ba.nah H1129

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

בָּנָה Hebrew · H1129 376 tagged occurrences in 345 verses

Pronunciation guide: baw-naw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H1129

בָּנָה · ba.nah · to build

1) to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to build, rebuild 1a2) to build a house (ie, establish a family) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be built 1b2) to be rebuilt 1b3) established (of restored exiles) (fig.) 1b4) established (made permanent) 1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine) Aramaic equivalent: be.nah (בְּנָה "to build" H1124)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively)

KJV glosses: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.

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How translators render H1129

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 build	32
built	27
he built	17
build	12
i have built	11
he had built	8
will build	8
and built	7
rebuilt	7
and build	5
and rebuild	4
building	4
had built	4
to rebuild	4
will rebuild	4
you built	4
are building	3
be rebuilt	3
builders	3
built up	3
he built up	3
i will build	3
let us build	3
rebuilding	3
rebuilt it	3
they have built	3
where he built	3
will be rebuilt	3
am building	2
and fortified	2
builds	2
fortifying	2
had used for building	2
has built	2
have built	2
he rebuilt	2
i built	2
in building	2
in which to build	2
is built up	2
manasseh also built	2
solomon built	2
that i may build	2
the builders	2
the one to build it	2
they will build	2
they will rebuild	2
to be rebuilt	2
to him who builds	2
were building	2
who built	2
who rebuilt	2
and build up	1
and builders	1
and building	1
and built a city	1
and have built	1
and he built	1
and he built up	1
and he worked	1
and i will build	1
and rebuilds	1
and the danites rebuilt	1
and they built	1
and to build	1
and to erect	1
and will rebuild them	1
and you will be rebuilt	1
as a result they built	1
asa built	1
been built	1
been rebuilt	1
began to build	1
build up	1
builds up	1
built it up	1
but we will rebuild	1
but when you built	1
by building	1
cain built	1
can build a family	1
construct	1
constructed	1
construction	1
elijah built	1
for building	1
for rebuilding	1
for the construction	1
had been rebuilt	1
have rebuilt	1
he also built	1
he builds	1
he has besieged	1
he lined	1
he made	1
he partitioned off	1
i am about to build	1
i can build a family	1
i had rebuilt	1
i have indeed built	1
i should build	1
i will build them up	1
i will build you	1
if we have built	1
is built	1
is the one who will build	1
it had been built	1
it was built	1
its builders	1
jacob built	1
laid	1
let it be rebuilt	1
let us rebuild	1
maintain	1
manasseh rebuilt	1
may build	1
moreover you are to build	1
must build	1
of the builders	1
or against us by building	1
prosper	1
rebuild them	1
she will be rebuilt	1
so abram built	1
so he built the temple	1
so isaac built	1
so solomon built	1
so that i may rebuild it	1
so they built	1
so we rebuilt	1
solomon had built	1
that i will build up	1
that is built	1
that will be built	1
that you will build	1
the construction	1
the newly built	1
the one to build	1
then build	1
then he built	1
then i will build	1
then they will be established	1
they built	1
they constructed	1
they had built	1
they rebuilt	1
they will be rebuilt	1
time he had built	1
to be built	1
to build it	1
to form	1
together built up	1
using	1
was constructed	1
was rebuilt	1
we want to build	1
we will build	1
were rebuilding	1
when the builders	1
when you build	1
which you have built	1
while it was being built	1
who build	1
who were rebuilding	1
who will build	1
will set up	1
will they build houses	1
will you build	1
worked	1
you build	1
you have built	1
you may build	1
you shall build	1
you will be restored	1
you will build	1
your builders	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
to build	28
built	24
he built	15
and he built	14
build	12
and built	11
and build	7
builded	7
he shall build	7
which i have built	6
and they built	5
thou shalt not build	5
had built	4
that he had built	4
which he built	4
also he built	3
and builded	3
and builders	3
and i will build	3
and they shall build	3
did build	3
had builded	3
let us build	3
shall be builded	3
shall be built	3
was built	3
and buildeth	2
and have built	2
and he builded	2
and to build	2
and will build	2
be built	2
builders	2
building	2
for the building	2
i will build	2
me to build	2
shall build up	2
that he built	2
that i may build	2
thou shalt be built	2
was building	2
we will build	2
which he had built	2
who built	2
will build	2
again i will build	1
against it and build	1
against it and built	1
against it and they built	1
against us in building	1
and build up	1
and building	1
and hast built	1
and he repaired	1
and it cannot be built again	1
and let us build up	1
and next to them builded	1
and one built up	1
and repaired	1
and there builded	1
and there he builded	1
and there he built	1
and there shalt thou build	1
and they builded	1
and they have built	1
and thou shalt build	1
and when the builders	1
are set up	1
are to be built	1
as i built	1
be that i may obtain children	1
before the builders	1
behold i build	1
buildeth	1
but i have built	1
but we will build	1
doth build up	1
even he shall build	1
even that which they build	1
for he built	1
for he built up	1
for her then did he build	1
for the builders	1
for they also built	1
for to build	1
from thence and built	1
hath builded	1
have built	1
he buildeth	1
he even built	1
he hath builded against	1
he that buildeth	1
him to build	1
himself and built up	1
i builded	1
i have surely	1
i then that i should build	1
in building	1
in that thou buildest	1
in that ye have builded	1
in thy room he shall build	1
is builded	1
it and built	1
it shall not be built again	1
made	1
might be built	1
moreover he built	1
neither shall ye build	1
nor to build	1
not build	1
not builded	1
of building	1
of thee shall build	1
of thee to build	1
out of his place and he shall build	1
shall be built up	1
shalt thou build	1
should be built	1
so built	1
so he built	1
so they built	1
that build	1
that hath built	1
that he began to build	1
that i had builded	1
that i have builded	1
that i have built	1
that i may also have children	1
that i will be with thee and build	1
that is to be built	1
that might build	1
that they built	1
that they had built	1
that thou wilt build	1
that we builded	1
that we have built	1
that will not build up	1
that ye build	1
the builders	1
the building	1
thee and thou shalt be built	1
thee to build	1
them and not build them up	1
them in building	1
them to build	1
then shall he set up	1
then shall they be built	1
then will i build	1
therefore and build	1
therein and have built	1
therein and shall build	1
they build up	1
they built	1
they have built	1
they have made	1
they shall also build	1
they shall build	1
they shall not build	1
they which builded	1
thou and build	1
thou buildest	1
thou hast also built	1
thou hast built	1
thou shalt be built up	1
thou shalt build	1
thy builders	1
to be builded	1
to build up	1
to him that buildeth	1
unto him build	1
unto him that buildeth	1
unto me thou shalt not build	1
unto me to build	1
unto them let us build	1
unto them ye have nothing to do with us to build	1
when it was in building	1
when thou buildest	1
wherein he built	1
which built	1
which he builded	1
which he made	1
which i am about to build	1
which i build	1
which i have builded	1
which they builded	1
which thou art in building	1
which thou buildedst	1
which thou hast built	1
which ye built	1
while it was in building	1
why build	1
why have ye not built	1
with her thou shalt build	1
ye have built	1
ye shall be built	1

Verses containing H1129

Page 1 of 7. 345 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Genesis 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
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Genesis 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
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Genesis 8:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
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Genesis 10:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
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Genesis 11:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
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Genesis 11:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
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Genesis 11:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
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Genesis 12:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
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Genesis 12:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
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Genesis 13:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
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Genesis 16:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
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Genesis 22:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.
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Genesis 26:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.
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Genesis 30:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
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Genesis 33:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.
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Genesis 35:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.
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Exodus 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
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Exodus 17:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
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Exodus 20:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.
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Exodus 24:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
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Exodus 32:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the calf and proclaimed: “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.”
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Numbers 13:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
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Numbers 21:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.
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Numbers 23:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
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Numbers 23:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
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Numbers 23:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Balaam said, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
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Numbers 32:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Gadites and Reubenites approached Moses and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones.
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Numbers 32:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Build cities for your little ones and folds for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”
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Numbers 32:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
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Numbers 32:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
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Numbers 32:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.
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Deuteronomy 6:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,
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Deuteronomy 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
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Deuteronomy 13:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.
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Source alternate reference: 13.17
Deuteronomy 20:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.
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Deuteronomy 20:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.
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Deuteronomy 22:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.
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Deuteronomy 25:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”
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Deuteronomy 27:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, you are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them.
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Deuteronomy 27:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You shall build the altar of the LORD your God with uncut stones and offer upon it burnt offerings to the LORD your God.
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Deuteronomy 28:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.
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Joshua 6:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”
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Joshua 8:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel,
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Joshua 19:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence
as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the city of Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, as he requested. He rebuilt the city and settled in it.
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Joshua 22:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.
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Joshua 22:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Israelites received the report: “Behold, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the border of the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”
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Joshua 22:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“This is what the whole congregation of the LORD says: ‘What is this breach of faith you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the LORD and building for yourselves an altar, that you might rebel against the LORD this day?
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Joshua 22:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If indeed the land of your inheritance is unclean, then cross over to the land of the LORD’s possession, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.
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Joshua 22:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If we have built for ourselves an altar to turn away from Him and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it, or to sacrifice peace offerings on it, may the LORD Himself hold us accountable.
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Joshua 22:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That is why we said, ‘Let us take action and build an altar for ourselves, but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices.
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