Benjamin

See also benjamin, and Benjamín

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Βενιαμίν (Beniamin), from Old Testament Hebrew בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamín).

Proper noun

Benjamin (plural Benjamins)

1. A male given name of biblical origin.
   • 2007 Mark Schreiber, Starcrossed, Llewellyn Worldwide, ISBN 0738710016, page 53:

     "Well, who the hell ever thinks some boy with a name like Benjamin is going to kill someone?" I said. "It's like someone named Winnie the Pooh taking hostages!"

2. The youngest of the sons of Jacob and Rachel in the Bible.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Genesis 35:18:

     And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.

   • 1908 George Bernard Shaw: Getting Married:

     What about the youngest child - the Benjamin - the child of its parents' mature strength and charity, always better treated than the unfortunate eldest children of their youthful ignorance and wilfulness?

Translations

the youngest son of Jacob

• Arabic: بنيامين (ar) (Benyamin; Banyamin) m
• Catalan: Benjamí (ca)
• Danish: Benjamin (da)
• Esperanto: Benjameno (eo)
• French: Benjamin (fr)
• German: Benjamin (de)
• Hawaiian: Beniamina
• Italian: Beniamino (it)

• Malay: Bunyamin (ms)
• Maltese: Benjamin (mt)
• Norwegian: Benjamin (no)
• Portuguese: Benjamim (pt) m
• Russian: Вениамин (ru) (V'eniamín)
• Spanish: Benjamín (es)
• Swedish: Benjamin (sv)

male given name

• Arabic: بنيامين (ar) (Benyamin; Banyamin) m
• Catalan: Benjamí (ca)
• Czech: Benjamín (cs)
• Danish: Benjamin (da)
• Esperanto: Benjameno (eo)
• French: Benjamin (fr)
• Galician: Benxamín (gl)
• German: Benjamin (de)
• Hawaiian: Peniʻamina

• Italian: Beniamino (it)
• Malay: Bunyamin (ms)
• Maltese: Benjaminu (mt)
• Norwegian: Benjamin (no)
• Polish: Beniamin (pl) m
• Portuguese: Benjamim (pt) m
• Russian: Вениамин (ru) (V'eniamín)
• Spanish: Benjamín (es)
• Swedish: Benjamin (sv)

External links

• Wikipedia disambiguation page for Benjamin

Noun

Benjamin (plural Benjamins)

1. (US, slang) A US$100 bill, which bears a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Often used in the plural form to indicate large sums of money.
   • Dean Ornish: "Health Care: It's All About the Benjamins" Newsweek (April 12, 2006) [1]
   • Movie title: "All About the Benjamins" (2002) [2]
   • Martha Baer: "It's Not All About The Benjamins" Tango Magazine (2007) [3]

Synonyms

• Franklin

Related terms

• pet forms: Ben, Benji, Benjy, Benny

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Danish

Proper noun

Benjamin

1. Benjamin (Biblical figure)
2. A male given name

Related terms

• Benny

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈbenjɑmin]
• Hyphenation: Ben‧ja‧min

Proper noun

Benjamin

1. A male given name
2. Benjamin (Biblical figure)

Declension

Declension of Benjamin (type risti) singular plural nominative Benjamin Benjaminit genitive Benjaminin Benjaminien partitive Benjaminia Benjamineja accusative Benjamin Benjaminin Benjaminit inessive Benjaminissa Benjamineissa elative Benjaminista Benjamineista illative Benjaminiin Benjamineihin adessive Benjaminilla Benjamineilla ablative Benjaminilta Benjamineilta allative Benjaminille Benjamineille essive Benjaminina Benjamineina translative Benjaminiksi Benjamineiksi instructive – Benjaminein abessive Benjaminitta Benjamineitta comitative – Benjamineineen

Proper noun

Benjamin

1. Genitive singular form of Benjam.

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French

Proper noun

Benjamin

1. Benjamin (Biblical figure)
2. A male given name

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German

Proper noun

Benjamin

1. Benjamin (Biblical figure)
2. A male given name; diminutive: Ben

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Manx

Proper noun

Benjamin m

1. A male given name.

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Benjamin

1. Benjamin (Biblical figure)
2. A male given name

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Swedish

Proper noun

Benjamin

1. Benjamin (Biblical figure)
2. A male given name

Related terms

• Benny