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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 JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 1 Kings 5:19

    And, behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke unto David my father, saying: Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build the house for My name.

    לִבְנ֣וֹת (בְנ֣וֹת) v.Not “build”יִבְנֶ֥ה yiv.Neh “he will build”

  2. 1 Kings 5:32

    And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

    בֹּנֵ֧י bo.Nei “[the] builders of”וּבֹנֵ֥י (בֹנֵ֥י) vo.Nei “[the] builders of”לִבְנ֥וֹת (בְנ֥וֹת) v.Not “build”

  3. 1 Kings 6:1

    And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house o

    וַיִּ֥בֶן (יִּ֥בֶן) i.Yi.ven “he built”

  4. 1 Kings 6:2

    And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.

    בָּנָ֜ה ba.Nah “he built”

  5. 1 Kings 6:5

    And against the wall of the house he built a side-structure round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the sanctuary; and he made side-chambers round about;

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

  6. 1 Kings 6:7

    For the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.--

    בְּהִבָּ֣נֹת֔וֹ (הִבָּ֣נֹת֔) hi.Ba.no.T “was built”נִבְנָ֑ה niv.Nah “it was built”בְּהִבָּנֹתֽוֹ׃ (הִבָּנֹתֽ) hi.ba.no.T “was built”

  7. 1 Kings 6:9

    So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered in the house with planks of cedar over beams.

    וַיִּ֥בֶן (יִּ֥בֶן) i.Yi.ven “he built”

  8. 1 Kings 6:10

    And he built the stories of the side-structure against all the house, each five cubits high; and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

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

  9. 1 Kings 6:12

    'As for this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in My statutes, and execute Mine ordinances, and keep all My commandments to walk in them; then will I establish My word with thee, which I spoke unto David thy father;

    בֹנֶ֗ה vo.Neh “[are] building”

  10. 1 Kings 6:14

    So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

    וַיִּ֧בֶן (יִּ֧בֶן) i.Yi.ven “he built”

  11. 1 Kings 6:15

    And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house unto the joists of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress.

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

  12. 1 Kings 6:16

    And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the joists; he even built them for himself within, for a Sanctuary, even for the most holy place.

    וַיִּבֶן֩ (יִּבֶן֩) i.yi.Ven “he built”וַיִּ֤בֶן (יִּ֤בֶן) i.Yi.ven “he built”

  13. 1 Kings 6:36

    And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams.

    וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ (יִּ֙בֶן֙) i.Yi.ven “he built”

  14. 1 Kings 6:38

    And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

    וַיִּבְנֵ֖הוּ (יִּבְנֵ֖) i.yiv.Ne. “he built”

  15. 1 Kings 7:1

    And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

    בָּנָ֣ה ba.Nah “he built”

  16. 1 Kings 7:2

    For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon: the length thereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

    וַיִּ֜בֶן (יִּ֜בֶן) i.Yi.ven “he built”

  17. 1 Kings 8:13

    I have surely built Thee a house of habitation, a place for Thee to dwell in for ever.

    בָּנֹ֥ה ba.Noh “certainly <to build>”בָנִ֛יתִי va.Ni.ti “I have built”

  18. 1 Kings 8:16

    Since the day that I brought forth My people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that My name might be there; but I chose David to be over My people Israel.

    לִבְנ֣וֹת (בְנ֣וֹת) v.Not “build”

  19. 1 Kings 8:17

    Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

    לִבְנ֣וֹת (בְנ֣וֹת) v.Not “build”

  20. 1 Kings 8:18

    But the LORD said unto David my father: Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for My name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart;

    לִבְנ֥וֹת (בְנ֥וֹת) v.Not “build”

  21. 1 Kings 8:19

    nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for My name.

    תִבְנֶ֖ה tiv.Neh “you will build”יִבְנֶ֥ה yiv.Neh “he will build”

  22. 1 Kings 8:20

    And the LORD hath established His word that He spoke; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

    וָאֶבְנֶ֣ה (אֶבְנֶ֣ה) 'ev.Neh “I have built”

  23. 1 Kings 8:27

    But will God in very truth dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house that I have builded!

    בָּנִֽיתִי׃ ba.Ni.ti “I have built”

  24. 1 Kings 8:43

    hear Thou in heaven Thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to Thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know Thy name, to fear Thee, as doth Thy people Israel, and that they may know that Thy name is called upon this

    בָּנִֽיתִי׃ ba.Ni.ti “I have built”

  25. 1 Kings 8:44

    If Thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatsoever way Thou shalt send them, and they pray unto the LORD toward the city which Thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Thy name;

    בָּנִ֥תִי ba.Ni.ti “I have built”