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בָּנָה

ba.nah

to build

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Strong’s H1129Verb376 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

he built85

build55

you will build17

they built15

he will build15

i have built13

he had built13

builders9

In the text

Genesis 2:22וַיִּבֶן
And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
1 Kings 2:36בְּנֵה
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.
1 Chronicles 8:12בָּנָה
The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages),
2 Chronicles 2:1לִבְנוֹת
Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
Nehemiah 3:2בָנָה
The men of Jericho built next to Eliashib, and Zaccur son of Imri built next to them.
Jeremiah 1:10לִבְנוֹת
See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”

Brown-Driver-Briggs

בָּנָה 373 vb. build

Qal build

Niph.

1.

a. be built

b. be rebuilt

2.

a. (fig.) of restored exiles, = established

b. established, made permanent

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.