# H1126 בֶּן־אוֹנִי

בֶּן־אוֹנִי (Ben-ʼÔwnîy), Strong’s H1126: Ben-Oni, the original name of Benjamin KJV: Ben-oni.. Occurs 2 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/H1126 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*Ben-ʼÔwnîy* — Ben-Oni, the original name of Benjamin

KJV: Ben-oni.

Built from [בֵּן bên](https://besorah.bible/word/H1121) (a son) + [אָוֶן ʼâven](https://besorah.bible/word/H205) (strictly nothingness) — means “son of my sorrow”

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- בֶּן־אוֹנִ֑י n.pr.m. (son of my sorrow) Rachel's name for Benjamin (cf. infr.) Gn 35:18.

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 35:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=18) — As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.