בָּנָה
ba.nah
1. to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue
a. (Qal)
1. to build, rebuild
2. to build a house (ie, establish a family)
b. (Niphal)
1. to be built
2. to be rebuilt
3. established (of restored exiles) (fig.)
4. established (made permanent)
5. 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)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
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Concordance 344 verses
- 1 Kings 8:48 בָּנִיתָ
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,
- 1 Kings 9:1 לִבְנ֥וֹת
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,
- 1 Kings 9:3 בָּנִ֔תָה
And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
- 1 Kings 9:10 בָּנָ֥ה
Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon built these two houses, the house of the LORD and the royal palace,
- 1 Kings 9:15 לִבְנוֹת֩
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.
- 1 Kings 9:17 וַיִּ֤בֶן
So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,
- 1 Kings 9:19 לִבְנ֤וֹת
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.
- 1 Kings 9:24 בָּֽנָה־בָּנָ֥ה
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.
- 1 Kings 9:25 בָּנָ֣ה
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.
- 1 Kings 10:4 בָּנָֽה׃
When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,
- 1 Kings 11:7 יִבְנֶ֨ה
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.
- 1 Kings 11:27 בָּנָ֣ה
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.
- 1 Kings 11:38 וּבָנִ֨יתִיבָּנִ֣יתִי
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.
- 1 Kings 12:25 וַיִּ֨בֶןוַיִּ֖בֶן
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.
- 1 Kings 14:23 וַיִּבְנ֨וּ
They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
- 1 Kings 15:17 וַיִּ֖בֶן
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.
- 1 Kings 15:21 מִבְּנ֖וֹת
When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.
- 1 Kings 15:22 בָּנָ֖הוַיִּ֤בֶן
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.
- 1 Kings 15:23 בָּנָ֔ה
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.
- 1 Kings 16:24 וַיִּ֙בֶן֙בָּנָ֔ה
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.
- 1 Kings 16:32 בָּנָ֖ה
First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.
- 1 Kings 16:34 בָּנָ֥ה
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.
- 1 Kings 18:32 וַיִּבְנֶ֧ה
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.
- 1 Kings 22:39 בָּנָ֔הבָּנָ֑ה
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?
- 2 Kings 12:11 וְלַבֹּנִ֔ים
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,
- 2 Kings 14:22 בָּנָ֣ה
Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
- 2 Kings 15:35 בָּנָ֛ה
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.
- 2 Kings 16:11 וַיִּ֛בֶן
And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it by the time King Ahaz had returned.
- 2 Kings 16:18 בָּנ֣וּ
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.
- 2 Kings 17:9 וַיִּבְנ֨וּ
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.
- 2 Kings 21:3 וַיִּ֙בֶן֙
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.
- 2 Kings 21:4 וּבָנָ֥ה
Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”
- 2 Kings 21:5 וַיִּ֥בֶן
In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.
- 2 Kings 22:6 וְלַבֹּנִ֖ים
to the carpenters, builders, and masons—to buy timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.
- 2 Kings 23:13 בָּ֠נָה
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.
- 2 Kings 25:1 וַיִּבְנ֥וּ
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.
- 1 Chronicles 6:10 בָּנָ֥ה
Johanan was the father of Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem,
- 1 Chronicles 6:32 בְּנ֧וֹת
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.
- 1 Chronicles 7:24 וַתִּ֧בֶן
His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.
- 1 Chronicles 8:12 בָּנָ֣ה
The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages),
- 1 Chronicles 11:8 וַיִּ֤בֶן
He built up the city around it, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city.
- 1 Chronicles 14:1 לִבְנ֥וֹת
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him.
- 1 Chronicles 17:4 תִּבְנֶה־
“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.
- 1 Chronicles 17:6 בְנִיתֶ֥ם
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?’
- 1 Chronicles 17:10 יִֽבְנֶה־
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.
- 1 Chronicles 17:12 יִבְנֶה־
He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.
- 1 Chronicles 17:25 לִבְנ֥וֹת
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.
- 1 Chronicles 21:22 וְאֶבְנֶה־
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.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:26 וַיִּבֶן֩
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.
- 1 Chronicles 22:2 לִבְנ֖וֹת
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.