Quick Definition
Benjaminite
Strong's Definition
a Benjaminite, or descendent of Benjamin
Derivation: sometimes (with the article inserted) בֵּן־הַיּמִינִי; with H376 (אִישׁ) inserted (1 Samuel 9:1) בֶּן־אִישׁ ימִינִי; son of a man of Jemini; or shortened אִישׁ יְמִינִי; (1 Samuel 9:4; Esther 2:5) a man of Jemini, or (1 Samuel 20:1) simply יְמִינִיxlit Yᵉmînîy corrected to Yᵉmîynîy; a Jeminite; (plural) בְּנֵי יְמִינִיxlit Bᵉnîy corrected to Bᵉnêy; patron from H1144 (בִּנְיָמִין);
KJV Usage: Benjamite, of Benjamin.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Benjamite = "a son of the right hand"
1) one of the tribe of Benjamin
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
Someone from the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.35.18;
son of: Israel (H3478) and Rachel (H7354);
brother of: Joseph (H3130);
half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783);
father of: Bela (H1106A), Becher (H1071), Ashbel (H0788), Gera (H1617), Naaman (H5283), Ehi (H0278), Rosh (H7220), Muppim (H4649), Huppim (H2650H), Ard (H0714), Ahiram (H0297) and Jediael (H3043); also called Jamin at 1Sa.9.1,4; 22.7; 1x
Group of bin.ya.min (בִּנְיָמִין "Benjamin" H1144)
§ Benjamite = "a son of the right hand"
one of the tribe of Benjamin
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
בֶּן־אִישׁ יְמִינִי / בֶּן־הַיְּמִינִי / בֶּן־יְמִינִי
beṅyemý̂yný̂y / beṅhȧyemý̂ný̂y / beṅý̂ysh yemý̂yný̂y
BDB Definition:
Benjamite = son of the right hand
1) one of the tribe of Benjamin
Part of Speech: adjective (sometimes with article inserted or with H376 inserted)
Total KJV Occurrences: 17
