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Strong H1129בָּנָה

to build

Transliteration
bânâh
Pronunciation
baw-naw'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively): - (begin to) build ({-er}) obtain {children} {make} {repair} set ({up}) X surely.

Detailed definition

1) to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to build, rebuild
1a2) to build a house (ie, establish a family)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be built
1b2) to be rebuilt
1b3) established (of restored exiles) (fig.)
1b4) established (made permanent)
1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)
Aramaic equivalent: be.nah (בְּנָה "to build" H1124)

In the Bible

Strong H1129 appears in 345 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • build301
  • builder9
  • building9
  • built9
  • buildeth7
  • thou4
  • make3
  • builded2
  • repair2
  • set2
  • buildest1
  • child1

First verses

  1. Genesis 2:22
    And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
  2. Genesis 4:17
    And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
  3. Genesis 8:20
    And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
  4. Genesis 10:11
    Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
  5. Genesis 11:4
    And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
  6. Genesis 11:5
    And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
  7. Genesis 11:8
    So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
  8. Genesis 12:7
    And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.
  9. Genesis 12:8
    And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth–el, and pitched his tent, having Beth–el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.
  10. Genesis 13:18
    Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.
  11. Genesis 16:2
    And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
  12. Genesis 22:9
    And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
  13. Genesis 26:25
    And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
  14. Genesis 30:3
    And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
  15. Genesis 33:17
    And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
  16. Genesis 35:7
    And he built there an altar, and called the place El–beth–el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
  17. Exodus 1:11
    Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
  18. Exodus 17:15
    And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it JEHOVAH–nissi:
  19. Exodus 20:25
    And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
  20. Exodus 24:4
    And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
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