McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Ben-oni

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Ben-oni


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(Heb. Ben-Oni', áֶּïàּàåֹðַé , son of my sorrow, otherwise of my strength, i.e. of my last effort, Hiller, Onomast. p. 300; Sept. translates õἱὸò ὀäýíçò ), the name given by Rachel in her expiring breath to her youngest son, in token of the death-pangs that gave him birth (Gen_35:18); afterward changed by his father to BENJAMIN SEE BENJAMIN (q.v.).