- Original: בּנה
- Transliteration: Banah
- Phonetic: baw-naw'
- Definition: 
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) 
- Origin: a primitive root
- TWOT entry: 255
- Part(s) of speech: Verb 
- Strong's: A primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively): - (begin to) build (-er) obtain children make repair set (up) X surely. 
Total KJV Occurrences: 376 
 • again, 1
 
Job 12:14 
 
 • build, 130
 
Genesis 11:4; 
Genesis 11:8; 
Exodus 20:25; 
Numbers 23:1; 
Numbers 23:29; 
Numbers 32:16; 
Numbers 32:24; 
Deuteronomy 20:20; 
Deuteronomy 27:5; 
Deuteronomy 27:6; 
Deuteronomy 28:30; 
Joshua 22:26; 
Joshua 22:29; 
Judges 6:26; 
Ruth 4:11; 
1 Samuel 2:35; 
2 Samuel 7:5; 
2 Samuel 7:7; 
2 Samuel 7:13; 
2 Samuel 7:27; 
2 Samuel 24:21; 
1 Kings 2:36; 
1 Kings 5:3; 
1 Kings 5:5(2); 
1 Kings 5:18; 
1 Kings 6:1; 
1 Kings 8:16; 
1 Kings 8:17; 
1 Kings 8:18; 
1 Kings 8:19(2); 
1 Kings 9:15; 
1 Kings 9:19; 
1 Kings 9:24; 
1 Kings 11:7; 
1 Kings 11:38; 
1 Kings 16:34; 
1 Chronicles 14:1; 
1 Chronicles 17:4; 
1 Chronicles 17:10; 
1 Chronicles 17:12; 
1 Chronicles 17:25; 
1 Chronicles 21:22; 
1 Chronicles 22:2; 
1 Chronicles 22:6; 
1 Chronicles 22:7; 
1 Chronicles 22:8; 
1 Chronicles 22:10; 
1 Chronicles 22:11; 
1 Chronicles 22:19; 
1 Chronicles 28:2; 
1 Chronicles 28:3; 
1 Chronicles 28:6; 
1 Chronicles 28:10; 
1 Chronicles 29:16; 
1 Chronicles 29:19; 
2 Chronicles 2:1; 
2 Chronicles 2:3; 
2 Chronicles 2:4; 
2 Chronicles 2:5; 
2 Chronicles 2:6(2); 
2 Chronicles 2:9; 
2 Chronicles 2:12; 
2 Chronicles 3:1; 
2 Chronicles 3:2; 
2 Chronicles 6:5; 
2 Chronicles 6:7; 
2 Chronicles 6:8; 
2 Chronicles 6:9(2); 
2 Chronicles 8:6; 
2 Chronicles 14:7; 
2 Chronicles 35:3; 
2 Chronicles 36:23; 
Ezra 1:2; 
Ezra 1:3; 
Ezra 1:5; 
Ezra 4:2; 
Ezra 4:3(2); 
Nehemiah 2:5; 
Nehemiah 2:18; 
Nehemiah 2:20; 
Nehemiah 3:3; 
Nehemiah 4:3; 
Nehemiah 4:10; 
Psalm 51:18; 
Psalm 69:35; 
Psalm 127:1(2); 
Proverbs 24:27; 
Song of Songs 8:9; 
Isaiah 9:10; 
Isaiah 45:13; 
Isaiah 58:12; 
Isaiah 61:4; 
Isaiah 65:21; 
Isaiah 65:22; 
Isaiah 66:1; 
Jeremiah 1:10; 
Jeremiah 18:9; 
Jeremiah 22:14; 
Jeremiah 24:6; 
Jeremiah 29:5; 
Jeremiah 29:28; 
Jeremiah 31:4; 
Jeremiah 31:28; 
Jeremiah 33:7; 
Jeremiah 35:7; 
Jeremiah 35:9; 
Jeremiah 42:10; 
Ezekiel 4:2; 
Ezekiel 11:3; 
Ezekiel 21:22; 
Ezekiel 28:26; 
Ezekiel 36:36; 
Daniel 9:25; 
Amos 9:11; 
Amos 9:14; 
Zephaniah 1:13; 
Haggai 1:8; 
Zechariah 5:11; 
Zechariah 6:12; 
Zechariah 6:13; 
Zechariah 6:15; 
Zechariah 9:3; 
Malachi 1:4(2) 
 
 • buildedst, 1
 
Deuteronomy 6:10 
 
 • builders, 10
 
1 Kings 5:18(2); 
2 Kings 12:11; 
2 Kings 22:6; 
2 Chronicles 34:11; 
Ezra 3:10; 
Nehemiah 4:5; 
Nehemiah 4:18; 
Psalm 118:22; 
Ezekiel 27:4 
 
 • buildest, 3
 
Deuteronomy 22:8; 
Nehemiah 6:6; 
Ezekiel 16:31 
 
 • buildeth, 7
 
Joshua 6:26; 
Job 27:18; 
Proverbs 14:1; 
Jeremiah 22:13; 
Hosea 8:14; 
Amos 9:6; 
Habakkuk 2:12 
 
 • building, 15
 
Joshua 22:19; 
1 Kings 3:1; 
1 Kings 6:7(2); 
1 Kings 6:12; 
1 Kings 6:38; 
1 Kings 7:1; 
1 Kings 9:1; 
1 Kings 15:21; 
1 Chronicles 28:2; 
2 Chronicles 3:3; 
2 Chronicles 16:5; 
2 Chronicles 16:6; 
Ezra 4:4; 
Ezekiel 17:17 
 
 • built, 185
 
Genesis 4:17; 
Genesis 8:20; 
Genesis 10:11; 
Genesis 11:5; 
Genesis 12:7; 
Genesis 12:8; 
Genesis 13:18; 
Genesis 22:9; 
Genesis 26:25; 
Genesis 33:17; 
Genesis 35:7; 
Exodus 1:11; 
Exodus 17:15; 
Exodus 24:4; 
Exodus 32:5; 
Numbers 13:22; 
Numbers 21:27; 
Numbers 23:14; 
Numbers 32:34; 
Numbers 32:37; 
Numbers 32:38; 
Deuteronomy 8:12; 
Deuteronomy 13:16; 
Deuteronomy 20:5; 
Joshua 8:30; 
Joshua 19:50; 
Joshua 22:10; 
Joshua 22:11; 
Joshua 22:16; 
Joshua 22:23; 
Joshua 24:13; 
Judges 1:26; 
Judges 6:24; 
Judges 6:28; 
Judges 18:28; 
Judges 21:4; 
1 Samuel 7:17; 
1 Samuel 14:35(2); 
2 Samuel 5:9; 
2 Samuel 5:11; 
2 Samuel 24:25; 
1 Kings 3:2; 
1 Kings 6:2; 
1 Kings 6:5; 
1 Kings 6:7; 
1 Kings 6:9; 
1 Kings 6:10; 
1 Kings 6:14; 
1 Kings 6:15; 
1 Kings 6:16(2); 
1 Kings 6:36; 
1 Kings 7:2; 
1 Kings 8:13(2); 
1 Kings 8:20; 
1 Kings 8:27; 
1 Kings 8:43; 
1 Kings 8:44; 
1 Kings 8:48; 
1 Kings 9:3; 
1 Kings 9:10; 
1 Kings 9:17; 
1 Kings 9:24; 
1 Kings 9:25; 
1 Kings 10:4; 
1 Kings 11:27; 
1 Kings 11:38; 
1 Kings 12:25(2); 
1 Kings 14:23; 
1 Kings 15:17; 
1 Kings 15:22(2); 
1 Kings 15:23; 
1 Kings 16:24; 
1 Kings 16:32; 
1 Kings 18:32; 
1 Kings 22:39; 
2 Kings 14:22; 
2 Kings 15:35; 
2 Kings 16:11; 
2 Kings 16:18; 
2 Kings 17:9; 
2 Kings 21:4; 
2 Kings 21:5; 
2 Kings 23:13; 
2 Kings 25:1; 
1 Chronicles 6:10; 
1 Chronicles 6:32; 
1 Chronicles 7:24; 
1 Chronicles 8:12; 
1 Chronicles 11:8; 
1 Chronicles 17:6; 
1 Chronicles 21:26; 
1 Chronicles 22:5; 
1 Chronicles 22:19; 
2 Chronicles 6:2; 
2 Chronicles 6:10; 
2 Chronicles 6:18; 
2 Chronicles 6:33; 
2 Chronicles 6:34; 
2 Chronicles 6:38; 
2 Chronicles 8:1; 
2 Chronicles 8:2; 
2 Chronicles 8:4(2); 
2 Chronicles 8:5; 
2 Chronicles 8:11; 
2 Chronicles 8:12; 
2 Chronicles 9:3; 
2 Chronicles 11:5; 
2 Chronicles 11:6; 
2 Chronicles 14:6; 
2 Chronicles 14:7; 
2 Chronicles 16:1; 
2 Chronicles 16:6; 
2 Chronicles 17:12; 
2 Chronicles 20:8; 
2 Chronicles 26:2; 
2 Chronicles 26:6; 
2 Chronicles 26:9; 
2 Chronicles 26:10; 
2 Chronicles 27:3(2); 
2 Chronicles 27:4(2); 
2 Chronicles 33:3; 
2 Chronicles 33:4; 
2 Chronicles 33:5; 
2 Chronicles 33:14; 
2 Chronicles 33:15; 
2 Chronicles 33:19; 
Ezra 3:2; 
Ezra 4:1; 
Nehemiah 3:1; 
Nehemiah 3:2(2); 
Nehemiah 3:13; 
Nehemiah 3:14; 
Nehemiah 3:15; 
Nehemiah 4:1; 
Nehemiah 4:6; 
Nehemiah 4:17; 
Nehemiah 4:18; 
Nehemiah 6:1; 
Nehemiah 7:1; 
Nehemiah 7:4; 
Nehemiah 12:29; 
Job 3:14; 
Job 20:19; 
Psalm 78:69; 
Psalm 122:3; 
Proverbs 9:1; 
Proverbs 24:3; 
Ecclesiastes 2:4; 
Ecclesiastes 9:14; 
Song of Songs 4:4; 
Isaiah 5:2; 
Isaiah 25:2; 
Isaiah 44:26; 
Isaiah 44:28; 
Jeremiah 7:31; 
Jeremiah 12:16; 
Jeremiah 19:5; 
Jeremiah 30:18; 
Jeremiah 31:4; 
Jeremiah 31:38; 
Jeremiah 32:31; 
Jeremiah 32:35; 
Jeremiah 45:4; 
Jeremiah 52:4; 
Lamentations 3:5; 
Ezekiel 16:24; 
Ezekiel 16:25; 
Ezekiel 26:14; 
Ezekiel 36:10; 
Ezekiel 36:33; 
Daniel 9:25; 
Amos 5:11; 
Micah 7:11; 
Haggai 1:2; 
Zechariah 1:16; 
Zechariah 8:9 
 
 • children, 2
 
Genesis 16:2; 
Genesis 30:3 
 
 • made, 3
 
Genesis 2:22; 
1 Kings 22:39; 
Ezekiel 27:5 
 
 • on, 1
 
1 Kings 16:24 
 
 • repaired, 2
 
Judges 21:23; 
2 Chronicles 33:16 
 
 • up, 16
 
Deuteronomy 25:9; 
2 Kings 21:3; 
2 Chronicles 32:5; 
Nehemiah 2:17; 
Job 22:23; 
Psalm 28:5; 
Psalm 89:2; 
Psalm 89:4; 
Psalm 102:16; 
Psalm 147:2; 
Ecclesiastes 3:3; 
Isaiah 60:10; 
Ezekiel 13:10; 
Ezekiel 39:15; 
Micah 3:10; 
Malachi 3:15 
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