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be.nah H1124

בְּנָה (be.nah) means “to build” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

בְּנָה Hebrew · H1124 22 tagged occurrences in 19 verses

Pronunciation guide: ben-aw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H1124

בְּנָה · be.nah · to build

1) to build 1a) (P'al) to build 1b) (Ithp'il) to be built

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

(Aramaic) or בְּנָה; (Aramaic), corresponding to H1129 (בָּנָה); to build

KJV glosses: build, make.

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How translators render H1124

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
to rebuild 5
be rebuilt 3
built 3
is rebuilt 2
and are rebuilding 1
and we are rebuilding 1
are constructing 1
are rebuilding it 1
building 1
have built 1
it has been under construction 1
rebuild 1
who are rebuilding 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
be builded 4
builded 4
to build 3
you to build 2
and build 1
and they builded 1
build 1
building 1
for the building 1
hath it been in building 1
have built 1
that make 1
which is builded 1

Verses containing H1124

Page 1 of 1. 19 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Ezra 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came from you to us have returned to Jerusalem and are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are restoring its walls and repairing its foundations.

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  2. Ezra 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, they will not pay tribute, duty, or toll, and the royal treasury will suffer.

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  3. Ezra 4:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We advise the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, you will have no dominion west of the Euphrates.

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  4. Ezra 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now, therefore, issue an order for these men to stop, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order.

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  5. Ezra 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak rose up and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping them.

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  6. Ezra 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”

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  7. Ezra 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They also asked, “What are the names of the men who are constructing this building?”

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  8. Ezra 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones and placing timbers in the walls. This work is being carried out diligently and is prospering in their hands.

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  9. Ezra 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”

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  10. Ezra 5:11 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.

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  11. Ezra 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the first year of his reign, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

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  12. Ezra 5:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and instructed, ‘Take these articles, put them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its original site.’

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  13. Ezra 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been under construction, but it has not yet been completed.”

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  14. Ezra 5:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.

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  15. Ezra 6:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,

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  16. Ezra 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Leave this work on the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.

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  17. Ezra 6:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be hindered.

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  18. Ezra 6:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

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  19. Daniel 4:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

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    Source alternate reference: 4.27

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