Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H1129
בָּנָה
ba.nah · “to build”
Used 377 times across 33 books
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)
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)
Where it appears
Genesis16
Exodus5
Numbers10
Deuteronomy10
Joshua11
Judges7
Ruth1
1 Samuel4
2 Samuel8
1 Kings68
2 Kings12
1 Chronicles29
2 Chronicles61
Ezra10
Nehemiah24
Job5
Psalms12
Proverbs4
Ecclesiastes3
Song of Solomon2
Isaiah12
Jeremiah23
Lamentations1
Ezekiel16
Daniel2
Hosea1
Amos4
Micah2
Habakkuk1
Zephaniah1
Haggai2
Zechariah7
Malachi3
In the text
Genesis 2:22And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.Genesis 4:17And 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.Genesis 8:20And 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.Genesis 10:11Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,Genesis 11:4And 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.Genesis 11:5And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.Genesis 11:8So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.Genesis 12:7And 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.Genesis 12:8And 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.Genesis 13:18Then 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.
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