Ben (Hebrew)
The Hebrew word Ben (בן), meaning "son" or "boy" and also "son of", forms part of many surnames in Hebrew also found in Arabic as Ben (dialectal Arabic), Binu (בינו) or bin (بن), Ibn/ebn (ابن) In the English Bible, such names include:
- Ben-ammi, "son of my people"
- Benaiah, "son of Yah(God)"
- Bene-berak, "sons of lightning"
- Ben-hadad, "son of Hadad"
- Ben-hail, "son of valor"
- Ben-Ishado, "son of Ishado"
- Benjamin, "son of the right hand" or "son of the south"
- Ben-oni, "son of my sorrow"
- Ben-Zion, "son of Zion"