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 Chronicles 6:34: "thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;"
2 Chronicles 6:38: "which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:"
2 Chronicles 8:1: "of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house and his own house,"
2 Chronicles 8:2: "had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused of Israel to dwell"
2 Chronicles 8:4: " And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which"
2 Chronicles 8:4: "the store cities, which he built in Hamath."
2 Chronicles 8:5: " Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities,"
2 Chronicles 8:6: "that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all"
2 Chronicles 8:11: "out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife"
2 Chronicles 8:12: "the altar of the LORD, he had built before the porch,"
2 Chronicles 9:3: "of Solomon, and the house that he had built,"
2 Chronicles 11:5: "And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah."
2 Chronicles 11:6: " He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,"
2 Chronicles 14:6: " And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no"
2 Chronicles 14:7: "Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls,"
2 Chronicles 14:7: "we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered."
2 Chronicles 16:1: "against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none"
2 Chronicles 16:5: "when Baasha heard it, that he left off building building of Ramah, and let"
2 Chronicles 16:6: "and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah."
2 Chronicles 16:6: "thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah."
2 Chronicles 17:12: "waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles,"
2 Chronicles 20:8: "And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,"
2 Chronicles 26:2: "He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king"
2 Chronicles 26:6: "and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines."
2 Chronicles 26:9: "Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at"
2 Chronicles 26:10: " Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had"
2 Chronicles 27:3: "He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall"
2 Chronicles 27:3: "of the LORD, and on the wall he built much."
2 Chronicles 27:4: " Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers."
2 Chronicles 27:4: "in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers."
2 Chronicles 32:5: "Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to"
2 Chronicles 33:3: " For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down,"
2 Chronicles 33:4: " Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem"
2 Chronicles 33:5: " And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house"
2 Chronicles 33:14: "Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side"
2 Chronicles 33:15: "of the LORD, and all that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD,"
2 Chronicles 33:16: " And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings"
2 Chronicles 33:19: "and his trespass, and the places wherein he built and set up groves and graven images,"
2 Chronicles 34:11: "Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings,"
2 Chronicles 35:3: "of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve"
2 Chronicles 36:23: "given me; and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which"
Ezra 1:2: "of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which"
Ezra 1:3: "him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD"
Ezra 1:5: "God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which"
Ezra 3:2: "the son and his brethren, and built the altar of the God of Israel,"
Ezra 3:10: " And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel"
Ezra 4:1: "that the children of the captivity built unto the LORD God of Israel;"
Ezra 4:2: "the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build you: for we seek your God,"
Ezra 4:3: "of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build a house unto our God; but we ourselves"
Ezra 4:3: "but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as"
