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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בְּנָה (be.nah) means “to build” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ben-aw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
בְּנָה · be.nah · to build
1) to build 1a) (P'al) to build 1b) (Ithp'il) to be built
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(Aramaic) or בְּנָה; (Aramaic), corresponding to H1129 (בָּנָה); to build
KJV glosses: build, make.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| 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 |
| 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 |
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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.
Read word by wordLet 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.
Read word by wordWe advise the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, you will have no dominion west of the Euphrates.
Read word by wordNow, therefore, issue an order for these men to stop, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order.
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordAt 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?”
Read word by wordThey also asked, “What are the names of the men who are constructing this building?”
Read word by wordLet 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.
Read word by wordSo we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordIn the first year of his reign, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.
Read word by wordand instructed, ‘Take these articles, put them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its original site.’
Read word by wordSo 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.”
Read word by wordNow, 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.
Read word by wordIn 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,
Read word by wordLeave 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.
Read word by wordI 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.
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordthe 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?”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.27
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