בָּנָה
to build
also: rebuild, establish, cause to continue fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘sq.’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘be built’
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
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2 Chronicles 54 verses
- 2 Chronicles 33:3 וַ/יִּ֨בֶן֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baals, and made Asheroth, and worshiped all the host of the sky, and served them.
- 2 Chronicles 33:4 וּ/בָנָ֥ה conj + Qal pf 3ms He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said, In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.
- 2 Chronicles 33:5 וַ/יִּ֥בֶן conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He built altars for all the host of the sky in the two courts of the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 33:14 בָּנָ֣ה Qal pf 3ms Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about [with it], and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 33:15 בָּנָ֛ה Qal pf 3ms He took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of Yahweh, and all the altars that he had built in the mountain of the house of Yahweh, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
- 2 Chronicles 33:16 וַ/יִּ֨בֶן֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He built up the altar of Yahweh, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace-offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 33:19 בָּנָ֨ה Qal pf 3ms His prayer also, and how [God] was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the engraved images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.
- 2 Chronicles 34:11 וְ/לַ/בֹּנִ֔ים conj + prep det + Qal ptcp.act mp even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
- 2 Chronicles 35:3 בָּנָ֜ה Qal pf 3ms He said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to Yahweh, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; there shall no more be a burden on your shoulders: now serve Yahweh your God, and his people Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 36:23 לִ/בְנֽוֹת prep + Qal inf.cs Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has Yahweh, the God of heaven, given me; and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, Yahweh his God be with him, and let him go up.
Ezra 9 verses
- Ezra 1:2 לִ/בְנֽוֹת prep + Qal inf.cs Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has Yahweh, the God of heaven, given me; and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
- Ezra 1:3 וְ/יִ֗בֶן conj + Qal juss 3ms Whoever there is among you of all his people, his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Yahweh, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem.
- Ezra 1:5 לִ/בְנ֔וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs Then rose up the heads of fathers' [houses] of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem.
- Ezra 3:2 וַ/יִּבְנ֕וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brothers, and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
- Ezra 3:10 הַ/בֹּנִ֖ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Yahweh, they set the priests in their clothing with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise Yahweh, after the order of David king of Israel.
- Ezra 4:1 בּוֹנִ֣ים Qal ptcp.act mp Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to Yahweh, the God of Israel;
- Ezra 4:2 נִבְנֶ֣ה Qal impf 1cp then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' [houses], and said to them, Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as you do; and we sacrifice to him since the days of Esar Haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.
- Ezra 4:3 לִ/בְנ֥וֹת נִבְנֶ֗ה prep + Qal inf.cs Qal impf 1cp But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' [houses] of Israel, said to them, You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to Yahweh, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.
- Ezra 4:4 לִ/בְנֽוֹת prep + Qal inf.cs Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
Nehemiah 21 verses
- Nehemiah 2:5 וְ/אֶבְנֶֽ/נָּה conj + Qal impf 1cs + sfx pers 3fs I said to the king, If it please the king, and if your servant have found favor in your sight, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' tombs, that I may build it.
- Nehemiah 2:17 וְ/נִבְנֶה֙ conj + Qal coh 1cp Then said I to them, You see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and the gates of it are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
- Nehemiah 2:18 וּ/בָנִ֔ינוּ conj + Qal wpf 1cp I told them of the hand of my God which was good on me, as also of the king's words that he had spoken to me. They said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for the good [work].
- Nehemiah 2:20 וּ/בָנִ֑ינוּ conj + Qal wpf 1cp Then answered I them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
- Nehemiah 3:1 וַ/יִּבְנוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even to the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, to the tower of Hananel.
- Nehemiah 3:2 בָנ֖וּ בָנָ֔ה Qal pf 3cp Qal pf 3ms Next to him built the men of Jericho. Next to them built Zaccur the son of Imri.
- Nehemiah 3:3 בָּנ֖וּ Qal pf 3cp The fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build; they laid the beams of it, and set up the doors of it, the bolts of it, and the bars of it.
- Nehemiah 3:13 בָנ֔וּ/הוּ Qal pf 3cp + sfx pers 3ms The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors of it, the bolts of it, and the bars of it, and one thousand cubits of the wall to the dung gate.
- Nehemiah 3:14 יִבְנֶ֔/נּוּ Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms The dung gate repaired Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler of the district of Beth Haccherem; he built it, and set up the doors of it, the bolts of it, and the bars of it.
- Nehemiah 3:15 יִבְנֶ֨/נּוּ֙ Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms The spring gate repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors of it, the bolts of it, and the bars of it, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, even to the stairs that go down from the city of David.
- Nehemiah 4:1 בוֹנִים֙ Qal ptcp.act mp But it happened that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
- Nehemiah 4:3 בּוֹנִ֔ים Qal ptcp.act mp Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.
- Nehemiah 4:5 הַ/בּוֹנִֽים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp and don't cover their iniquity, and don't let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have provoked [you] to anger before the builders.
- Nehemiah 4:6 וַ/נִּבְנֶה֙ conj + Qal wimpf 1cp So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half [the height] of it: for the people had a mind to work.
- Nehemiah 4:10 לִ/בְנ֖וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
- Nehemiah 4:17 הַ/בּוֹנִ֧ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp They all built the wall and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands worked in the work, and with the other held his weapon;
- Nehemiah 4:18 וְ/הַ֨/בּוֹנִ֔ים וּ/בוֹנִ֑ים conj + ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp conj + Qal ptcp.act mp and the builders, everyone had his sword girded by his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.
- Nehemiah 6:1 בָנִ֨יתִי֙ Qal pf 1cs Now it happened, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates;)
- Nehemiah 6:6 בוֹנֶ֖ה Qal ptcp.act ms in which was written, It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews think to rebel; for which cause you are building the wall: and you would be their king, according to these words.
- Nehemiah 7:4 בְּנוּיִֽם Qal ptcp.pass mp Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.
- Nehemiah 12:29 בָּנ֤וּ Qal pf 3cp also from Beth Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built them villages round about Jerusalem.
Job 3 verses
- Job 3:14 הַ/בֹּנִ֖ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp With kings and counselors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;
- Job 20:19 יִבֶנֵֽ/הוּ Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
- Job 27:18 בָּנָ֣ה Qal pf 3ms He builds his house as the moth, As a booth which the watchman makes.
Psalms 10 verses
- Psalms 28:5 יִבְנֵֽ/ם Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp Because they don't regard the works of Yahweh, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.
- Psalms 51:18 תִּ֝בְנֶ֗ה Qal impf 2ms Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.
- Psalms 69:35 וְ֭/יִבְנֶה conj + Qal impf 3ms For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.
- Psalms 78:69 וַ/יִּ֣בֶן conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he has established forever.
- Psalms 89:4 וּ/בָנִ֨יתִי conj + Qal wpf 1cs 'I will establish your seed forever, And build up your throne to all generations.'" Selah.
- Psalms 102:16 בָנָ֣ה Qal pf 3ms For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.
- Psalms 118:22 הַ/בּוֹנִ֑ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.
- Psalms 122:3 הַ/בְּנוּיָ֑ה ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.pass fs Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together;
- Psalms 127:1 יִבְנֶ֬ה בוֹנָ֣י/ו Qal impf 3ms Qal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Unless Yahweh builds the house, They labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, The watchman guards it in vain.
- Psalms 147:2 בּוֹנֵ֣ה Qal ptcp.act ms cs Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
Proverbs 3 verses
- Proverbs 9:1 בָּנְתָ֣ה Qal pf 3fs Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.
- Proverbs 14:1 בָּנְתָ֣ה Qal pf 3fs Every wise woman builds her house, But the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
- Proverbs 24:27 וּ/בָנִ֥יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms Prepare your work outside, And get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.
Ecclesiastes 3 verses
- Ecclesiastes 2:4 בָּנִ֤יתִי Qal pf 1cs I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
- Ecclesiastes 3:3 לִ/בְנֽוֹת prep + Qal inf.cs A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up;
- Ecclesiastes 9:14 וּ/בָנָ֥ה conj + Qal pf 3ms There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.
Song of Solomon 2 verses
- Song of Solomon 4:4 בָּנ֖וּי Qal ptcp.pass ms Your neck is like David's tower built for an armory, Whereon there hang a thousand shields, All the shields of the mighty men.
- Song of Solomon 8:9 נִבְנֶ֥ה Qal impf 1cp If she is a wall, We will build on her a turret of silver. If she is a door, We will enclose her with boards of cedar. Beloved
Isaiah 9 verses
- Isaiah 5:2 וַ/יִּ֤בֶן conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He dug it up, Gathered out its stones, Planted it with the choicest vine, Built a tower in its midst, And also cut out a winepress therein. He looked for it to yield grapes, But it yielded wild grapes.
- Isaiah 9:10 נִבְנֶ֑ה Qal impf 1cp The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone; the sycamores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.
- Isaiah 45:13 יִבְנֶ֤ה Qal impf 3ms I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward, says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Isaiah 58:12 וּ/בָנ֤וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Those who shall be of you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
- Isaiah 60:10 וּ/בָנ֤וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you: for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor have I had mercy on you.
- Isaiah 61:4 וּ/בָנוּ֙ conj + Qal wpf 3cp They shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
- Isaiah 65:21 וּ/בָנ֥וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
- Isaiah 65:22 יִבְנוּ֙ Qal impf 3mp They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
- Isaiah 66:1 תִּבְנוּ Qal impf 2mp Thus says Yahweh, heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will you build to me? and what place shall be my rest?
Jeremiah 19 verses
- Jeremiah 1:10 לִ/בְנ֖וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs behold, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.
- Jeremiah 7:31 וּ/בָנ֞וּ conj + Qal pf 3cp They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I didn't command, neither came it into my mind.
- Jeremiah 18:9 לִ/בְנֹ֖ת prep + Qal inf.cs At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
- Jeremiah 19:5 וּ/בָנ֞וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt offerings to Baal; which I didn't command, nor spoke it, neither came it into my mind:
- Jeremiah 22:13 בֹּנֶ֤ה Qal ptcp.act ms Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and doesn't give him his hire;
- Jeremiah 22:14 אֶבְנֶה Qal impf 1cs who says, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cuts him out windows; and it is ceiling with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
- Jeremiah 24:6 וּ/בְנִיתִי/ם֙ conj + Qal wpf 1cs + sfx pers 3mp For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
- Jeremiah 29:5 בְּנ֥וּ Qal impv 2mp Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
- Jeremiah 29:28 בְּנ֤וּ Qal impv 2mp because he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, [The captivity] is long: build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them?
- Jeremiah 31:4 אֶבְנֵ/ךְ֙ וְֽ/נִבְנֵ֔ית Qal impf 1cs + sfx pers 2fs conj + Niphal wpf 2fs Again will I build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: again shall you be adorned with your tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.
- Jeremiah 31:28 לִ/בְנ֥וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs It shall happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 32:31 בָּנ֣וּ Qal pf 3cp For this city has been to me a provocation of my anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
- Jeremiah 32:35 וַ/יִּבְנוּ֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through [the fire] to Molech; which I didn't command them, neither did it come into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
- Jeremiah 33:7 וּ/בְנִתִ֖י/ם conj + Qal wpf 1cs + sfx pers 3mp I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
- Jeremiah 35:7 תִבְנ֗וּ Qal impf 2mp neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land in which you sojourn.
- Jeremiah 35:9 בְּנ֥וֹת Qal inf.cs nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
- Jeremiah 42:10 וּ/בָנִ֤יתִי conj + Qal wpf 1cs If you will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent me of the evil that I have done to you.
- Jeremiah 45:4 בָּנִ֨יתִי֙ Qal pf 1cs Thus shall you tell him, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.
- Jeremiah 52:4 וַ/יִּבְנ֥וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp It happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.
Lamentations 1 verse
Ezekiel 13 verses
- Ezekiel 4:2 וּ/בָנִ֤יתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it round about.
- Ezekiel 11:3 בְּנ֣וֹת Qal inf.cs who say, [The time] is not near to build houses: this [city] is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
- Ezekiel 13:10 בֹּ֣נֶה Qal ptcp.act ms Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there is no peace; and when one builds up a wall, behold, they daub it with whitewash:
- Ezekiel 16:24 וַ/תִּבְנִי conj + Qal wimpf 2fs that you have built to you a vaulted place, and have made you a lofty place in every street.
- Ezekiel 16:25 בָּנִית֙ Qal pf 2fs You have built your lofty place at the head of every way, and have made your beauty an abomination, and have opened your feet to everyone who passed by, and multiplied your prostitution.
- Ezekiel 16:31 בִּ/בְנוֹתַ֤יִ/ךְ prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 2fs in that you build your vaulted place at the head of every way, and make your lofty place in every street, and have not been as a prostitute, in that you scorn pay.
- Ezekiel 17:17 וּ/בִ/בְנ֣וֹת conj + prep + Qal inf.cs Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons.
- Ezekiel 21:22 לִ/בְנ֥וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs In his right hand was the divination [for] Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.
- Ezekiel 27:4 בֹּנַ֕יִ/ךְ Qal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 2fs Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.
- Ezekiel 27:5 בָּ֣נוּ Qal pf 3cp They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
- Ezekiel 28:26 וּ/בָנ֤וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp They shall dwell securely therein; yes, they shall build houses, and plant vineyards, and shall dwell securely, when I have executed judgments on all those who do them despite round about them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh their God.
- Ezekiel 36:36 בָּנִ֨יתִי֙ Qal pf 1cs Then the nations that are left round about you shall know that I, Yahweh, have built the ruined places, and planted that which was desolate: I, Yahweh, have spoken it, and I will do it.
- Ezekiel 39:15 וּ/בָנָ֥ה conj + Qal wpf 3ms Those who pass through the land shall pass through; and when any sees a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, until the undertakers have buried it in the valley of Hamon Gog.
Daniel 1 verse
Hosea 1 verse
Amos 4 verses
- Amos 5:11 בְּנִיתֶ֖ם Qal pf 2mp Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, And take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of hewn stone, But you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, But you shall not drink their wine.
- Amos 9:6 הַ/בּוֹנֶ֤ה ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms It is he who builds his chambers in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth; Yahweh is his name.
- Amos 9:11 וּ/בְנִיתִ֖י/הָ conj + Qal pf 1cs + sfx pers 3fs In that day I will raise up the tent of David who is fallen, and close up its breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;
- Amos 9:14 וּ/בָנ֞וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, And they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine from them. They shall also make gardens, And eat the fruit of them.
Micah 2 verses
Habakkuk 1 verse
Zephaniah 1 verse
Haggai 1 verse
Zechariah 5 verses
- Zechariah 5:11 לִ/בְנֽוֹת prep + Qal inf.cs He said to me, "To build her a house in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place."
- Zechariah 6:12 וּ/בָנָ֖ה conj + Qal wpf 3ms and speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, "Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build the temple of Yahweh;
- Zechariah 6:13 יִבְנֶ֞ה Qal impf 3ms even he shall build the temple of Yahweh; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on his throne; and he shall be a priest on his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
- Zechariah 6:15 וּ/בָנוּ֙ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Those who are far off shall come and build in the temple of Yahweh; and you shall know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you. This will happen, if you will diligently obey the voice of Yahweh your God."'"
- Zechariah 9:3 וַ/תִּ֥בֶן conj + Qal wimpf 3fs Tyre built herself a stronghold, And heaped up silver like the dust, And fine gold like the mire of the streets.
Malachi 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, בנה (bânâh) means “to build.” Scripture first uses it in Genesis 2:22. It appears 345 verses across 33 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. As a verb its force shifts by stem, across 2 stems (Qal, Niphal, and more). It clusters with אבן, בית and בן under a shared root. Dig into 345-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H1129 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 345
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 345 distinct verses.
- 33 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 33 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #133
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 133 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 345 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 2 Chronicles 54 verses 16%
- 1 Kings 53 verses 15%
- 1 Chronicles 27 verses 8%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 345 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 164 verses · 48%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 140 verses · 41%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 41 verses · 12%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Build 58×, He built 41×, Built 39×
- American Standard Version: Build 51×, He built 45×, Built 35×
- Berean Standard Bible: Build 54×, Built 46×, He built 23×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Build 69×, He built 62×, Built 48×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1129 across 376 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 91 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1129 across 376 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 99 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1129 across 366 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 77 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 9 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1129 across 414 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 57 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
19 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each.
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 19 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Qal
- Pf. ב׳ Dt 20:5 +, בָּֽנְתָה Pr 9:1; 14:1, בָּנִיתָ Dt 6:10, בָּנִתָה 1 K 9:3; וּבָנִ֫יתָ consec. Dt 20:20 +; בָּנִיתְ Ez 16:25; בָּנִיתִי 1 K 8:13 +; pl. בָּנוּ Gn 11:5 +, etc.; Impf. יִבְנֶה Dt 25:9 +; juss. וְיִבֶן Ezr 1:3 וַיִּבְנֶה Jos 19:50 + 2 times וַיִּ֫בֶן Gn 2:22 +; sf. יִבְנֵ֫הוּ Jb 20:19; 3 fs. וַתִּ֫בֶן 1 Ch 7:24 Zc 9:3; אֶבְנֶה 2 S 7:27 +; pl. יִבְנוּ Is 65:22 +, etc.; Imv. בְּנֵה Nu 23:1 +; pl. בְּנוּ Nu 32:24 +; Inf. abs. בָּנֹה 1 K 8:13; cstr. בְּנוֹת 1 Ch 6:17 +, etc.; Pt. act. בֹּנֶה (בּוֹנֶה) Gn 4:17 +; cstr. בֹּנֵה ψ 147:2; pl. בּוֹנִים (בֹּנִים) Ezr 4:1 +; cstr. בֹּנֵי 1 K 5:32(×2), etc.; pass. בָּנוּי Ct 4:4 Ju 6:28; f. בְּנוּיָה ψ 122:3; pl. בְּנוּיִם Ne 7:4;—build, e.g. Deuteronomy 20:5
- a. c. acc. (α) of city (Hex only JE) Gn 4:17; 10:11; 11:4, 5 (+ tower) v 8 (all J & his sources); Ex 1:11 Nu 32:24 Jos 24:13 (all E) Ju 1:26; 18:28 + 22 times K Ch + Je 32:31 ψ 122:3 (pt. pass.) cf. Hb 2:12; of village (חָצֵר) Ne 12:29; v. also sub rebuild, i. infr.; (β) house Gn 33:17 (J), elsewhere in Hex only Dt 6:10; 8:12; 20:20; 28:30; also 2 S 5:11 1 K 22:39 1 Ch 14:1 2 Ch 2:2 Pr 24:27 Am 5:11 Zp 1:13 Is 65:21 Je 35:7, 9 cf. Zc 5:11; as sign of security Ez 28:26 cf. 11:3; of luxury Ec 2:4 cf. Je 22:14; of permanent residence 1 K 2:36 Je 29:5, 28; especially of temple 1 K 3:1; 5:32; 6:2 + often S K Chr; fig. of wisdom’s house Pr 9:1; especially build temple ליהוה etc. 2 S 7:5, 7 1 K 6:1 (= began to build) + 13 times Chr + Is 66:1; לְשֵׁם י׳ etc. 2 S 7:13 1 K 5:17 + 8 times K, 13 times Ch; לְךָ לְשִׁמְךָ 2 Ch 20:8; לִהְיוֹת שְׁמִי שָׁם 1 K 8:16 2 Ch 6:5; לָשׂוּם שְׁמִי שָׁם 1 K 9:3; obj. chambers, or stories 1 K 6:5, 10, court 6:36 Ho 8:14 perhaps of idolt-temples; cf. 1 K 16:32; ψ 78:69 of Yahweh’s building his sanctuary, 147:2 Jerusalem, ψ 127:1 a house; also Am 9:6 his chambers in the heavens; of Sol.’s palace 1 K 7:1, 2; 9:1, 10 +; (γ) of a fortress 2 Ch 17:12 27:4 cf. of Tyre Zc 9:3 (מָצוֹר); (δ) of wall 1 K 3:1 Is 60:10 Ez 13:10 2 Ch 33:14 (cf. 27:3) Ne 4:4; 6:1 +; (ε) gate 2 K 15:35 = 2 Ch 27:3; (ζ) tower Is 5:2 2 Ch 26:9, 10; 27:4 cf. fig. Ct 8:9 & pt. pass. Ct 4:4 (in sim.); † (η) siege-works against (עַל־) a city Dt 20:20 (מָצוֹר), Ec 9:14 (מְצוֹרִים), 2 K 25:1 = Je 52:4 Ez 4:2 (all דָּיֵק), & so (without עַל־) Ez 17:17; 21:27; cf. בנה עָלַי, abs. La 3:5 (in fig.); (θ) altar Gn 22:9; 35:7 Ex 17:15; 20:25; 24:4 Nu 23:1, 14, 29 (all E), Gn 26:25 Ex 32:5 (both J), Jos 22:11 + 6 times Jos 22 (all P) Ju 6:28 (pt. pass.) 21:4 + 6 times K Ch; often sq. ליהוה etc. Gn 8:20; 12:7, 8; 13:18 (all J), Dt 27:5, 6 Jos 8:30 (E) Ju 6:24, 26 + 8 times S K Ch; †(ι) high places (בָּמָה) 1 K 11:7; 14:23 2 K 17:9; 21:3; 23:13 2 Ch 33:3, 19 Je 7:31; 19:5; 32:35; cf. גַּב Ez 16:24, 31 (both ‖ רָמָה) & רָמָה v 25; †(κ) צִיּוּן Ez 39:15; also †(λ) גִּדְרֹת צֹאן Nu 32:16 (E); †(μ) מיּ֯סַךְ הַשַּׁבָּת 2 K 16:18. e.g. Genesis 4:17
- b. c. acc. of material Ex 20:25 (E) 1 K 6:36; 18:32; 15:22 = 2 Ch 16:6 Ez 27:5; c. בְּ of material 1 K 6:15, 16; 15:17 2 Ch 16:6; cf. e.g. Exodus 20:22
- c. וַיִּבֶן אֶת־הַצֵּלָע לְאִשָּׁה Gn 2:22 and he (Yahweh) fashioned the rib into a woman. e.g. Genesis 2:22
- d. abs. 2 S 5:9 1 K 6:16 Is 9:9 Je 1:10; 18:9; 22:13; 31:28 Is 65:22 + 12 times Chr + Mal 1:4 Ec 3:3 (opp. פרץ); also e.g. 2 Samuel 5:9
- e. Pt. act. = builder 1 K 5:32(×2) + 6 times Chr + Ez 27:4 ψ 118:22; 127:1. e.g. 1 Kings 5:32
- f. cf. indef. obj. 1 K 9:19 = 2 Ch 8:6. e.g. 1 Kings 9:19
- g. וַיִּבֶן אֶת־הָהָר = and he built on the hill 1 K 16:24. e.g. 1 Kings 16:24
- h. sq. בְּ build at Zc 6:15 Ne 4:11 (cf. בְּ i 2 b, p. 88). e.g. Zechariah 6:15
- i. = rebuild Jos 6:26 1 K 16:34 Am 9:14 Is 45:13 ψ 69:36 Ne 2:5 Dn 9:25 all of city; cf. phrase בנה חָרְבוֹת עוֹלָם Is 58:12; 61:4 & Ez 36:36 Mal 1:4 Jb 3:14; of walls Mi 7:11 2 Ch 32:5 Ne 2:17; 3:33, 35, 38; 6:6 ψ 51:20 (act. of י׳); of gate Ne 3:1, 13, 14, 15; temple Zc 6:12, 13 Ezr 1:3; alter 2 Ch 33:16 (Qr וַיִּבֶן so Bö ויכן, from כון, so Öt), Ezr 3:2; high places 2 K 21:3 = 2 Ch 33:3; in some of these apparently an idea of merely repairing; so, sometimes with added notion of enlarging etc., city Nu 32:34, 37, 38 (E) Jos 19:50 (P) Ju 21:23 2 K 14:22 = 2 Ch 26:2, 1 Ch 11:8 2 Ch 8:2; 11:6 cf. Mi 3:10; Millo 1 K 9:24; 11:27; cf. house Jb 20:19. e.g. Joshua 6:26
- 2. fig.
- a. build a house (בית) = perpetuate and establish a family; subj. Leah & Rachel Ru 4:11; subj. a brother Dt 25:9; subj. י׳ (promise to David) 1 S 2:35 2 S 7:27 1 K 11:38 1 Ch 17:10 and 17:25; (to Solomon) 1 K 11:38; cf. further סֻכַּת דָּוִד Am 9:11 (rebuild, restore); = cause a household to flourish Pr 14:1 cf. opp. 27:18; also of establishing David’s throne ψ 89:5. e.g. Ruth 4:11
- b. build up Israel (after exile) subj. י׳ Je 24:6; 31:4; 33:7; 42:10 cf. 45:4 & ψ 28:5; obj. Zion ψ 102:17. e.g. Jeremiah 24:6
Niphal
- Pf. נִבְנָה 1 K 3:2; 6:7, נִבְנְתָה Nu 13:22 Ne 7:1, וְנִבְנְתָה consec. Je 30:18 + 2 times; 2 fs. וְנִבְנֵית consec. Je 31:4; 3 pl. נִבְנוּ Mal 3:15; וְנִבְנוּ consec. Je 12:16 Ez 36:33; Impf. יִבָּנֶה Jb 12:14 + 4 times; 3 fs. תִּבָּנֶה Nu 21:27 + 3 times; 2 ms. תִּבָּנֶה Jb 22:23, אִבָּנֶה Gn 16:2, וְאִבָּנֶה Gn 30:3; 3 fpl. תִּבָּנֶינָה Ez 36:10; 2 fpl. תִּבָּנֶינָה Is 44:26; Inf. לְהִבָּנוֹת Hg 1:2 Zc 8:9, בְּהִבָּנֹתוֹ 1 K 6:7(×2); Pt. נִבְנֶה 1 Ch 22:19;— e.g. 1 Kings 3:2
- 1.
- a. be built, (lit.) of city Nu 13:22; of temple 1 K 3:2 (לְשֵׁם י׳) 1 K 6:7(×3) (c. acc. mater.); Pt. = to be built (gerundive) 1 Ch 22:19. e.g. Numbers 13:22
- b. be rebuilt: of city of Sihon Nu 21:27 cf. Is 25:2; 44:26, of wall of Jerusalem Ne 7:1, of Jerusalem Je 30:18; 31:4, 38 Is 44:28 cf. Dn 9:25 תָּשׁוּב וְנִבְנְתָה, & Ez 26:14 (c. עוֹד), of ruinous places (הֶחֳרָבוֹת) Ez 36:10, 33, of a devoted city Dt 13:17 (c. עוֹד), of temple Hg 1:2 Zc 1:16; 8:9, indef. subj. Jb 12:14. e.g. Numbers 21:27
- 2.
- a. (fig.) of restored exiles, = established Je 12:16, of prosperous wicked Mal 3:15, of repentant offender Jb 22:23. e.g. Jeremiah 12:16
- b. established, made permanent, subj. חֶסֶד ψ 89:3 (c. עוֹלָם), subj. בַּיִת Pr 24:3 (by wisdom). e.g. Psalms 89:3
- c. of childless wife, by means of concubine אִבָּנֶה מִמֶּנָּה Gn 16:2; 30:3 I shall be built up, i.e. become the mother of a family, from or through her; cf. >Qal 2 a. e.g. Genesis 16:2
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. build (MI, Nab. Eut No. 1 בנה, Ph. בן, Arabic بَنَا Assyrian banû COTGloss. cf. BaZMG 1887, 640, Sab. בני CIS iv. 1, No. 56, Aramaic בְּנָא, ܒܢܳܐ Palm. בנא VogNo. 31)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
בני
- [to combine,] to build. Sabb. XII, 1 הַבּוֹנֶה he who builds (on the Sabbath). Ib.] 102ᵇ משום בונה (isguilty) because it is one of the labors classified under ‘building’; a. fr.—Metaph. to educate, train. Ber. 64ᵃ (ref. to Is. LIV, 93) א"ת בָּנַיִךְ אלא בוֹנַיִּךְ read not banayikh (thy children), but bonayikh (thy builders, trainers); v. בַּנָּאִים.—Ex. R. s. 23 (play on b’noth, Cant. I, 5) בּוֹנוֹת וכ׳ the authorities directing the building of Jerusalem; v. Pi.—Ḥull. 78ᵇ זה בנה אב, v. אָב, a. בִּנְיָן. [Tosef. Par. VII (VI), 4 בְּנָאוֹ ed. Zuck., v. כָּנַן.] e.g. Isaiah 54:93
- 1. to be built up. Y. B. Bath. III, 14ᵇ, a. fr. לְהִיבָּנוֹת, לִיבָּנוֹת.
- 2. (denom. of בֵּן) to get children. Gen. R. s. 71.
- (denom. of בֵּן) to be adopted, naturalized. Pesik. R. s. 43 נִתְבַּנּוּ בישראל they became full Israelitish citizens.
- to lay out, plan a city, determine its limits. Ex. R. l. c. the Great Sanedrin held sessions ומְבַנָּים אותה (not אותם) and determined the limits of Jerusalem; v. Snh. I, 5.—Part. Pu. מְבוּנֶּה cultivated; built (of human stature), well-proportioned. Keth. 112ᵃ; Sot. 34ᵇ היתה מְבוּנָּה על וכ׳ it (Hebron, in spite of the rocky nature of its soil) was seven times better cultivated than Zoan (one measure of its land yielding as much as did seven measures of the soil of Zoan). Ib. 42ᵇ (play on benayim, I Sam. XVII, 4) מב׳ מכל מום his build was without blemish. e.g. 1 Samuel 17:4
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 204 distinct written forms H1129 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 144 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H1129, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- אבן ʼeben H68 stone
- בית bayith H1004 house
- בן bên H1121 son
- בנא bᵉnâʼ H1124 to build
- בניה binyâh H1140 building
- בנין binyân H1146 building
- בת bath H1323 daughter
- מבנה mibneh H4011 building
- תבן teben H8401 stubble
- תבנית tabnîyth H8403 pattern
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- בנוי Binnûwy H1131 Binnui
- בני Bânîy H1137 Bani
- בני Bunnîy H1138 Bunni
- בניה Bᵉnâyâh H1141 Benaiah
- יבנאל Yabnᵉʼêl H2995 Jabneel
- יבנה Yabneh H2996 Jabneh
- יבניה Yibnᵉyâh H2997 Ibneiah
- יבניה Yibnîyâh H2998 Ibnijah
- מבני Mᵉbunnay H4012 Mebunnai
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 20 — not the complete family. 9 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 306 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 345 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:22
- Exodus 1:11
- Numbers 13:22
- Deuteronomy 6:10
- Joshua 6:26
- Judges 1:26
- Ruth 4:11
- 1 Samuel 2:35
- 2 Samuel 5:9
- 1 Kings 2:36
- 2 Kings 12:11
- 1 Chronicles 6:10
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
