What does בֵּן · אַהֲרוֹן mean in the Bible?
בֵּן · אַהֲרוֹן is a Hebrew phrase meaning "sons of Aaron".
Hebrew · H1121, H175
בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן
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.) · Aharon , the brother of Moses
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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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אַהֲרוֹן H175 Aharon , the brother of Moses
Pronunciation ʾahărwōn
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What does בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן (bĕnê ʾahărōn) mean in the Bible?
בֵּן · אַהֲרוֹן is a Hebrew phrase meaning "sons of Aaron".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1121, H175?
H1121, H175 is connected to 5,289 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. sons of Aaron
Strong's H1121, H175
Lexical occurrences 5,289 verses Source Gloss
sons of Aaron
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
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Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
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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