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.
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Nehemiah 2:5 וְאֶבְנֶֽנָּה׃ ve.'ev.Ne.nah · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me
And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favor in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
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Nehemiah 2:17 וְנִבְנֶה֙ ve.niv.Neh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us
Then said I unto them, Ye see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
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Nehemiah 2:18 וּבָנִ֔ינוּ u.va.Ni.nu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by us
And I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me, as also of the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for the good work.
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Nehemiah 2:20 וּבָנִ֑ינוּ u.va.Ni.nu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by us
Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
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Nehemiah 3:1 וַיִּבְנוּ֙ vai.yiv.Nu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananel.
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Nehemiah 3:2 בָנ֖וּ va.Nu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them
And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri.
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Nehemiah 3:2 בָנָ֔ה va.Nah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri.
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Nehemiah 3:3 בָּנ֖וּ ba.Nu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them
And the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof.
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Nehemiah 3:13 בָנ֔וּהוּ va.Nu.hu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them
The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits of the wall unto the dung gate.
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Nehemiah 3:14 יִבְנֶ֔נּוּ yiv.Ne.nu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it
And the dung gate repaired Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof.
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Nehemiah 3:15 יִבְנֶ֙נּוּ֙ yiv.Ne.nu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it
And the fountain gate repaired Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, even unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
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Nehemiah 4:1 בוֹנִים֙ vo.Nim · An -ing word: simple action
But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
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Nehemiah 4:3 בּוֹנִ֔ים bo.Nim · An -ing word: simple action
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.
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Nehemiah 4:5 הַבּוֹנִֽים׃ ha.bo.Nim · An -ing word: simple action
and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
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Nehemiah 4:6 וַנִּבְנֶה֙ va.niv.Neh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by us
So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
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Nehemiah 4:10 לִבְנ֖וֹת liv.Not · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
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Nehemiah 4:17 הַבּוֹנִ֧ים ha.bo.Nim · An -ing word: simple action
They all builded the wall and they that bare burdens laded themselves; every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other held his weapon;
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Nehemiah 4:18 וְהַ֨בּוֹנִ֔ים ve.Ha.bo.Nim · An -ing word: simple action
and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
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Nehemiah 4:18 וּבוֹנִ֑ים u.vo.Nim · An -ing word: simple action
and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
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Nehemiah 6:1 בָנִ֙יתִי֙ va.Ni.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me
Now it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and unto the rest of our enemies, that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though even unto that time I had not set up the doors in the gates;)
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