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:
2 Kings 25:1: "Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about."
1 Chronicles 6:10: "in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem:)"
1 Chronicles 6:32: "of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD"
1 Chronicles 7:24: "(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.)"
1 Chronicles 8:12: "and Misham, and Shamed, who built and Lod, with the towns"
1 Chronicles 11:8: " And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab"
1 Chronicles 14:1: "with masons and carpenters, to build him a house."
1 Chronicles 17:4: "saith the LORD, Thou build me a house to dwell in:"
1 Chronicles 17:6: "my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedars?"
1 Chronicles 17:10: "all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee a house."
1 Chronicles 17:12: "He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever."
1 Chronicles 17:25: "O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him a house: therefore"
1 Chronicles 21:22: "Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full"
1 Chronicles 21:26: "And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings,"
1 Chronicles 22:2: "to hew wrought stones to build the house of God."
1 Chronicles 22:5: "is young and tender, and the house that is to be built must be exceeding magnifical, of fame"
1 Chronicles 22:6: "for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for the LORD God"
1 Chronicles 22:7: "it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God:"
1 Chronicles 22:8: "great wars: thou shalt not build a house unto my name, because thou hast shed"
1 Chronicles 22:10: "He shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I"
1 Chronicles 22:11: "be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house thy God, as"
1 Chronicles 22:19: "the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God,"
1 Chronicles 22:19: "vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD."
1 Chronicles 28:2: "As for me, I had in mine heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant"
1 Chronicles 28:2: "and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:"
1 Chronicles 28:3: "But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build a house for my name, because thou"
1 Chronicles 28:6: "unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for"
1 Chronicles 28:10: "for the LORD hath chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary: and do"
1 Chronicles 29:16: "store that we have prepared to build for thine holy name cometh of thine hand,"
1 Chronicles 29:19: "and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision."
2 Chronicles 2:1: "And Solomon determined to build a house for the name of the LORD, and a house for his kingdom."
2 Chronicles 2:3: "my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell"
2 Chronicles 2:4: "Behold, I build a house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate"
2 Chronicles 2:5: "And the house which I build is great: for great is our God"
2 Chronicles 2:6: "But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heaven and heaven"
2 Chronicles 2:6: "contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only"
2 Chronicles 2:9: "the house which I am about to build great."
2 Chronicles 2:12: "with prudence and understanding, that might build a house for the LORD, and a house for his kingdom."
2 Chronicles 3:1: "Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount"
2 Chronicles 3:2: "And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign."
2 Chronicles 3:3: "Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length"
2 Chronicles 6:2: "But I have built a house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling forever."
2 Chronicles 6:5: "city among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name"
2 Chronicles 6:7: "the heart of David my father to build a house for the name God"
2 Chronicles 6:8: "Forasmuch as it was in to build a house for my name, thou didst well"
2 Chronicles 6:9: "Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth"
2 Chronicles 6:9: "thy loins, he shall build the house for my name."
2 Chronicles 6:10: "as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God"
2 Chronicles 6:18: "this house which I have built!"
2 Chronicles 6:33: "that this house which I have built is called by thy name."
