Strong's #1129: banah (pronounced baw-naw')
a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively):--(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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bânâh
1) to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to build, rebuild
1a2) to build a house (i.e., establish a family)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be built
1b2) to be rebuilt
1b3) established (of restored exiles) (figuratively)
1b4) established (made permanent)
1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Usage:
This word is used 376 times:
Genesis 2:22: "had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man."
Genesis 4:17: "and bore Enoch: and he built a city, and called the name"
Genesis 8:20: "And Noah built an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean"
Genesis 10:11: "land went forth Asshur, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth,"
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"
Genesis 11:5: "which the children built."
Genesis 11:8: "upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city."
Genesis 12:7: "land: and there built he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto"
Genesis 12:8: "having Bethel and Hai on the east: and there he built"
Genesis 13:18: "of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD."
Genesis 16:2: "go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened"
Genesis 22:9: "God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order,"
Genesis 26:25: " And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent"
Genesis 30:3: "that I may also have children by"
Genesis 33:17: "And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle:"
Genesis 35:7: " And he built there an altar, and called the place El-bethel: because there"
Exodus 1:11: "them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh cities,"
Exodus 17:15: "And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:"
Exodus 20:25: "me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for thy tool"
Exodus 24:4: "of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the hill, and twelve"
Exodus 32:5: "And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said,"
Numbers 13:22: "the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan"
Numbers 21:27: "Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built"
Numbers 23:1: "said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars,"
Numbers 23:14: "to the top of Pisgah, and built seven and offered a bullock"
Numbers 23:29: "said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars,"
Numbers 32:16: "And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle,"
Numbers 32:24: " Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth."
Numbers 32:34: "And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,"
Numbers 32:37: "And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,"
Numbers 32:38: "and gave other names unto the cities they built."
Deuteronomy 6:10: "and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,"
Deuteronomy 8:12: "Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt"
Deuteronomy 13:16: "a heap forever; it shall not be built again."
Deuteronomy 20:5: "What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated"
Deuteronomy 20:20: "thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that"
Deuteronomy 22:8: "When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring"
Deuteronomy 25:9: "shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house."
Deuteronomy 27:5: "And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not"
Deuteronomy 27:6: " Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer"
Deuteronomy 28:30: "and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not therein: thou shalt plant"
Joshua 6:26: "that riseth up and buildeth this city"
Joshua 8:30: "Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount"
Joshua 19:50: "Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt"
Joshua 22:10: "and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan,"
Joshua 22:11: "and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against"
Joshua 22:16: "this day from following the LORD, in that ye have built you an altar, that ye might rebel this day"
Joshua 22:19: "not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside"
Joshua 22:23: " That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer"
Joshua 22:26: "Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt"
