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. Malachi 1:4 וְנִבְנֶ֣ה ve.niv.Neh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them The border of wickedness, and The people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever.

  2. Malachi 1:4 יִבְנ֖וּ yiv.Nu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them The border of wickedness, and The people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever.

  3. Malachi 3:15 נִבְנוּ֙ niv.Nu · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.

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