōn dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Iōsēf dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Beniamin dōdeka chiliadais sfragizirētois.from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, and from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.