בָּנָה

ba.nah · to build

Hebrew · Strong's H1129 · Verb · Sounds like: baw-naw' · 376 occurrences

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)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
בָּנָה 373 vb. build
Qal build
Niph.
1.
a. be built
b. be rebuilt
2.
a. (fig.) of restored exiles, = established
b. established, made permanent

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Kings 6:16 וַיִּבֶן֩ vai.yi.Ven · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls of the ceiling: he built them for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.

  2. 1 Kings 6:16 וַיִּ֤בֶן vai.Yi.ven · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls of the ceiling: he built them for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.

  3. 1 Kings 6:36 וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ vai.Yi.ven · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams.

  4. 1 Kings 6:38 וַיִּבְנֵ֖הוּ vai.yiv.Ne.hu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

  5. 1 Kings 7:1 בָּנָ֣ה ba.Nah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

  6. 1 Kings 7:2 וַיִּ֜בֶן vai.Yi.ven · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

  7. 1 Kings 8:13 בָּנֹ֥ה ba.Noh · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    I have surely built thee a house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in for ever.

  8. 1 Kings 8:13 בָנִ֛יתִי va.Ni.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    I have surely built thee a house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in for ever.

  9. 1 Kings 8:16 לִבְנ֣וֹת liv.Not · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

  10. 1 Kings 8:17 לִבְנ֣וֹת liv.Not · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

  11. 1 Kings 8:18 לִבְנ֥וֹת liv.Not · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    But Jehovah said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart:

  12. 1 Kings 8:19 תִבְנֶ֖ה tiv.Neh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.

  13. 1 Kings 8:19 יִבְנֶ֥ה yiv.Neh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.

  14. 1 Kings 8:20 וָאֶבְנֶ֣ה va.'ev.Neh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by me

    And Jehovah hath established his word that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and have built the house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

  15. 1 Kings 8:27 בָּנִֽיתִי׃ ba.Ni.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!

  16. 1 Kings 8:43 בָּנִֽיתִי׃ ba.Ni.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by my name.

  17. 1 Kings 8:44 בָּנִ֥תִי ba.Ni.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Jehovah toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name;

  18. 1 Kings 8:48 בָּנִ֥יתִי ba.ni.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

  19. 1 Kings 9:1 לִבְנ֥וֹת liv.Not · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,

  20. 1 Kings 9:3 בָּנִ֔תָה ba.Ni.tah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    And Jehovah said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

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