Βενιαμίν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew בִּנְיָמִין (binyāmīn).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /be.ni.aː.mǐːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /be.ni.aˈmin/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βe.ni.aˈmin/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ve.ni.aˈmin/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ve.ni.aˈmin/

Proper noun

Βενιᾱμῑ́ν • (Beniāmī́n) m (indeclinable)

a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Benjamin

Inflection

Declension of ὁ Βενιᾱμῑ́ν; τοῦ Βενιᾱμῑ́ν (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Βενιᾱμῑ́ν ho Beniāmī́n
Genitive	τοῦ Βενιᾱμῑ́ν toû Beniāmī́n
Dative	τῷ Βενιᾱμῑ́ν tōî Beniāmī́n
Accusative	τὸν Βενιᾱμῑ́ν tòn Beniāmī́n
Vocative	Βενιᾱμῑ́ν Beniāmī́n
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

English: Benjamin
French: Benjamin
Greek: Βενιαμίν (Veniamín)
Latin: Benjamin
Russian: Вениами́н (Veniamín)

References

Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Βενιαμίν in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
G958 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Strong's Concordance number: G958

Greek

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ve.ni.aˈmin/

Proper noun

Βενιαμίν • (Veniamín) m (indeclinable)

Benjamin