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 2 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.

Joshua 22:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD and turn away from Him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, or sacrifices, other than the altar of the LORD our God, which stands before His tabernacle.”
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Joshua 24:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’
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Judges 1:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
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Judges 6:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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Judges 6:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”
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Judges 6:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the men of the city got up in the morning, there was Baal’s altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.
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Judges 18:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
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Judges 21:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.
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Judges 21:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.
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Ruth 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
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1 Samuel 2:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.
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1 Samuel 7:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
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1 Samuel 14:35 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first time he had built an altar to the LORD.
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2 Samuel 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.
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2 Samuel 5:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.
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2 Samuel 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?
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2 Samuel 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
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2 Samuel 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
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2 Samuel 7:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.
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2 Samuel 24:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
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2 Samuel 24:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.
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1 Kings 2:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else.
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1 Kings 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.
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1 Kings 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.
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1 Kings 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
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Source alternate reference: 5.17
1 Kings 5:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name.’
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Source alternate reference: 5.19
1 Kings 5:18 · BSB · 3 occurrences
So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.
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Source alternate reference: 5.32
1 Kings 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.
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1 Kings 6:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.
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1 Kings 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.
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1 Kings 6:7 · BSB · 3 occurrences
The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
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1 Kings 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.
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1 Kings 6:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.
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1 Kings 6:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.
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1 Kings 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Solomon built the temple and finished it.
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1 Kings 6:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress boards.
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1 Kings 6:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
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1 Kings 6:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
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1 Kings 6:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.
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1 Kings 7:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.
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1 Kings 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.
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1 Kings 8:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
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1 Kings 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
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1 Kings 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
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1 Kings 8:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
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1 Kings 8:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
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1 Kings 8:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
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1 Kings 8:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
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1 Kings 8:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
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1 Kings 8:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,
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