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H1129בָּנָהba.nah

to buildPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 16
  2. 5
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. 10
  5. 10
  6. 11
  7. 7
  8. 1
  9. 4
  10. 8
  11. 67
  12. 12
  13. 29
  14. 61
  15. 10
  16. 24
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 5
  19. 12
  20. 4
  21. 3
  22. 2
  23. 12
  24. 23
  25. 1
  26. 16
  27. 2
  28. 1
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 4
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 2
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. 1
  36. 1
  37. 2
  38. 7
  39. 3

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376 occurrences in 345 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Joshua 22:29

    Never let it be said that we were false to the Lord, turning back this day from him and building an altar for burned offerings and meal offerings and offerings of beasts, in addition to the altar of the Lord our God which is before his House.

    לִבְנ֣וֹת (בְנ֣וֹת) v.Not “building”

  2. Joshua 24:13

    And I gave you a land on which you had done no work, and towns not of your building, and you are now living in them; and your food comes from vine-gardens and olive-gardens not of your planting.

    בְנִיתֶ֔ם ve.ni.Tem “you had built”

  3. Judges 1:26

    And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.

    וַיִּ֣בֶן (יִּ֣בֶן) i.Yi.ven “he built”

  4. Judges 6:24

    Then Gideon made an altar there to the Lord, and gave it the name Yahweh-shalom; to this day it is in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

    וַיִּבֶן֩ (יִּבֶן֩) i.yi.Ven “he built”

  5. Judges 6:26

    Make an altar to the Lord your God on the top of this rock, in the ordered way and take the ox and make a burned offering with the wood of the holy tree which has been cut down.

    וּבָנִ֨יתָ (בָנִ֨יתָ) va.Ni.ta “you will build”

  6. Judges 6:28

    And the men of the town got up early in the morning, and they saw the altar of Baal broken down, and the holy tree which was by it cut down, and the ox offered on the altar which had been put up there.

    הַבָּנֽוּי׃ (בָּנֽוּי) ba.Nui “had been built”

  7. Judges 18:28

    And they had no saviour, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with Aram; and it was in the valley which is the property of Beth-rehob. And building up the town again they took it for their living-place.

    וַיִּבְנ֥וּ (יִּבְנ֥וּ) i.yiv.Nu “they rebuilt”

  8. Judges 21:4

    Then on the day after, the people got up early and made an altar there, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings.

    וַיִּבְנוּ־ (יִּבְנוּ) i.yiv.nu- “they built”

  9. Judges 21:23

    So the men of Benjamin did this, and got wives for themselves for every one of their number, taking them away by force from the dance; then they went back to their heritage, building up their towns and living in them.

    וַיִּבְנוּ֙ (יִּבְנוּ֙) i.yiv.Nu “they rebuilt”

  10. Ruth 4:11

    And all the people who were in the public place, and the responsible men, said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is about to come into your house, like Rachel and Leah, which two were the builders of the house of Israel: and may you ha

    בָּנ֤וּ ba.Nu “they built”

  11. 1 Samuel 2:35

    And I will make a true priest for myself, one who will do what is in my heart and in my mind: and I will make for him a family which will not come to an end; and his place will be before my holy one for ever.

    וּבָנִ֤יתִי (בָנִ֤יתִי) va.Ni.ti “I will build”

  12. 1 Samuel 7:17

    And his base was at Ramah, where his house was; there he was judge of Israel and there he made an altar to the Lord.

    וַיִּֽבֶן־ (יִּֽבֶן) i.yi.ven- “he built”

  13. 1 Samuel 14:35

    And Saul put up an altar to the Lord: this was the first altar which he put up to the Lord.

    וַיִּ֧בֶן (יִּ֧בֶן) i.Yi.ven “he built”לִבְנ֥וֹת (בְנ֥וֹת) v.Not “build”

  14. 2 Samuel 5:9

    So David took the strong tower for his living-place, naming it the town of David. And David took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo.

    וַיִּ֤בֶן (יִּ֤בֶן) i.Yi.ven “he built”

  15. 2 Samuel 5:11

    And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.

    וַיִּבְנֽוּ־ (יִּבְנֽוּ) i.yiv.nu- “they built”

  16. 2 Samuel 7:5

    Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?

    תִּבְנֶה־ tiv.neh- “will you build”

  17. 2 Samuel 7:7

    In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?

    בְנִיתֶ֥ם ve.ni.Tem “have you built”

  18. 2 Samuel 7:13

    He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

    יִבְנֶה־ yiv.neh- “he will build”

  19. 2 Samuel 7:27

    For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you.

    אֶבְנֶה־ 'ev.neh- “I will build”

  20. 2 Samuel 24:21

    And Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To give you a price for your grain-floor, so that I may put up an altar to the Lord, and the disease may be stopped among the people.

    לִבְנ֤וֹת (בְנ֤וֹת) v.Not “build”

  21. 2 Samuel 24:25

    And there David put up an altar to the Lord, making burned offerings and peace-offerings. So the Lord gave ear to his prayer for the land, and the disease came to an end in Israel.

    וַיִּבֶן֩ (יִּבֶן֩) i.yi.Ven “he built”

  22. 1 Kings 2:36

    Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Make a house for yourself in Jerusalem and keep there and go to no other place.

    בְּֽנֵה־ be.neh- “build”

  23. 1 Kings 3:1

    Solomon became the son-in-law of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter as his wife, keeping her in the town of David, till the house he was building for himself, and the house of the Lord and the wall round Jerusalem, were complete.

    לִבְנ֤וֹת (בְנ֤וֹת) v.Not “build”

  24. 1 Kings 3:2

    But all this time the people were making their offerings in the high places, because no house had been put up to the name of the Lord till those days.

    נִבְנָ֥ה niv.Nah “it had been built”

  25. 1 Kings 5:3

    You have knowledge that David my father was not able to make a house for the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars which were round him on every side, till the Lord put all those who were against him under his feet.

    לִבְנ֣וֹת (בְנ֣וֹת) v.Not “build”