בָּנָה

ba.nah · to build

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

English

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 11:7 יִבְנֶ֨ה yiv.Neh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.

  2. 1 Kings 11:27 בָּנָ֣ה ba.Nah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father.

  3. 1 Kings 11:38 וּבָנִ֨יתִי u.va.Ni.ti · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by me

    And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right in mine eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.

  4. 1 Kings 11:38 בָּנִ֣יתִי ba.Ni.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right in mine eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.

  5. 1 Kings 12:25 וַיִּ֨בֶן vai.Yi.ven · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and he went out from thence, and built Penuel.

  6. 1 Kings 12:25 וַיִּ֖בֶן vai.Yi.ven · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and he went out from thence, and built Penuel.

  7. 1 Kings 14:23 וַיִּבְנ֨וּ vai.yiv.Nu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree;

  8. 1 Kings 15:17 וַיִּ֖בֶן vai.Yi.ven · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

  9. 1 Kings 15:21 מִבְּנ֖וֹת mi.be.Not · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

  10. 1 Kings 15:22 בָּנָ֖ה ba.Nah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Then king Asa made a proclamation unto all Judah; none was exempted: and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built therewith Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

  11. 1 Kings 15:22 וַיִּ֤בֶן vai.Yi.ven · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then king Asa made a proclamation unto all Judah; none was exempted: and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built therewith Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

  12. 1 Kings 15:23 בָּנָ֔ה ba.Nah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

  13. 1 Kings 16:24 וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ vai.Yi.ven · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill, Samaria.

  14. 1 Kings 16:24 בָּנָ֔ה ba.Nah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill, Samaria.

  15. 1 Kings 16:32 בָּנָ֖ה ba.Nah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

  16. 1 Kings 16:34 בָּנָ֥ה ba.Nah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof with the loss of Abiram his first-born, and set up the gates thereof with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

  17. 1 Kings 18:32 וַיִּבְנֶ֧ה vai.yiv.Neh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And with the stones he built an altar in the name of Jehovah; and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

  18. 1 Kings 22:39 בָּנָ֔ה ba.Nah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

  19. 1 Kings 22:39 בָּנָ֑ה ba.Nah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

  20. 2 Kings 12:11 וְלַבֹּנִ֔ים ve.la.bo.Nim · An -ing word: simple action

    And they gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of Jehovah: and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders, that wrought upon the house of Jehovah,

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