Banah בָּנָה
| בָּנָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | banah |
| Strong's number | H1129 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to build |
| Occurrences | 376 in 345 verses |
| Most frequent in | 2 Chronicles (54) |
Banah (Hebrew בָּנָה, Strong's H1129) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to build”. It occurs 376 times in 345 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
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)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | built (147), build (130), builded (35), up (16), building (15), builders (10), buildeth (7), made (3), buildest (3), children (2), again (2), repaired (2), and 3 other renderings |
|---|---|
| BSB | build (53), built (38), he built (19), i have built (11), building (9), rebuilt (8), builders (8), he had built (8), rebuild (8), will build (7), be rebuilt (5), i will build (5), and 119 other renderings |
Verses
Banah occurs in 345 verses, listed here by reference.
Genesis (16): 2:22, 4:17, 8:20, 10:11, 11:4, 11:5, 11:8, 12:7, 12:8, 13:18, 16:2, 22:9, 26:25, 30:3, 33:17, 35:7
Exodus (5): 1:11, 17:15, 20:25, 24:4, 32:5
Numbers (10): 13:22, 21:27, 23:1, 23:14, 23:29, 32:16, 32:24, 32:34, 32:37, 32:38
Deuteronomy (10): 6:10, 8:12, 13:16, 20:5, 20:20, 22:8, 25:9, 27:5, 27:6, 28:30
Joshua (11): 6:26, 8:30, 19:50, 22:10, 22:11, 22:16, 22:19, 22:23, 22:26, 22:29, 24:13
Judges (7): 1:26, 6:24, 6:26, 6:28, 18:28, 21:4, 21:23
Ruth (1): 4:11
1 Samuel (3): 2:35, 7:17, 14:35
2 Samuel (8): 5:9, 5:11, 7:5, 7:7, 7:13, 7:27, 24:21, 24:25
1 Kings (53): 2:36, 3:1, 3:2, 5:3, 5:5, 5:18, 6:1, 6:2, 6:5, 6:7, 6:9, 6:10, 6:12, 6:14, 6:15, 6:16, 6:36, 6:38, 7:1, 7:2, 8:13, 8:16, 8:17, 8:18, 8:19, 8:20, 8:27, 8:43, 8:44, 8:48, 9:1, 9:3, 9:10, 9:15, 9:17, 9:19, 9:24, 9:25, 10:4, 11:7, 11:27, 11:38, 12:25, 14:23, 15:17, 15:21, 15:22, 15:23, 16:24, 16:32, 16:34, 18:32, 22:39
2 Kings (12): 12:11, 14:22, 15:35, 16:11, 16:18, 17:9, 21:3, 21:4, 21:5, 22:6, 23:13, 25:1
1 Chronicles (27): 6:10, 6:32, 7:24, 8:12, 11:8, 14:1, 17:4, 17:6, 17:10, 17:12, 17:25, 21:22, 21:26, 22:2, 22:5, 22:6, 22:7, 22:8, 22:10, 22:11, 22:19, 28:2, 28:3, 28:6, 28:10, 29:16, 29:19
2 Chronicles (54): 2:1, 2:3, 2:4, 2:5, 2:6, 2:9, 2:12, 3:1, 3:2, 3:3, 6:2, 6:5, 6:7, 6:8, 6:9, 6:10, 6:18, 6:33, 6:34, 6:38, 8:1, 8:2, 8:4, 8:5, 8:6, 8:11, 8:12, 9:3, 11:5, 11:6, 14:6, 14:7, 16:1, 16:5, 16:6, 17:12, 20:8, 26:2, 26:6, 26:9, 26:10, 27:3, 27:4, 32:5, 33:3, 33:4, 33:5, 33:14, 33:15, 33:16, 33:19, 34:11, 35:3, 36:23
Ezra (9): 1:2, 1:3, 1:5, 3:2, 3:10, 4:1, 4:2, 4:3, 4:4
Nehemiah (22): 2:5, 2:17, 2:18, 2:20, 3:1, 3:2, 3:3, 3:13, 3:14, 3:15, 4:1, 4:3, 4:5, 4:6, 4:10, 4:17, 4:18, 6:1, 6:6, 7:1, 7:4, 12:29
Job (5): 3:14, 12:14, 20:19, 22:23, 27:18
Psalms (11): 28:5, 51:18, 69:35, 78:69, 89:2, 89:4, 102:16, 118:22, 122:3, 127:1, 147:2
Proverbs (4): 9:1, 14:1, 24:3, 24:27
Ecclesiastes (3): 2:4, 3:3, 9:14
Isaiah (12): 5:2, 9:10, 25:2, 44:26, 44:28, 45:13, 58:12, 60:10, 61:4, 65:21, 65:22, 66:1
Jeremiah (22): 1:10, 7:31, 12:16, 18:9, 19:5, 22:13, 22:14, 24:6, 29:5, 29:28, 30:18, 31:4, 31:28, 31:38, 32:31, 32:35, 33:7, 35:7, 35:9, 42:10, 45:4, 52:4
Lamentations (1): 3:5
Ezekiel (16): 4:2, 11:3, 13:10, 16:24, 16:25, 16:31, 17:17, 21:22, 26:14, 27:4, 27:5, 28:26, 36:10, 36:33, 36:36, 39:15
Daniel (1): 9:25
Hosea (1): 8:14
Amos (4): 5:11, 9:6, 9:11, 9:14
Habakkuk (1): 2:12
Zephaniah (1): 1:13
Zechariah (7): 1:16, 5:11, 6:12, 6:13, 6:15, 8:9, 9:3
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).