1129. banah
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banah: to build
Original Word: בָּנָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: banah
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-naw')
Short Definition: built

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to build
NASB Translation
besieged* (1), build (112), build* (1), builders (10), building (16), builds (8), built (177), construct (1), constructed (1), fashioned (1), fortified (3), fortifying (2), have children (1), made (1), obtain children (1), rebuild (13), rebuilding (3), rebuilt (17), rebuilt* (2), restored (1), set (1), surely built (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
בָּנָה373 verb build (MI, Nabatean EutNo.1 בנה, Phoenician בן, Arabic , Assyrian banû COTGlossary compare BaZMG 1887, 640, Sabean בני CISiv, 1, No, 56, Aramaic בְּנָא, , Palmyrene בנא VogNo. 31) —

Qal Perfect ׳ב Deuteronomy 20:5 +, בָּֽנְתָה Proverbs 9:1; Proverbs 14:1, בָּנִיתָ Deuteronomy 6:10, בָּנִתָה 1 Kings 9:3; וּבָנִ֫יתָ consecutive Deuteronomy 20:20 +; בָּנִיתְ Ezekiel 16:25; בָּנִתִי 1 Kings 8:13 +; plural בָּנוּ Genesis 11:5 +, etc.; Imperfect יִבְּנֶה Deuteronomy 25:9 +; jussive וְיִבֶן Ezra 1:3, וַיִּבְנֶה Joshua 19:50 2t., וַיִּ֫בֶן Genesis 2:22 +; suffix יִבְנֵ֫הוּ Job 20:19; 3feminine singular וַתִּ֫בֶן 1 Chronicles 7:24; Zechariah 9:3; אֶבְנֶה 2 Samuel 7:27 +; plural יִבְנוּ Isaiah 65:22 +, etc.; Imperative בְּנֵה Numbers 23:1 +; plural בְּנוּ Numbers 32:24 +; Infinitive absolute בָּנֹה 1 Kings 8:13; construct בְּנוֺת 1 Chronicles 6:17 +, etc.; Participle active בֹּנֶה (בּוֺנֶה) Genesis 4:17 +; construct בֹּנֵה Psalm 147:2; plural (מֹּנִים) בּוֺנִים Ezra 4:1 +; construct בֹּנֵי 1 Kings 5:32 (twice in verse), etc.; passive בָּנוּי Songs 4:4; Judges 6:28; feminine בְּנוּיָה Psalm 122:3; plural בְּנוּיִם Nehemiah 7:4; — build, 1 (literal)

a. with accusative (α) of city (Hexateuch only J E) Genesis 4:17; Genesis 10:11; Genesis 11:4,5 (+ tower) Genesis 11:8 (all J & his sources); Exodus 1:11; Numbers 32:24; Joshua 24:13 (all E) Judges 1:26; Judges 18:28 22t. Kings Chronicles + Jeremiah 32:31; Psalm 122:3 (passive participle) compare Habakkuk 2:12; of village (חָצֵר) Nehemiah 12:29; see also below rebuild, i. below; (β) house Genesis 33:17 (J), elsewhere in Hexateuch only Deuteronomy 6:10; Deuteronomy 8:12; Deuteronomy 20:25; Deuteronomy 22:8; Deuteronomy 28:30; also 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 22:39; 1 Chronicles 14:1; 2Chron 2:2; Proverbs 24:27; Amos 5:11; Zephaniah 1:13; Isaiah 65:21; Jeremiah 35:7,9 compare Zechariah 5:11; as sign of security Ezekiel 28:26; compare Ezekiel 11:3; of luxury Ecclesiastes 2:4 compare Jeremiah 22:14; of permanent residence 1 Kings 2:36; Jeremiah 29:5,28; especially of temple 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 5:32; 1 Kings 6:2 + often Samuel Kings Chronicles; figurative of wisdom's house Proverbs 9:1; especially build temple ליהוה etc. 2 Samuel 7:5,7; 1 Kings 6:1 (= began to build) + 13 t. Chronicles + Isaiah 66:1; ׳לְשֵׁם י etc. 2 Samuel 7:13; 1 Kings 5:17 8t. Kings; 13 t. Chronicles; לְךָ לְשִׁמְךָ2Chronicles 20:8; לִהְיוֺת שְׁמִי שָׁם 1 Kings 8:16; 2Chronicles 6:5; לָשׂוּם שְׁמִי שָׁם 1 Kings 9:3; object chambers, or stories 1 Kings 6:5,10, court 1 Kings 6:36; Hosea 8:14 perhaps of idol-temples; compare 1 Kings 16:32; Psalm 78:69 of Yahweh's building his sanctuary, Psalm 147:2 Jerusalem, Psalm 127:1 a house; also Amos 9:6 his chambers in the heavens; of Solomon's palace 1 k Amos 7:1,2; Amos 9:1,10 +; (γ) of a fortress 2 Chronicles 17:12; 27:4 compare of Tyre Zechariah 9:3 (מָצוֺר); (δ) of wall 1 Kings 3:1; Isaiah 60:10; Ezekiel 13:10; 2Chronicles 33:14 (compare 2 Chronicles 27:8) Nehemiah 4:4; Nehemiah 6:1 +; (ε) gate 2 Kings 15:35 2Chronicles 27:3; (ζ) tower Isaiah 5:2; 2Chronicles 26:9,10; 27:4 compare figurative Songs 8:9 & passive participle Songs 4:4 (in simile); (η) siege-works against (עַלֿ) a city Deuteronomy 20:2 (מָצוֺר), Ecclesiastes 9:14 (מְצוֺדִים), 2 Kings 25:1 = Jeremiah 52:4; Ezekiel 4:2 (all דָּיֵק), & so (without עַלֿ) Ezekiel 17:17; Ezekiel 21:27; compare בנה עָלַי, absolute Lamentations 3:5 (in figurative); (θ) altar Genesis 22:9; Genesis 35:7; Exodus 17:15; Exodus 20:25; Exodus 24:4; Numbers 23:1,14,29 (all E), Genesis 26:25; Exodus 32:5 (both J), Joshua 22:11 6t. Joshua 22 (all P) Judges 6:28 (passive participle) Judges 21:4 6t. Kings Chronicles; often followed by ליהוה etc. Genesis 8:20; Genesis 12:7,8; Genesis 13:18 (all J), Deuteronomy 27:5,6; Joshua 8:30 (E) Judges 6:24,26 8t. Samuel Kings Chronicles; (ι) high places (בָּמָה) 1 Kings 11:7; 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 17:9; 2 Kings 21:3; 2 Kings 23:13; 2Chronicles 33:8,19; Jeremiah 7:31; Jeremiah 19:5; Jeremiah 32:35; compare גַּב Ezekiel 16:24,31 (both "" רָמָה) & רָמָה Ezekiel 16:25; (κ) צִיּוּן Ezekiel 39:15; also (λ) גִּדְרֹת צאֹן Numbers 32:16 (E); (μ) מיּ֯סַךְ הַשַּׁבָּת 2 Kings 16:18.

b. with accusative of material Exodus 20:25 (E) 1 Kings 6:36; 1 Kings 18:32; 1 Kings 15:22 2Chronicles 16:6; Ezekiel 27:5; with בְּ of material 1 Kings 6:15,16; 1 Kings 15:17; 2Chronicles 16:6; compare

c. וַיִּבֶן אֶתהַֿצֵּלָע לְאִשָּׁה Genesis 2:22 and he (Yahweh) fashioned the rib into a woman.

d. absolute 2 Samuel 5:9; 1 Kings 6:16; Isaiah 9:9; Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 18:9; Jeremiah 22:18; Jeremiah 31:28; Isaiah 65:22 12t. Chronicles + Malachi 1:4; Ecclesiastes 3:3 (opposed to פרץ); also

e. Participle active = builder 1 Kings 5:32 (twice in verse) + 6 t. Chronicles + Ezekiel 27:4; Psalm 118:22; Psalm 127:1.

f. with indefinite object 1 Kings 9:19 2Chronicles 8:6.

g. וַיִּבֶן אֶתהָֿהָר = and he built on the hill 1 Kings 16:24.

h. followed by בְּ build at Zechariah 6:15; Nehemiah 4:11 (compare בְּ 12b, p. 88).

i. = rebuild Joshua 6:26; 1 Kings 16:34; Amos 9:14; Isaiah 45:13; Psalm 69:36; Nehemiah 2:5; Daniel 9:25 all of city; compare phrase בנה חָרְבוֺת עוֺלָם Isaiah 58:12; Isaiah 61:4 & Ezekiel 36:36; Malachi 1:4; Job 3:14; of walls Micah 7:11; 2Chronicles 32:5; Nehemiah 2:17; Nehemiah 3:33; Nehemiah 3:35; Nehemiah 3:38; Nehemiah 6:6; Psalm 51:20 (active of ׳י); of gate Nehemiah 3:1,13,14,15; temple Zechariah 6:12,13; Ezra 1:3; altar 2Chronicles 33:16 (Qr וַיִּבֶן so Bö < Kt ויכן, from כון, so Öttli), Ezra 3:2; high places 2 Kings 21:3 2Chronicles 33:3; in some of these apparently an idea of merely repairing; so, sometimes with added notion of enlarging etc., city Numbers 32:34,37,38 (E) Joshua 19:50 (P) Judges 21:23; 2 Kings 14:22 2Chronicles 26:2; 1 Chronicles 11:8; 2Chronicles 8:2; 11:6 compare Micah 3:10; Millo 1 Kings 9:24; 1 Kings 11:27; compare house Job 20:19.

2 figurative

a. build a house (בית) = perpetuate and establish a family; subject Leah & Rachel Ruth 4:11; subject a brother Deuteronomy 25:9; subject ׳י (promise to David) 1 Samuel 2:35; 2 Samuel 7:27; 1 Kings 11:38; 1 Chronicles 17:10; and 1 Chronicles 17:25; (to Solomon) 1 Kings 11:38; compare further סֻכַּת דָּוִד Amos 9:11 (rebuild, restore); = cause a household to flourish Proverbs 14:1 compare opposed to Proverbs 27:18; also of establishing David's throne Psalm 89:5.

b. build up Israel (after exile) subject ׳י Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 31:4; Jeremiah 33:7; Jeremiah 42:10; compare Jeremiah 45:4 & Psalm 28:5; object Zion Psalm 102:17.

Niph`al Perfect נִבְנָה 1 Kings 3:2; 1 Kings 6:7, נִבְנְתָה Numbers 13:22; Nehemiah 7:1, וְנִבְנְתָה consecutive Jeremiah 30:18 2t.; 2 feminine singular וְנִבְּנֵית consecutive Jeremiah 31:4; 3plural נִבְנוּ Malachi 3:15; וְנִבְנוּ consecutive Jeremiah 12:16; Ezekiel 36:33; Imperfect יִבָּנֶה Job 12:14 4t.; 3 feminine singular תִּבָּנֶה Numbers 21:27 3t.; 2 masculine singular תִּבָּנֶה Job 22:33, אִבָּנֶה Genesis 16:2, וְאִבָּנֶה Genesis 30:3; 3feminine plural תִּבָּנֶינָה Ezekiel 36:10; 2feminine plural תִּבָּנֶינָה Isaiah 44:26; Infinitive לְהִבָּנוֺת Haggai 1:2; Zechariah 8:9, בְּהִבָּנֹתוֺ 1 Kings 6:7 (twice in verse);Participle נִבְנֶה 1 Chronicles 22:19; —

1. a. be built, (literal) of city Numbers 13:22; of temple 1 Kings 3:2 (׳לְשֵׁם י) 1 Kings 6:7 (3 t. in verse); (with accusative mater.); Participle = to be built (gerundive) 1 Chronicles 22:19.

b. be rebuilt: of city of Sihon Numbers 21:27 compare Isaiah 25:2; Isaiah 44:26, of wall of Jerusalem Nehemiah 7:1, of Jerusalem Jeremiah 30:18; Jeremiah 31:4,38; Isaiah 44:28 compare Daniel 9:25 תָּשׁוּב וְנִבְנְתָה, & Ezekiel 26:14 (with עוֺד), of ruinous places (הֶחֳרָבוֺת) Ezekiel 36:10,33, of a devoted city Deuteronomy 13:17 (c.עוֺד), of temple Haggai 1:2; Zechariah 1:16; Zechariah 8:9, indefinite subject Job 12:14.

2. a. (figurative) of restored exiles, = established Jeremiah 12:16, of prosperous wicked Malachi 3:15, of repentant offender Job 22:23.

b. established, made permanent, subject חֶסֶדPsalm 89:3 (with עוֺלָם), subject בַּיִת Proverbs 24:3 (by wisdom).

c. of childless wife, by means of concubine אִבָּנֶה מִמֶּגָּה Genesis 16:2; Genesis 30:3 I shall be built up, i.e. become the mother of a family, from or through her; compare Qal 2 a.

בּוּנִּי see בֻּנִּי below



Strong's
begin to builder, obtain children, make, repair, set up, surely

A primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively) -- (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.

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