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
- 2 Chronicles 26:2 בָּנָ֣ה
Uzziah was the one who rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 26:6 וַיִּבְנֶ֣ה
Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.
- 2 Chronicles 26:9 וַיִּ֨בֶן
Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.
- 2 Chronicles 26:10 וַיִּ֨בֶן
Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
- 2 Chronicles 27:3 בָּנָ֛הבָּנָ֖ה
Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
- 2 Chronicles 27:4 בָּנָ֖הבָּנָ֔ה
He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
- 2 Chronicles 32:5 וַיִּבֶן֩
Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.
- 2 Chronicles 33:3 וַיִּ֙בֶן֙
For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 33:4 וּבָנָ֥ה
Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”
- 2 Chronicles 33:5 וַיִּ֥בֶן
In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 33:14 בָּנָ֣ה
After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 33:15 בָּנָ֛ה
He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mount and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.
- 2 Chronicles 33:19 בָּנָ֨ה
His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.
- 2 Chronicles 34:11 וְלַבֹּנִ֔ים
They also gave money to the carpenters and builders to buy dressed stone, as well as timbers for couplings and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to deteriorate.
- 2 Chronicles 35:3 בָּנָ֜ה
To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 36:23 לִבְנֽוֹת־
“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’”
- Ezra 1:2 לִבְנֽוֹת־
“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.
- Ezra 1:3 וְיִ֗בֶן
Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.
- Ezra 1:5 לִבְנ֔וֹת
So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
- Ezra 3:2 וַיִּבְנ֕וּ
Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
- Ezra 3:10 הַבֹּנִ֖ים
When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.
- Ezra 4:1 בּוֹנִ֣ים
When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,
- Ezra 4:2 נִבְנֶ֣ה
they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”
- Ezra 4:3 לִבְנ֥וֹתנִבְנֶ֗ה
But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.”
- Ezra 4:4 לִבְנֽוֹת׃
Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build.
- Nehemiah 2:5 וְאֶבְנֶֽנָּה׃
and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”
- Nehemiah 2:17 וְנִבְנֶה֙
Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
- Nehemiah 2:18 וּבָנִ֔ינוּ
I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.
- Nehemiah 2:20 וּבָנִ֑ינוּ
So I answered them and said, “The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success. We, His servants, will start rebuilding, but you have no portion, right, or claim in Jerusalem.”
- Nehemiah 3:1 וַיִּבְנוּ֙
At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.
- Nehemiah 3:2 בָנ֖וּבָנָ֔ה
The men of Jericho built next to Eliashib, and Zaccur son of Imri built next to them.
- Nehemiah 3:3 בָּנ֖וּ
The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
- Nehemiah 3:13 בָנ֔וּהוּ
The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it, installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.
- Nehemiah 3:14 יִבְנֶ֔נּוּ
The Dung Gate was repaired by Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem. He rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
- Nehemiah 3:15 יִבְנֶ֙נּוּ֙
The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.
- Nehemiah 4:1 בוֹנִים֙
Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews
- Nehemiah 4:3 בּוֹנִ֔ים
Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”
- Nehemiah 4:5 הַבּוֹנִֽים׃
Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.
- Nehemiah 4:6 וַנִּבְנֶה֙
So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
- Nehemiah 4:10 לִבְנ֖וֹת
Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”
- Nehemiah 4:17 הַבּוֹנִ֧ים
who were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried materials worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.
- Nehemiah 4:18 וְהַ֨בּוֹנִ֔יםוּבוֹנִ֑ים
And each of the builders worked with his sword strapped at his side. But the trumpeter stayed beside me.
- Nehemiah 6:1 בָנִ֙יתִי֙
When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—
- Nehemiah 6:6 בוֹנֶ֖ה
that read: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem agrees—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king,
- Nehemiah 7:1 נִבְנְתָה֙
When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
- Nehemiah 7:4 בְּנוּיִֽם׃
Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.
- Nehemiah 12:29 בָּנ֤וּ
from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.
- Job 3:14 הַבֹּנִ֖ים
with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
- Job 12:14 יִבָּנֶ֑ה
What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
- Job 20:19 יִבֶנֵֽהוּ׃
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.