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 3 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.

1 Kings 8:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,
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1 Kings 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all that he had desired to do,
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1 Kings 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
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1 Kings 9:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon built these two houses, the house of the LORD and the royal palace,
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1 Kings 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
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1 Kings 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,
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1 Kings 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
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1 Kings 9:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences
As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.
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1 Kings 9:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.
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1 Kings 10:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,
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1 Kings 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.
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1 Kings 11:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.
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1 Kings 11:38 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
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1 Kings 12:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.
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1 Kings 14:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
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1 Kings 15:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Baasha king of Israel went to war against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
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1 Kings 15:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.
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1 Kings 15:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.
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1 Kings 15:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the rest of the acts of Asa, along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? In his old age, however, he became diseased in his feet.
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1 Kings 16:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.
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1 Kings 16:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.
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1 Kings 16:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.
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1 Kings 18:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.
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1 Kings 22:39 · BSB · 2 occurrences
As for the rest of the acts of Ahab, along with all his accomplishments and the ivory palace and all the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
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2 Kings 12:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then they would put the counted money into the hands of those who supervised the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn would pay those doing the work—the carpenters, builders,
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Source alternate reference: 12.12
2 Kings 14:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
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2 Kings 15:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.
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2 Kings 16:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it before King Ahaz returned.
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2 Kings 16:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And on account of the king of Assyria, he removed the Sabbath canopy they had built in the temple and closed the royal entryway outside the house of the LORD.
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2 Kings 17:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.
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2 Kings 21:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
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2 Kings 21:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”
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2 Kings 21:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.
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2 Kings 22:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
to the carpenters, builders, and masons—to buy timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.
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2 Kings 23:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
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2 Kings 25:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
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1 Chronicles 6:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Johanan was the father of Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem,
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Source alternate reference: 5.36
1 Chronicles 6:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.
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Source alternate reference: 6.17
1 Chronicles 7:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.
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1 Chronicles 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages),
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1 Chronicles 11:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He built up the city around it, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city.
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1 Chronicles 14:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him.
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1 Chronicles 17:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.
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1 Chronicles 17:6 · 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, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
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1 Chronicles 17:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you.
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1 Chronicles 17:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.
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1 Chronicles 17:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You.
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1 Chronicles 21:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
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1 Chronicles 21:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
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1 Chronicles 22:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.
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