בָּנָה

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively); (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Every occurrence

1. 1 Kings 2:36 בְּֽנֵה־ be.neh- · A command to you: simple action

   And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.

2. 1 Kings 3:1 לִבְנ֤וֹת liv.Not · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

3. 1 Kings 3:2 נִבְנָ֥ה niv.Nah · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days.

4. 1 Kings 5:3 לִבְנ֣וֹת liv.Not · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   Thou knowest how that David my father could not build a house for the name of Jehovah his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until Jehovah put them under the soles of his feet.

5. 1 Kings 5:5 לִבְנ֣וֹת liv.Not · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   And, behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build the house for my name.

6. 1 Kings 5:5 יִבְנֶ֥ה yiv.Neh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   And, behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build the house for my name.

7. 1 Kings 5:18 בֹּנֵ֧י bo.Nei · An -ing word: simple action

   And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

8. 1 Kings 5:18 וּבֹנֵ֥י u.vo.Nei · An -ing word: simple action

   And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

9. 1 Kings 5:18 לִבְנ֥וֹת liv.Not · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

10. 1 Kings 6:1 וַיִּ֥בֶן vai.Yi.ven · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Jehovah.

11. 1 Kings 6:2 בָּנָ֜ה ba.Nah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And the house which king Solomon built for Jehovah, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.

12. 1 Kings 6:5 וַיִּבֶן֩ vai.yi.Ven · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about.

13. 1 Kings 6:7 בְּהִבָּ֣נֹת֔וֹ be.hi.Ba.no.To · The “to do” form of an action: receiving the action

    And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

14. 1 Kings 6:7 נִבְנָ֑ה niv.Nah · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

15. 1 Kings 6:7 בְּהִבָּנֹתֽוֹ׃ be.hi.ba.no.To · The “to do” form of an action: receiving the action

    And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

16. 1 Kings 6:9 וַיִּ֥בֶן vai.Yi.ven · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.

17. 1 Kings 6:10 וַיִּ֤בֶן vai.Yi.ven · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

18. 1 Kings 6:12 בֹנֶ֗ה vo.Neh · An -ing word: simple action

    Concerning this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute mine ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father.

19. 1 Kings 6:14 וַיִּ֧בֶן vai.Yi.ven · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

20. 1 Kings 6:15 וַיִּבֶן֩ vai.yi.Ven · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir.

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