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. 2 Kings 14:22 בָּנָ֣ה ba.Nah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

  2. 2 Kings 15:35 בָּנָ֛ה ba.Nah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.

  3. 2 Kings 16:11 וַיִּ֛בֶן vai.Yi.ven · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the priest make it against the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.

  4. 2 Kings 16:18 בָּנ֣וּ ba.Nu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And the covered way for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he unto the house of Jehovah, because of the king of Assyria.

  5. 2 Kings 17:9 וַיִּבְנ֨וּ vai.yiv.Nu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And the children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against Jehovah their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;

  6. 2 Kings 21:3 וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ vai.Yi.ven · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

  7. 2 Kings 21:4 וּבָנָ֥ה u.va.Nah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

  8. 2 Kings 21:5 וַיִּ֥בֶן vai.Yi.ven · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.

  9. 2 Kings 22:6 וְלַבֹּנִ֖ים ve.la.bo.Nim · An -ing word: simple action

    unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

  10. 2 Kings 23:13 בָּ֠נָה Ba.nah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

  11. 2 Kings 25:1 וַיִּבְנ֥וּ vai.yiv.Nu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.

  12. 1 Chronicles 6:10 בָּנָ֥ה ba.Nah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    and Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem),

  13. 1 Chronicles 6:32 בְּנ֧וֹת be.Not · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office according to their order.

  14. 1 Chronicles 7:24 וַתִּ֧בֶן va.Ti.ven · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And his daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth-horon the nether and the upper, and Uzzen-sheerah.

  15. 1 Chronicles 8:12 בָּנָ֣ה ba.Nah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns thereof;

  16. 1 Chronicles 11:8 וַיִּ֤בֶן vai.Yi.ven · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

  17. 1 Chronicles 14:1 לִבְנ֥וֹת liv.Not · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.

  18. 1 Chronicles 17:4 תִּבְנֶה־ tiv.neh- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:

  19. 1 Chronicles 17:6 בְנִיתֶ֥ם ve.ni.Tem · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by all of you

    In all places wherein I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar?

  20. 1 Chronicles 17:10 יִֽבְנֶה־ yiv.neh- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will subdue all thine enemies. Moreover I tell thee that Jehovah will build thee a house.

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