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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. 2 Chronicles 26:2

    He was the builder of Eloth, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.

    בָּנָ֣ה ba.Nah “he built”

  2. 2 Chronicles 26:6

    He went out and made war against the Philistines, pulling down the walls of Gath and Jabneh and Ashdod, and building towns in the country round Ashdod and among the Philistines.

    וַיִּבְנֶ֣ה (יִּבְנֶ֣ה) i.yiv.Neh “he built”

  3. 2 Chronicles 26:9

    Uzziah made towers in Jerusalem, at the doorway in the angle and at the doorway in the valley and at the turn of the wall, arming them.

    וַיִּ֨בֶן (יִּ֨בֶן) i.Yi.ven “he built”

  4. 2 Chronicles 26:10

    And he put up towers in the waste land and made places for storing water, for he had much cattle, in the low hills and in the table land; and he had farmers and vine-keepers in the mountains and in the fertile land, for he was a lover of farming.

    וַיִּ֨בֶן (יִּ֨בֶן) i.Yi.ven “he built”

  5. 2 Chronicles 27:3

    He put up the higher doorway of the house of the Lord, and did much building on the wall of the Ophel.

    בָּנָ֛ה ba.Nah “he built”בָּנָ֖ה ba.Nah “he built”

  6. 2 Chronicles 27:4

    In addition, he made towns in the hill-country of Judah, and strong buildings and towers in the woodlands.

    בָּנָ֖ה ba.Nah “he built”בָּנָ֔ה ba.Nah “he built”

  7. 2 Chronicles 32:5

    Then he took heart, building up the wall where it was broken down, and making its towers higher, and building another wall outside; and he made strong the Millo in the town of David, and got together a great store of all sorts of instruments of war.

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

  8. 2 Chronicles 33:3

    For he put up again the high places which had been pulled down by his father Hezekiah; and he made altars for the Baals, and pillars of wood, and was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven;

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

  9. 2 Chronicles 33:4

    And he made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever.

    וּבָנָ֥ה (בָנָ֥ה) va.Nah “he built”

  10. 2 Chronicles 33:5

    And he made altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.

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

  11. 2 Chronicles 33:14

    After this he made an outer wall for the town of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, as far as the way into the town by the fish doorway; and he put a very high wall round the Ophel; and he put captains of the army in all the walled towns of

    בָּנָ֣ה ba.Nah “he rebuilt”

  12. 2 Chronicles 33:15

    He took away the strange gods and the image out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars he had put up on the hill of the Lord's house and in Jerusalem, and put them out of the town.

    בָּנָ֛ה ba.Nah “he had built”

  13. 2 Chronicles 33:16

    And he put the altar of the Lord in order, offering peace-offerings and praise-offerings on it, and said that all Judah were to be servants of the Lord, the God of Israel.

    וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ (יִּ֙בֶן֙) i.ya.chen “he rebuilt”

  14. 2 Chronicles 33:19

    And the prayer which he made to God, and how God gave him an answer, and all his sin and his wrongdoing, and the places where he made high places and put up pillars of wood and images, before he put away his pride, are recorded in the history of the seer

    בָּנָ֨ה ba.Nah “he built”

  15. 2 Chronicles 34:11

    Even to the woodworkers and builders to get cut stone and wood for joining the structure together and for making boards for the houses which the kings of Judah had given up to destruction.

    וְלַבֹּנִ֔ים (בֹּנִ֔ים) bo.Nim “builders”

  16. 2 Chronicles 35:3

    And he said to the Levites, the teachers of all Israel, who were holy to the Lord, See, the holy ark is in the house which Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, made; it will no longer have to be transported on your backs: now be the servants of the

    בָּנָ֜ה ba.Nah “he built”

  17. 2 Chronicles 36:23

    Cyrus, king of Persia, has said, All the kingdoms of the earth have been given to me by the Lord, the God of heaven; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people

    לִבְנֽוֹת־ (בְנֽוֹת) v.not- “build”

  18. Ezra 1:2

    These are the words of Cyrus, king of Persia: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

    לִבְנֽוֹת־ (בְנֽוֹת) v.not- “build”

  19. Ezra 1:3

    Whoever there is among you of his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and take in hand the building of the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; he is the God who is in Jerusalem.

    וְיִ֗בֶן (יִ֗בֶן) Yi.ven “let him build”

  20. Ezra 1:5

    Then the heads of families of Judah and Benjamin, with the priests and the Levites, got ready, even all those whose spirits were moved by God to go up and take in hand the building of the Lord's house in Jerusalem.

    לִבְנ֔וֹת (בְנ֔וֹת) v.Not “build”

  21. Ezra 3:2

    Then Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, with his brothers, got up and made the altar of the God of Israel for burned offerings as is recorded in the law of Moses, the man of God.

    וַיִּבְנ֕וּ (יִּבְנ֕וּ) i.yiv.Nu “they rebuilt”

  22. Ezra 3:10

    And when the builders put in position the base of the Temple of the Lord, the priests, dressed in their robes, took their places with horns, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with brass instruments, to give praise to the Lord in the way ordered by Davi

    הַבֹּנִ֖ים (בֹּנִ֖ים) bo.Nim “builders”

  23. Ezra 4:1

    Now news came to the haters of Judah and Benjamin that the people who had come back were building a Temple to the Lord, the God of Israel;

    בּוֹנִ֣ים bo.Nim “[were] building”

  24. Ezra 4:2

    Then they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of families, and said to them, Let us take part in the building with you; for we are servants of your God, even as you are; and we have been making offerings to him from the days of Esar-haddon, king of Assyr

    נִבְנֶ֣ה niv.Neh “let us build”

  25. Ezra 4:3

    But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of families in Israel said to them, You have no part with us in the building of a house for our God; we ourselves will do the work together for the Lord, the God of Israel, as Cyrus, king of Persia, has

    לִבְנ֥וֹת (בְנ֥וֹת) v.Not “build”נִבְנֶ֗ה niv.Neh “we will build [it]”