36 occurrences

'Sons' in the Bible

This man would go up from his town every year to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were the Lord’s priests.

Whenever Elkanah offered a sacrifice, he always gave portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to each of her sons and daughters.

“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why are you troubled? Am I not better to you than 10 sons?”

Those who are full hire themselves out for food,but those who are starving hunger no more.The woman who is childless gives birth to seven,but the woman with many sons pines away.

The Lord paid attention to Hannah’s need, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord.

Now Eli was very old. He heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

No, my sons, the report I hear from the Lord’s people is not good.

Why, then, do all of you despise My sacrifices and offerings that I require at the place of worship? You have honored your sons more than Me, by making yourselves fat with the best part of all of the offerings of My people Israel.’

This will be the sign that will come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: both of them will die on the same day.

I told him that I am going to judge his family forever because of the iniquity he knows about: his sons are defiling the sanctuary, and he has not stopped them.

So the people sent men to Shiloh to bring back the ark of the covenant of the Lord of Hosts, who dwells between the cherubim. Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

The messenger answered, “Israel has fled from the Philistines, and also there was a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”

When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

They said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons do not follow your example. Therefore, appoint a king to judge us the same as all the other nations have.”

He said, “These are the rights of the king who will rule over you: He will take your sons and put them to his use in his chariots, on his horses, or running in front of his chariots.

Now you can see that the king is leading you. As for me, I’m old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have led you from my youth until today.

Saul’s sons were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. The names of his two daughters were: Merab, his firstborn, and Michal, the younger.

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem because I have selected a king from his sons.”

“In peace,” he replied. “I’ve come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

After Jesse presented seven of his sons to him, Samuel told Jesse, “The Lord hasn’t chosen any of these.”

Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?”“There is still the youngest,” he answered, “but right now he’s tending the sheep.” Samuel told Jesse, “Send for him. We won’t sit down to eat until he gets here.”

Now David was the son of the Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah named Jesse. Jesse had eight sons and during Saul’s reign was already an old man.

Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to the war, and their names were Eliab, the firstborn, Abinadab, the next, and Shammah, the third,

However, one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.

The Lord will also hand Israel over to the Philistines along with you. Tomorrow you and your sons will be with me, and the Lord will hand Israel’s army over to the Philistines.”

When David and his men arrived at the town, they found it burned down. Their wives, sons, and daughters had been kidnapped.

Nothing of theirs was missing from the youngest to the oldest, including the sons and daughters, of all the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David got everything back.

The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons and killed his sons, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.

So on that day, Saul died together with his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men.

When the men of Israel on the other side of the valley and on the other side of the Jordan saw that Israel’s men had run away and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled. So the Philistines came and settled in them.

The next day when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons dead on Mount Gilboa.

all their brave men set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
נכד 
Neked 
Usage: 3

שׁירה שׁיר 
Shiyr 
Usage: 90

παῖς 
Pais 
Usage: 21

בּכור 
B@kowr 
Usage: 117

בּן 
Ben (Aramaic) 
children , son , young, of the captives
Usage: 11

בּן־אבינדב 
Ben-'Abiynadab 
Usage: 1

בּן־גּבר 
Ben-Geber 
son of Geber
Usage: 1

בּן־דּקר 
Ben-Deqer 
son of Dekar
Usage: 1

בּן־חוּר 
Ben-Chuwr 
son of Hur
Usage: 1

בּן־חסד 
Ben-Checed 
son of Hesed
Usage: 1

בּר 
Bar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 8

בּר 
Bar 
son
Usage: 4

זמרה זמר זמיר 
Zamiyr 
Usage: 6

זמרת 
Zimrath 
Usage: 3

יחיד 
Yachiyd 
Usage: 12

ילד 
Yeled 
Usage: 89

יליד 
Yaliyd 
Usage: 13

מנון 
manown 
son
Usage: 1

משּׂא 
Massa' 
Usage: 65

נגינת נגינה 
N@giynah 
Usage: 14

נין 
Niyn 
son
Usage: 3

רנּה 
Rinnah 
Usage: 33

ἀνέψιος 
Anepsios 
Usage: 1

Ἰωσήφ 
Ioseph 
Usage: 35

τέκνον 
Teknon 
Usage: 69

υἱοθεσία 
Huiothesia 
Usage: 5

υἱός 
Huios 
sona , Son of Man Trans TDNT :
Usage: 213

ᾠδή 
Ode 
Usage: 7

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