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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #1129 - בָּנָה

Transliteration

bânâh

Phonetics

baw-naw'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

Verb

TWOT

255

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to build, rebuild

1a2) to build a house (i.e., establish a family)

1b) (Niphal)

1b1) to be built

1b2) to be rebuilt

1b3) established (of restored exiles) (figuratively)

1b4) established (made permanent)

1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3618 ‑ οἰκοδομέω (oy‑kod‑om‑eh'‑o); 1325 ‑ δίδωμι (did'‑o‑mee); 2311 ‑ θεμελιόω (them‑el‑ee‑o'‑o); 2476 ‑ ἵστημι (his'‑tay‑mee); 2682 ‑ κατασκήνωσις (kat‑as‑kay'‑no‑sis); 3619 ‑ οἰκοδομή (oy‑kod‑om‑ay'); 4160 ‑ ποιέω (poy‑eh'‑o); 456 ‑ ἀνοικοδομέω (an‑oy‑kod‑om‑eh'‑o); 3618 ‑ οἰκοδομέω (oy‑kod‑om‑eh'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (376)

Genesis 16

Exodus 5

Numbers 10

Deuteronomy 10

Joshua 11

Judges 7

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 8

1 Kings 67

2 Kings 12

1 Chronicles 29

2 Chronicles 61

Ezra 10

Nehemiah 24

Job 5

Psalms 12

Proverbs 4

Ecclesiastes 3

Song of Solomon 2

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 23

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 16

Daniel 2

Hosea 1

Amos 4

Micah 2

Habakkuk 1

Zephaniah 1

Haggai 2

Zechariah 7

Malachi 3

NAS (373)

Genesis 18

Exodus 5

Numbers 10

Deuteronomy 10

Joshua 10

Judges 7

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 8

1 Kings 67

2 Kings 11

1 Chronicles 29

2 Chronicles 59

Ezra 10

Nehemiah 24

Job 5

Psalms 12

Proverbs 4

Ecclesiastes 3

Song of Solomon 2

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 23

Ezekiel 16

Daniel 2

Hosea 1

Amos 4

Micah 2

Habakkuk 1

Zephaniah 1

Haggai 2

Zechariah 7

Malachi 3

HCS (375)

Genesis 16

Exodus 5

Numbers 10

Deuteronomy 10

Joshua 11

Judges 7

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 8

1 Kings 67

2 Kings 12

1 Chronicles 29

2 Chronicles 60

Ezra 10

Nehemiah 24

Job 5

Psalms 12

Proverbs 4

Ecclesiastes 3

Song of Solomon 2

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 23

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 16

Daniel 2

Hosea 1

Amos 4

Micah 2

Habakkuk 1

Zephaniah 1

Haggai 2

Zechariah 7

Malachi 3

BSB (386)

Genesis 27

Exodus 5

Numbers 10

Deuteronomy 10

Joshua 11

Judges 7

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 8

1 Kings 67

2 Kings 12

1 Chronicles 29

2 Chronicles 60

Ezra 10

Nehemiah 24

Job 5

Psalms 12

Proverbs 4

Ecclesiastes 3

Song of Solomon 2

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 23

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 16

Daniel 2

Hosea 1

Amos 4

Micah 2

Habakkuk 1

Zephaniah 1

Haggai 2

Zechariah 7

Malachi 3

ESV (359)

Genesis 16

Numbers 10

Deuteronomy 10

Joshua 10

Judges 7

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 8

1 Kings 66

2 Kings 11

1 Chronicles 28

2 Chronicles 59

Ezra 9

Nehemiah 24

Job 5

Psalms 12

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 11

Jeremiah 23

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 16

Daniel 2

Hosea 1

Amos 4

Micah 2

Habakkuk 1

Zephaniah 1

Haggai 2

Zechariah 7

Malachi 2

WEB (375)

Genesis 16

Exodus 5

Numbers 10

Deuteronomy 10

Joshua 11

Judges 7

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 8

1 Kings 67

2 Kings 12

1 Chronicles 29

2 Chronicles 60

Ezra 10

Nehemiah 24

Job 5

Psalms 12

Proverbs 4

Ecclesiastes 3

Song of Solomon 2

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 23

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 16

Daniel 2

Hosea 1

Amos 4

Micah 2

Habakkuk 1

Zephaniah 1

Haggai 2

Zechariah 7

Malachi 3

KJV (376)

Build 5

again 2

against 1

build 125

builded 35

buildedst 1

builders 10

buildest 3

buildeth 7

building 15

built 148

children 2

made 3

repaired 2

surely 1

up 16

NAS (373)

Build 6

Built 1

build 106

builders 10

building 16

builds 8

built 177

children 2

construct 1

constructed 1

fashioned 1

fortified 3

fortifying 2

have 1

made 1

obtain 1

rebuild 13

rebuilding 3

rebuilt 17

restored 1

set 1

surely 1

HCS (375)

BSB (386)

* 8

And I will build 1

And the Danites rebuilt 1

Asa built 1

Build 5

But when you built 1

Construct 1

He also built 1

He builds 1

He built 5

He built up 2

He has besieged 1

He lined 1

He made 2

He partitioned off 1

He rebuilt 2

I am about to build 1

I built 2

I can build a family 2

I had rebuilt 1

I have built 11

I have indeed built 1

I should build 1

I will build 3

I will build them up 1

I will build you 1

If we have built 1

It had been built 1

Jacob built 1

Let us build 2

She will be rebuilt 1

So [Abram] built 2

So [Solomon] built 1

So build 1

So he built 1

So he built [the temple] 1

So they built 1

So we rebuilt 1

Then build 1

Then he built 1

They constructed 1

They have built 3

They will be rebuilt 1

They will build 2

They will rebuild 1

To build 1

We want to build 1

When the builders 1

You shall build 1

You will build 1

[Cain] built 2

[Elijah] built 1

[Manasseh] also built 2

[Manasseh] rebuilt 1

[Solomon] built 2

[Solomon] had built 1

[in which] to build 2

am building 2

and build 5

and build up 1

and builders 1

and building 1

and built 7

and built [a city] 1

and fortified 2

and have built 1

and he built 1

and he built up 1

and he worked 1

and rebuild 4

and rebuilds 1

and they built 1

and to build 1

and to erect 1

and will rebuild them 1

and you will be rebuilt 1

are building 3

be rebuilt 3

been built 1

been rebuilt 1

began to build 1

build 6

build up 1

builders 3

building 5

builds 2

builds up 1

built 31

built it up 1

built up 3

but we will rebuild 1

by building 1

can build a family 1

constructed 1

construction 1

for building 2

for rebuilding 1

for the construction 1

fortifying 2

had been rebuilt 1

had built 4

had used for building 2

has built 2

have built 2

have rebuilt 1

he built 14

he built up 1

he had built 8

him to build 1

in building 2

is built 1

is built up 2

is the one who will build 1

it was built 1

its builders 1

laid 1

let it be rebuilt 1

let us build 2

let us rebuild 1

maintain 1

may build 1

must build 1

of the builders 1

or against us by building 1

prosper 1

rebuild them 1

rebuilding 3

rebuilt 6

rebuilt it 3

so that I may rebuild it 1

that I may build 2

that I will build up 1

that You will build 1

that is built 1

that will be built 1

the builders 2

the construction 1

the newly built 1

the one to build 1

the one to build [it] 1

the one to build it 1

then I will build 1

then they will be established 1

they built 1

they had built 1

they rebuilt 1

they will rebuild 1

time he had built 1

to be built 1

to be rebuilt 2

to build 28

to build it 1

to build them 1

to form 1

to him who builds 2

to rebuild 4

together built up 1

using 1

was constructed 1

was rebuilt 1

we will build 1

were building 3

were rebuilding 1

when you build 1

where he built 4

while it was being built 1

who build 1

who built 2

who rebuilt 2

who were rebuilding 1

who will build 1

will be rebuilt 3

will build 8

will rebuild 4

will set up 1

will they build houses 1

will you build 1

worked 1

you build 1

you built 2

you can build 1

you have built 2

you will be restored 1

your builders 1

ESV (359)

Build 5

besieged 1

build 91

build a 7

build up 6

builders 10

building 28

building yourselves 1

builds 6

builds up 2

built 156

built again 1

built up 5

children 1

fortified 1

if 1

indeed 1

lined 1

made 2

obtain children 1

prosper 1

rebuild 8

rebuilds 1

rebuilt 18

restored 1

set up 1

up 2

WEB (375)

* 40

Again will I build 1

Also he built 1

Build 5

But I have built 1

For he built 3

For they also built 1

He builds 1

He built 25

He has built against 1

He made 1

He shall build 4

I built 1

I have surely 1

I will build 2

It is he who builds 1

Let us build 1

Moreover he built 1

Next to them built 1

Shall you build 1

So he built 1

So they built 1

So we built 1

There he built 1

There you shall build 1

They all built 1

They build up 1

They built 4

They have built 1

They have made 1

They shall build 3

They shall not build 1

Those who shall be of you shall build 1

We will build 1

What they are building 1

When the builders 1

When you build 1

You have built 2

You shall build 1

You shall not build 2

and I also may obtain children by her 1

and I will build 2

and build 9

and build up 1

and builds 1

and built 11

and built up 1

and have built 4

and he built 5

and he shall not build it up 1

and so built 1

and the builders 2

and they built 3

and they will rebuild 1

and to build 1

and to the builders 2

and when one builds up 1

and will build 1

and you shall build 1

are built up 1

as I built 1

be built 2

be that I will obtain children 1

build 2

builders 2

building 4

builds 2

builds up 1

built 36

but we will build 1

even he shall build 1

for the building 2

had built 6

has built 1

has built up 1

have built 2

he built 5

he shall build 2

him to build 1

in building it 1

in that you build 1

in that you have built 1

in which he built 1

is built 1

is there who has built 1

it shall be built 1

it shall not be built again 1

let us build up 1

me to build 2

neither shall you build 1

nor to build 1

not build 1

of building 1

places shall be built 2

shall be built 3

shall build 1

shall build up 1

stands firm 1

that I had built 1

that I have built 1

that I may build it 1

that he began to build 1

that he built 2

that he had built 4

that is built 1

that is to be built 2

that it might be built 1

that should build 1

that they built 1

that they had built 1

that was built 1

that we have built 1

that we were building 1

that you have built 1

that you will build 1

the builders 1

the building 1

them down 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

to be built 1

to build 30

to build up 1

to him who builds 2

was building 1

was built 3

we will build 1

were building 1

were not built 1

when it was in building 1

which I am about to build 1

which I build 1

which I have built 7

which Solomon had built 1

which he built 5

which he had built 2

which the builders 1

which they built 1

which you are building 1

which you have built 1

while it was in building 1

who build 1

who built 3

who does not build up 1

will build 2

will you build 1

you shall be built 1

you shall be built up 1

you shall not build 3

you to build 1

your builders 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1037) n b (בנ BN) AC: Build CO: Tent panel AB: Intelligence: The pictograph b is a picture of the tent. The n is a picture of a sprouting seed and represents continuity as the seed continues the next generation. The combined meaning of these letters mean “the continuing of the house”. The tent was constructed of woven goat hair. Over time the sun bleaches and weakens the goat hair necessitating their continual replacement. Each year the women make a new panel, approximately3feet wide and the length of the tent. The old panel is removed (being recycled into a wall or floor) and the new strip is added to the tent. Since the tent is only replaced one small piece at a time the tent essentially lasts forever. (eng: beam - a component of construction with an exchange for the m and n; between - with the t added)

A) n b (בנ BN) AC: ? CO: Tent Panel AB: ?: There are many similarities between building a tent out of goat hair panels and the building of a house out of sons (The idea of building a house with sons can be seen in ge303) . Just as the tent panels are added to continue the tent, sons are born to the family to continue the family line. Just as the tent is continually being renewed with new panels, the family is continually being renewed with new sons.

N^m) n b (בנ BN) - Son: One who continues the family line. [Hebrew and Aramaic; Transforms to rbwhen used in the possessive] KJV (4925): son, children, old, first, man, young, stranger, people - Strongs: H1121 (בֵּן), H1123 (בֵּן), H1247 (בַּר)

N^f2 ) t n b (בנת BNT) - Daughter: Also a village that resides outside of the city walls as the daughter of the city. [df: tb] KJV (588): daughter, town, village, first, apple, branches, children, company, eye, old - Strongs: H1323 (בַּת)

i^m ) n b t (תבנ TBN) - Straw: When more permanent structures were built they were constructed of stones and bricks made of clay and straw, replacing the tent panels as the main component of construction for dwellings. KJV (17): straw, stubble, chaff - Strongs: H8401 (תֶּבֶן)

ai^m) n b t m (מתבנ MTBN) - Straw: When more permanent structures were built they were constructed of stones and bricks, made of clay and straw, replacing the tent panels as the main component of construction for dwellings. KJV (1): straw - Strongs: H4963 (מַתְבֵּן)

B) n n b (בננ BNN) AC: Build CO: Building AB: ?: The building of a family or a structure for housing the family.

b^m) n i n b (בנינ BNYN) - Building: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (8): building - Strongs: H1146 (בִּנְיָן), H1147 (בִּנְיָן)

C) n b a (אבנ ABN) AC: Build CO: Stone AB: ?

N^f ) n b a (אבנ ABN) - Stone: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (282): stone - Strongs: H68 (אֶבֶן), H69 (אֶבֶן), H70 (אֹבְנַיִם)

F) n b e (הבנ HBN) AC: ? CO: Hard AB: ?: The hardness of stone or brick.

N^m) n b e (הבנ HBN) - Ebony: A hard wood. KJV (1): ebony - Strongs: H1894 (הָבְנִים)

G) n e b (בהנ BHN) AC: Build CO: Thumb AB: ?: The part of the body understood as the builder by the Hebrews.

N^f) n e b (בהנ BHN) - Thumb: Also the big toe by extension. KJV (16): thumb, great toe - Strongs: H931 (בֹּהֶן)

H) e n b (בנה BNH) AC: Build CO: Building AB: ?: A structure built for occupation.

V) e n b (בנה BNH) - Build: To build or construct a building, home or family. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (398): (vf: Paal, Niphal) build, build up, builder, repair, set up, building, make, children - Strongs: H1124 (בְּנָא), H1129 (בָּנָה)

b^f1) e i n b (בניה BNYH) - Building: KJV (1): building - Strongs: H1140 (בִּנְיָה)

h^m) e n b m (מבנה MBNH) - Structure: The framework of a building. KJV (1): frame - Strongs: H4011 (מִבְנֶה)

if^f2) t i n b t (תבנית TBNYT) - Pattern: A model or pattern for building something. KJV (20): pattern, likeness, form, similtude, figure - Strongs: H8403 (תַּבְנִית)

J) n f b (בונ BWN) AC: Plan CO: ? AB: Intelligence: The skill of the mind and hands to build. Before the tent is constructed the location and orientation must be carefully considered according to weather, view and size. The planning and building of a house, structure or family.

i^m) n f b t (תבונ TBWN) - Intelligence: One able to plan and build. KJV (43): understanding, discretion, reasons, skillfulness, wisdom - Strongs: H8394 (תּוֹבֻנָה)

M) n i b (בינ BYN) AC: Plan CO: ? AB: Understand: The tent was usually divided into two parts, one for the females and the other for the male. The wall makes a distinction between the two sides. Understanding as the ability to discern between two or more things.

V) n i b (בינ BYN) - Understand: KJV (170): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil) understand, cunning, skilful, teacher, taught, consider, perceive, wise, viewed, discern, prudent, consider - Strongs: H995 (בִּין)

N^m) n i b (בינ BYN) - Between: As the wall is between the two sides of the tent. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (36): between, among, asunder, betwixt, within, out of, from - Strongs: H996 (בַּיִן), H997 (בֵּין), H1143 (בֵּנַיִם)

N^f1) e n i b (בינה BYNH) - Understanding: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (39): understanding, wisdom, knowledge, meaning, perfectly, understand - Strongs: H998 (בִּינָה), H999 (בִּינָה)

Adopted Roots:

A2303 N b l (White)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

בָּנָה₃₇₃ verb build ( Micah , Nabatean Eut^No.1 בנה, Phoenician בן, Arabic

, Assyrian banû COT^Glossary compare Ba^{ZMG 1887,640}, Sabean בני CIS^{iv, 1, No, 56}, Aramaic בְּנָא,

, Palmyrene בנא Vog^{No. 31}) —

Qal Perfect ׳ב Deuteronomy 20:5 +, בָּֽנְתָה Proverbs 9:1; Proverbs 14:1, בָּנִיתָ Deuteronomy 6:10, בָּנִתָה 1 Kings 9:3; וּבָנִ֫יתָ consecutive Deuteronomy 20:20 +; בָּנִיתְ Ezekiel 16:25; בָּנִתִי 1 Kings 8:13 +; plural בָּנוּ Genesis 11:5 +, etc.; Imperfect יִבְּנֶה Deuteronomy 25:9 +; jussive וְיִבֶן Ezra 1:3, וַיִּבְנֶה Joshua 19:50 2t., וַיִּ֫בֶן Genesis 2:22 +; suffix יִבְנֵ֫הוּ Job 20:19; 3 feminine singular וַתִּ֫בֶן 1 Chronicles 7:24; Zechariah 9:3; אֶבְנֶה 2 Samuel 7:27 +; plural יִבְנוּ Isaiah 65:22 +, etc.; Imperative בְּנֵה Numbers 23:1 +; plural בְּנוּ Numbers 32:24 +; Infinitive absolute בָּנֹה 1 Kings 8:13; construct בְּנוֺת 1 Chronicles 6:17 +, etc.; Participle active בֹּנֶה (בּוֺנֶה) Genesis 4:17 +; construct בֹּנֵה Psalm 147:2; plural (מֹּנִים) בּוֺנִים Ezra 4:1 +; construct בֹּנֵי 1 Kings 5:32 (twice in verse), etc.; passive בָּנוּי Song of Solomon 4:4; Judges 6:28; feminine בְּנוּיָה Psalm 122:3; plural בְּנוּיִם Nehemiah 7:4; — build, 1 (literal)

a. with accusative (α) of city (Hexateuch only J E) Genesis 4:17; Genesis 10:11; Genesis 11:4,5 (+ tower) Genesis 11:8 (all J & his sources); Exodus 1:11; Numbers 32:24; Joshua 24:13 (all E) Judges 1:26; Judges 18:28 22t. Kings Chronicles + Jeremiah 32:31; Psalm 122:3 (passive participle) compare Habakkuk 2:12; of village (חָצֵר) Nehemiah 12:29; see also below rebuild, i. below; (β) house Genesis 33:17 (J), elsewhere in Hexateuch only Deuteronomy 6:10; Deuteronomy 8:12; Deuteronomy 20:25; Deuteronomy 22:8; Deuteronomy 28:30; also 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 22:39; 1 Chronicles 14:1; 2 Chronicles 2:2; Proverbs 24:27; Amos 5:11; Zephaniah 1:13; Isaiah 65:21; Jeremiah 35:7,9 compare Zechariah 5:11; as sign of security Ezekiel 28:26; compare Ezekiel 11:3; of luxury Ecclesiastes 2:4 compare Jeremiah 22:14; of permanent residence 1 Kings 2:36; Jeremiah 29:5,28; especially of temple 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 5:32; 1 Kings 6:2 + often Samuel Kings Chronicles; figurative of wisdom's house Proverbs 9:1; especially build temple ליהוה etc. 2 Samuel 7:5,7; 1 Kings 6:1 (= began to build) + 13t. Chronicles + Isaiah 66:1; ׳לְשֵׁם י etc. 2 Samuel 7:13; 1 Kings 5:17 8t. Kings; 13t. Chronicles; לְךָ לְשִׁמְךָ 2 Chronicles 20:8; לִהְיוֺת שְׁמִי שָׁם 1 Kings 8:16; 2 Chronicles 6:5; לָשׂוּםשְׁמִי שָׁם 1 Kings 9:3; object chambers, or stories 1 Kings 6:5,10, court 1 Kings 6:36; Hosea 8:14 perhaps of idol-temples; compare 1 Kings 16:32; Psalm 78:69 of Yahweh's building his sanctuary, Psalm 147:2 Jerusalem, Psalm 127:1 a house; also Amos 9:6 his chambers in the heavens; of Solomon's palace 1 k Amos 7:1,2; Amos 9:1,10 +; (γ) of a fortress 2 Chronicles 17:12; 27:4 compare of Tyre Zechariah 9:3 (מָצוֺר); (δ) of wall 1 Kings 3:1; Isaiah 60:10; Ezekiel 13:10; 2 Chronicles 33:14 (compare 2 Chronicles 27:8) Nehemiah 4:4; Nehemiah 6:1 +; (ε) gate 2 Kings 15:35 2 Chronicles 27:3; (ζ) tower Isaiah 5:2; 2 Chronicles 26:9,10; 27:4 compare figurative Song of Solomon 8:9 & passive participle Song of Solomon 4:4 (in simile); (η) siege-works against (עַלֿ) a city Deuteronomy 20:2 (מָצוֺר), Ecclesiastes 9:14 (מְצוֺדִים), 2 Kings 25:1 = Jeremiah 52:4; Ezekiel 4:2 (all דָּיֵק), & so (without עַלֿ) Ezekiel 17:17; Ezekiel 21:27; compare בנה עָלַי, absolute Lamentations 3:5 (in figurative); (θ) altar Genesis 22:9; Genesis 35:7; Exodus 17:15; Exodus 20:25; Exodus 24:4; Numbers 23:1,14,29 (all E), Genesis 26:25; Exodus 32:5 (both J), Joshua 22:11 6t. Joshua 22 (all P) Judges 6:28 (passive participle) Judges 21:4 6t. Kings Chronicles; often followed by ליהוה etc. Genesis 8:20; Genesis 12:7,8; Genesis 13:18 (all J), Deuteronomy 27:5,6; Joshua 8:30 (E) Judges 6:24,26 8t. Samuel Kings Chronicles; (ι) high places (בָּמָה) 1 Kings 11:7; 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 17:9; 2 Kings 21:3; 2 Kings 23:13; 2 Chronicles 33:8,19; Jeremiah 7:31; Jeremiah 19:5; Jeremiah 32:35; compare גַּב Ezekiel 16:24,31 (both "" רָמָה) & רָמָה Ezekiel 16:25; (κ) צִיּוּן Ezekiel 39:15; also (λ) גִּדְרֹת צאֹן Numbers 32:16 (E); (μ) מיּ֯סַךְ הַשַּׁבָּת 2 Kings 16:18.

b. with accusative of material Exodus 20:25 (E) 1 Kings 6:36; 1 Kings 18:32; 1 Kings 15:22 2 Chronicles 16:6; Ezekiel 27:5; with בְּ of material 1 Kings 6:15,16; 1 Kings 15:17; 2 Chronicles 16:6; compare

c.וַיִּבֶן אֶתהַֿצֵּלָע לְאִשָּׁה Genesis 2:22 and he (Yahweh) fashioned the rib into a woman.

d. absolute 2 Samuel 5:9; 1 Kings 6:16; Isaiah 9:9; Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 18:9; Jeremiah 22:18; Jeremiah 31:28; Isaiah 65:22 12t. Chronicles + Malachi 1:4; Ecclesiastes 3:3 (opposed to פרץ); also

e. Participle active = builder 1 Kings 5:32 (twice in verse) + 6t. Chronicles + Ezekiel 27:4; Psalm 118:22; Psalm 127:1.

f. with indefinite object 1 Kings 9:19 2 Chronicles 8:6.

g.וַיִּבֶן אֶתהָֿהָר = and he built on the hill 1 Kings 16:24.

h. followed by בְּ build at Zechariah 6:15; Nehemiah 4:11 (compare בְּ 12 b, p. 88).

i. = rebuild Joshua 6:26; 1 Kings 16:34; Amos 9:14; Isaiah 45:13; Psalm 69:36; Nehemiah 2:5; Daniel 9:25 all of city; compare phrase בנה חָרְבוֺת עוֺלָם Isaiah 58:12; Isaiah 61:4 & Ezekiel 36:36; Malachi 1:4; Job 3:14; of walls Micah 7:11; 2 Chronicles 32:5; Nehemiah 2:17; Nehemiah 3:33; Nehemiah 3:35; Nehemiah 3:38; Nehemiah 6:6; Psalm 51:20 (active of ׳י); of gate Nehemiah 3:1,13,14,15; temple Zechariah 6:12,13; Ezra 1:3; altar 2 Chronicles 33:16 (Qr וַיִּבֶן so Bö < Kt ויכן, from כון, so Öttli), Ezra 3:2; high places 2 Kings 21:3 2 Chronicles 33:3; in some of these apparently an idea of merely repairing; Song of Solomon , sometimes with added notion of enlarging etc., city Numbers 32:34,37,38 (E) Joshua 19:50 (P) Judges 21:23; 2 Kings 14:22 2 Chronicles 26:2; 1 Chronicles 11:8; 2 Chronicles 8:2; 11:6 compare Micah 3:10; Millo 1 Kings 9:24; 1 Kings 11:27; compare house Job 20:19.

2 figurative

a. build a house (בית) = perpetuate and establish a family; subject Leah & Rachel Ruth 4:11; subject a brother Deuteronomy 25:9; subject ׳י (promise to David) 1 Samuel 2:35; 2 Samuel 7:27; 1 Kings 11:38; 1 Chronicles 17:10; and 1 Chronicles 17:25; (to Solomon) 1 Kings 11:38; compare further סֻכַּת דָּוִד Amos 9:11 ( rebuild, restore); = cause a household to flourish Proverbs 14:1 compare opposed to Proverbs 27:18; also of establishing David's throne Psalm 89:5.

b. build up Israel (after exile) subject ׳י Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 31:4; Jeremiah 33:7; Jeremiah 42:10; compare Jeremiah 45:4 & Psalm 28:5; object Zion Psalm 102:17.

Niph`al Perfect נִבְנָה 1 Kings 3:2; 1 Kings 6:7, נִבְנְתָה Numbers 13:22; Nehemiah 7:1, וְנִבְנְתָה consecutive Jeremiah 30:18 2t.; 2 feminine singular וְנִבְּנֵית consecutive Jeremiah 31:4; 3 plural נִבְנוּ Malachi 3:15; וְנִבְנוּ consecutive Jeremiah 12:16; Ezekiel 36:33; Imperfect יִבָּנֶה Job 12:14 4t.; 3 feminine singular תִּבָּנֶה Numbers 21:27 3t.; 2 masculine singular תִּבָּנֶה Job 22:33, אִבָּנֶה Genesis 16:2, וְאִבָּנֶה Genesis 30:3; 3 feminine plural תִּבָּנֶינָה Ezekiel 36:10; 2 feminine plural תִּבָּנֶינָה Isaiah 44:26; Infinitive לְהִבָּנוֺת Haggai 1:2; Zechariah 8:9, בְּהִבָּנֹתוֺ 1 Kings 6:7 (twice in verse); Participle נִבְנֶה 1 Chronicles 22:19; —

1. a. be built, (literal) of city Numbers 13:22; of temple 1 Kings 3:2 (׳לְשֵׁם י) 1 Kings 6:7 (3t. in verse); (with accusative mater.); Participle = to be built (gerundive) 1 Chronicles 22:19.

b. be rebuilt: of city of Sihon Numbers 21:27 compare Isaiah 25:2; Isaiah 44:26, of wall of Jerusalem Nehemiah 7:1, of Jerusalem Jeremiah 30:18; Jeremiah 31:4,38; Isaiah 44:28 compare Daniel 9:25 תָּשׁוּב וְנִבְנְתָה, & Ezekiel 26:14 (with עוֺד), of ruinous places (הֶחֳרָבוֺת) Ezekiel 36:10,33, of a devoted city Deuteronomy 13:17 (c.עוֺד), of temple Haggai 1:2; Zechariah 1:16; Zechariah 8:9, indefinite subject Job 12:14.

2. a. (figurative) of restored exiles, = established Jeremiah 12:16, of prosperous wicked Malachi 3:15, of repentant offender Job 22:23.

b. established, made permanent, subject חֶסֶד Psalm 89:3 (with עוֺלָם), subject בַּיִת Proverbs 24:3 (by wisdom).

c. of childless wife, by means of concubineאִבָּנֶה מִמֶּגָּה Genesis 16:2; Genesis 30:3 I shall be built up, i.e. become the mother of a family, from or through her; compare Qal 2a.

בּוּנִּי see בֻּנִּי below

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

בָּנָה fut. יִבְנֶה, with ו conv. וַיִבֶן and six times וַיִבְנֶה, וָאֶבְנֶה.

(1) to build, to erect, as a house, a temple, a city, walls, defences, Ezra 4:2 an altar, Genesis 8:20 a fane, Jeremiah 7:31 the deck of a ship, Ezekiel 27:5 once apparently of the foundation of a house, 1 Kings 6:1 where וַיִּבֶן; 2 Chronicles 3:1, is not ill explained וַיָּחֶל לִבְנוֹת. (Arab. بنا Aram. ܒܢܐܳ, בְּנָא id. Comp. אֶבֶן and אָמַן.) The material of which anything is built is commonly put in accus. 1 Kings 18:32, וַיִּבְנֶה אֶת־הָאֲבָנִים מִזְבֵּחֲ “and he built the stones into an altar,” i.e. erected an altar out of them. (Comp. Lehrgb. p. 813.) Exodus 20:25; Deuteronomy 27:6; 1 Kings 15:22 more rarely with the prefix בְּ ibid. fin. Constr. also

(a) with an acc. of place on which one builds (Germ. etwas bebauen). 1 Kings 6:15, 16:24.

(b) with an acc. of person, and it signifies to build a house for any one, i.e. to give him a stable abode; and figuratively, to cause him to prosper; (as to another sense of the phrase, see No. 3). Jeremiah 24:6, “I will bring them back into this land, וּבְנִיתִים וְלֹא אֶהֱרֹס וּנְטַעְתּים וְלֹא אֶתּוֹשׁ and I will build them up and not pull them down, I will plant and will not root up,” i.e. “I will give them a fixed abode and cause them to prosper.” Jeremiah 31:4, 33:7 42:10 Psalms 28:5. (Arab. بنا to benefit any one.)

(c) followed by בְּ, to be occupied in building any thing, an etwas bauen. Nehemiah 4:4, 11 Zechariah 6:15. Compare בְּ A, 2,

(d), followed by עַל for, to obstruct. Lamentations 3:5, “(God) hath builded against me,” obstructed me, i.e. shut up my way on every side, so that I cannot go out, comp. גָּדַר verses,.-Figuratively, to form a person, Genesis 2:22.

(2) to restore, rebuild (a ruined house or city), Amos 9:14. Psalms 122:3, “O Jerusalem, rebuilt!” Psalms 147:2; Joshua 6:26; 1 Kings 16:34; 2 Kings 14:22. Comp. בָּנָה תֳרָבוֹת under תָרְבָּה. Used of the fortification of a city, 1 Kings 15:17.

(3) בָּנָה בַיִת לְ to build a house for any one is equivalent to, to give him offspring and descendants (see בַּיִת No. 8, and Niphal No. 3). House is by a common Eastern metaphor applied to family and children, and he who begets children is said to build a house. Hence בֵּן a son, so called from the idea of building, i.e. begetting. The same metaphor is carried out in Plaut. Mostell. i. 2, 37.

Niphal

(1) pass. Kal No. 1, to be built, Numbers 13:22; Deuteronomy 13:17 with an acc. of material, 1 Kings 6:7. Men are said to be built, when set in a fixed abode and in prosperity (see Kal No. 1, b), Jeremiah 12:16; Malachi 3:15; Job 22:23. As to another metaphor, see No. 3.

(2) pass. Kal No. 2, to be rebuilt, Isaiah 44:28.

(3) a woman is said to be built, if her house is built, i.e. when she has offspring (see Kal No. 3). Genesis 16:2, אוּלַי אִבָּנֶּה מִמֶּנָּה “perhaps I may be built by her,” i.e. I may have children by the aid of this handmaid. Genesis 30:3.

Derived nouns are, בֵּן, בַּת, בִּנְיָה, בִּנְיָן, מִבְנֶה, תַּבְנִית, as well as many proper names, as בִּנּוּי, בָּנִי, בְּנָיָה, בְּנָיָהוּ, יַבְנֶה, יַבְנְאֵל, יִבְנְיָה, מְבֻנַּי.

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List of Word Forms

אִבָּנֶ֖ה אֶבְנֵךְ֙ אֶבְנֶה־ אבנה אבנה־ אבנך בְּֽנֵה־ בְּהִבָּ֣נֹת֔וֹ בְּהִבָּנֹתֽוֹ׃ בְּנ֣וֹת בְּנ֤וּ בְּנ֥וֹת בְּנ֥וּ בְּנ֧וֹת בְּנִיתֶ֖ם בְּנֵה־ בְּנֽוּ־ בְּנוּיִֽם׃ בְנִיתֶ֔ם בְנִיתֶ֥ם בִּבְנֹֽתְכֶ֤ם בִּבְנֽוֹתְכֶ֤ם בִּבְנוֹתַ֤יִךְ בָּ֠נָה בָּ֣נוּ בָּֽנָה־ בָּנ֔וּ בָּנ֖וּ בָּנ֖וּי בָּנ֣וּ בָּנ֤וּ בָּנְתָ֣ה בָּנִ֔תָה בָּנִ֙יתִי֙ בָּנִ֣יתִי בָּנִ֤יתִי בָּנִ֥יתִי בָּנִ֥תִי בָּנִֽיתִי׃ בָּנִית֙ בָּנָ֑ה בָּנָ֔ה בָּנָ֖ה בָּנָ֛ה בָּנָ֜ה בָּנָ֣ה בָּנָ֤ה בָּנָ֥ה בָּנָ֧ה בָּנָ֨ה בָּנָֽה׃ בָּנֹ֥ה בָּנֽוּ׃ בָנ֔וּהוּ בָנ֖וּ בָנ֣וּ בָנִ֙יתִי֙ בָנִ֛יתִי בָנִֽיתָ׃ בָנָ֔ה בָנָ֣ה בֹּ֣נֶה בֹּנֵ֧י בֹּנֶ֤ה בֹּנֶ֥ה בֹּנַ֕יִךְ בֹנֶ֗ה בָּנִ֥יתִי בּוֹנִ֔ים בּוֹנִ֣ים בּוֹנֵ֣ה בֽוֹנֶה־ בבנותיך בבנותכם בבנתכם בהבנתו בהבנתו׃ בוֹנִים֙ בוֹנֶ֖ה בוֹנָ֣יו בונה בונה־ בוניו בונים בנה בנה־ בנה׃ בנו בנו־ בנו׃ בנוהו בנוי בנוים׃ בנות בני בניך בנית בנית׃ בניתי בניתי׃ בניתם בנתה בנתי הַבְּנוּיָ֑ה הַבָּנֽוּי׃ הַבֹּנִ֖ים הַבּוֹנִ֑ים הַבּוֹנִ֧ים הַבּוֹנִֽים׃ הַבּוֹנֶ֤ה הַנִּבְנֶ֥ה הבונה הבונים הבונים׃ הבנוי׃ הבנויה הבנים הנבנה וְ֭יִבְנֶה וְֽנִבְנֵ֔ית וְאִבָּנֶ֥ה וְאֶבְנֶֽנָּה׃ וְאֶבְנֶה־ וְהַ֨בּוֹנִ֔ים וְיִ֗בֶן וְלִבְנ֖וֹת וְלִבְנ֤וֹת וְלַבֹּנִ֔ים וְלַבֹּנִ֖ים וְנִבְנ֖וּ וְנִבְנְתָ֤ה וְנִבְנְתָ֥ה וְנִבְנְתָה֙ וְנִבְנֶ֣ה וְנִבְנֶה֙ וַיִּ֖בֶן וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ וַיִּ֛בֶן וַיִּ֜בֶן וַיִּ֣בֶן וַיִּ֤בֶן וַיִּ֥בֶן וַיִּ֧בֶן וַיִּ֨בֶן וַיִּֽבֶן־ וַיִּבְנ֕וּ וַיִּבְנ֖וּ וַיִּבְנ֣וּ וַיִּבְנ֥וּ וַיִּבְנ֨וּ וַיִּבְנֵ֖הוּ וַיִּבְנֶ֣ה וַיִּבְנֶ֥ה וַיִּבְנֶ֧ה וַיִּבְנֽוּ־ וַיִּבְנוּ֙ וַיִּבְנוּ֩ וַיִּבְנוּ־ וַיִּבֶן֩ וַנִּבְנֶה֙ וַתִּ֥בֶן וַתִּ֧בֶן וַתִּבְנִי־ וָאֶבְנֶ֣ה וּבְנ֣וּ וּבְנִיתִ֖יהָ וּבְנִיתִים֙ וּבְנִתִ֖ים וּבְנוּ֙ וּבִבְנ֣וֹת וּבָנ֞וּ וּבָנ֤וּ וּבָנ֥וּ וּבָנִ֑ינוּ וּבָנִ֔ינוּ וּבָנִ֙יתָ֙ וּבָנִ֣יתָ וּבָנִ֤יתִי וּבָנִ֤יתָ וּבָנִ֥יתָ וּבָנִ֨יתִי וּבָנִ֨יתָ וּבָנָ֖ה וּבָנָ֞ה וּבָנָ֥ה וּבָנוּ֙ וּבֹנֵ֥י וּבוֹנִ֑ים ואבנה ואבנה־ ואבננה׃ ובבנות ובונים ובנה ובנו ובני ובנינו ובנית ובניתי ובניתיה ובניתים ובנתים והבונים ויבן ויבן־ ויבנה ויבנהו ויבנו ויבנו־ ולבנות ולבנים ונבנה ונבנו ונבנית ונבנתה ותבן ותבני־ יִֽבְנֶה־ יִבְנ֖וּ יִבְנֵֽם׃ יִבְנֶ֔נּוּ יִבְנֶ֖ה יִבְנֶ֙נּוּ֙ יִבְנֶ֞ה יִבְנֶ֤ה יִבְנֶ֥ה יִבְנֶ֨ה יִבְנֶ֬ה יִבְנֶה־ יִבְנוּ֙ יִבֶנֵֽהוּ׃ יִבָּ֣נֶה יִבָּנֶ֑ה יִבָּנֶֽה׃ יבנה יבנה־ יבנה׃ יבנהו׃ יבנו יבנם׃ יבננו לְהִבָּנֽוֹת׃ לִבְנ֔וֹת לִבְנ֖וֹת לִבְנ֞וֹת לִבְנ֣וֹת לִבְנ֤וֹת לִבְנ֥וֹת לִבְנֹ֖ת לִבְנֹ֥ת לִבְנֽוֹת־ לִבְנֽוֹת׃ לִבְנוֹת֩ לבנות לבנות־ לבנות׃ לבנת להבנות׃ מִבְּנ֖וֹת מבנות נִבְנְתָ֔ה נִבְנְתָה֙ נִבְנֶ֑ה נִבְנֶ֗ה נִבְנֶ֣ה נִבְנֶ֣ה ׀ נִבְנֶ֥ה נִבְנֶה־ נִבְנָ֑ה נִבְנָ֥ה נִבְנוּ֙ נבנה נבנה־ נבנו נבנתה תִּ֝בְנֶ֗ה תִּבְנֶ֔ה תִּבְנֶ֖ה תִּבְנֶה־ תִּבְנוּ־ תִּבָּנֶ֑ה תִּבָּנֶ֔ה תִּבָּנֶ֔ינָה תִּבָּנֶ֥ה תִּבָּנֶֽינָה׃ תִבְנ֗וּ תִבְנֶ֖ה תִבְנֶ֥ה תִבְנֶה֙ תִבָּנֶ֖ה תבנה תבנה־ תבנו תבנו־ תבנינה תבנינה׃ ’eḇ·neh- ’eḇ·nêḵ ’eḇneh- ’eḇnêḵ ’ib·bā·neh ’ibbāneh bā·nāh ḇā·nāh bā·nāh- bā·nə·ṯāh ḇā·nî·ṯā bā·ni·ṯāh bā·ni·ṯî bā·nî·ṯî ḇā·nî·ṯî bā·nîṯ bā·nōh bā·nū ḇā·nū ḇā·nū·hū bā·nui baNah bānāh ḇānāh bānāh- baneTah bānəṯāh baNit bānîṯ ḇānîṯā baNitah bāniṯāh baNiti bāniṯî bānîṯî ḇānîṯî baNoh bānōh baNu bānū ḇānū ḇānūhū baNui bānui bə·hib·bā·nō·ṯōw bə·nêh- bə·nî·ṯem ḇə·nî·ṯem bə·nō·wṯ bə·nū bə·nū- bə·nū·yim behibBanoTo bəhibbānōṯōw beneh bənêh- beniTem bənîṯem ḇənîṯem beNot bənōwṯ benu bənū bənū- benuYim bənūyim biḇ·nō·ṯə·ḵem biḇ·nō·w·ṯa·yiḵ biḇ·nō·wṯ·ḵem biḇnōṯəḵem biḇnōwṯayiḵ biḇnōwṯḵem bivnoTayich bivnotChem bivnoteChem bō·na·yiḵ bō·nê bō·neh ḇō·neh ḇō·w·nāw bō·w·nêh ḇō·w·neh ḇō·w·neh- bō·w·nîm ḇō·w·nîm boNayich bōnayiḵ bōnê Boneh bōneh ḇōneh boNei boNim ḇōwnāw bōwnêh ḇōwneh ḇōwneh- bōwnîm ḇōwnîm evneCh evneh hab·bā·nui hab·bə·nū·yāh hab·bō·nîm hab·bō·w·neh hab·bō·w·nîm habbaNui habbānui habbenuYah habbənūyāh habboNeh habboNim habbōnîm habbōwneh habbōwnîm han·niḇ·neh hanniḇneh hannivNeh ibbaNeh lə·hib·bā·nō·wṯ lehibbaNot ləhibbānōwṯ liḇ·nō·wṯ liḇ·nō·wṯ- liḇ·nōṯ liḇnōṯ liḇnōwṯ liḇnōwṯ- livNot mib·bə·nō·wṯ mibbeNot mibbənōwṯ niḇ·nāh niḇ·nə·ṯāh niḇ·neh niḇ·neh- niḇ·nū niḇnāh niḇneh niḇneh- niḇnəṯāh niḇnū nivNah nivneh nivneTah nivNu tib·bā·ne·nāh tib·bā·neh ṯib·bā·neh tiḇ·neh ṯiḇ·neh tiḇ·neh- ṯiḇ·nū tiḇ·nū- tibbaNeh tibbāneh ṯibbāneh tibbaNeinah tibbānenāh tiḇneh ṯiḇneh tiḇneh- ṯiḇnū tiḇnū- tivNeh tivnu ū·ḇā·nāh ū·ḇā·nî·nū ū·ḇā·nî·ṯā ū·ḇā·nî·ṯî ū·ḇā·nū ū·ḇə·nî·ṯî·hā ū·ḇə·ni·ṯîm ū·ḇə·nî·ṯîm ū·ḇə·nū ū·ḇiḇ·nō·wṯ ū·ḇō·nê ū·ḇō·w·nîm ūḇānāh ūḇānînū ūḇānîṯā ūḇānîṯî ūḇānū ūḇənîṯîhā ūḇəniṯîm ūḇənîṯîm ūḇənū ūḇiḇnōwṯ ūḇōnê ūḇōwnîm uvaNah uvaNinu uvaNita uvaNiti uvaNu uveniTiha uveniTim uveNu uvivNot uvoNei uvoNim vaevNeh vaiyiVen vaiyivNeh vaiyivNehu vaiyivNu vaNah vaNita vaNiti vannivNeh vaNu vaNuhu vatTiven vattivni veevneh veevNennah veHabboNim veibbaNeh velabboNim velivNot veniTem venivNeh venivNeit venivneTah venivNu veYiven Veyivneh voNav voNeh voNim wā’eḇneh wā·’eḇ·neh wan·niḇ·neh wanniḇneh wat·ti·ḇen wat·tiḇ·nî- wattiḇen wattiḇnî- way·yi·ḇen way·yi·ḇen- way·yiḇ·nê·hū way·yiḇ·neh way·yiḇ·nū way·yiḇ·nū- wayyiḇen wayyiḇen- wayyiḇneh wayyiḇnêhū wayyiḇnū wayyiḇnū- wə’eḇneh- wə’eḇnennāh wə’ibbāneh wə·’eḇ·neh- wə·’eḇ·nen·nāh wə·’ib·bā·neh wə·hab·bō·w·nîm wə·lab·bō·nîm wə·liḇ·nō·wṯ wə·niḇ·nə·ṯāh wə·niḇ·neh wə·niḇ·nêṯ wə·niḇ·nū wə·yi·ḇen wə·yiḇ·neh wəhabbōwnîm wəlabbōnîm wəliḇnōwṯ wəniḇneh wəniḇnêṯ wəniḇnəṯāh wəniḇnū wəyiḇen wəyiḇneh yi·ḇe·nê·hū yib·bā·neh yiḇ·neh yiḇ·neh- yiḇ·nêm yiḇ·nen·nū yiḇ·nū yibbaNeh yibbāneh yiḇenêhū yiḇneh yiḇneh- yiḇnêm yiḇnennū yiḇnū yiveNehu yivNeh yivNem yivNennu yivNu