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Lexicon :: Strong's H1129 - bānâ

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בָּנָה
Transliteration
bānâ
Pronunciation
baw-naw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 255

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: בנה

Strong’s Definitions

בָּנָה bânâh, baw-naw'; a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively):—(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), × surely.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 376x

The KJV translates Strong's H1129 in the following manner: build (340x), build up (14x), builder (10x), made (3x), built again (2x), repair (2x), set up (2x), have children (1x), obtain children (1x), surely 1 (inf. for emphasis).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 376x
The KJV translates Strong's H1129 in the following manner: build (340x), build up (14x), builder (10x), made (3x), built again (2x), repair (2x), set up (2x), have children (1x), obtain children (1x), surely 1 (inf. for emphasis).
  1. to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue

    1. (Qal)

      1. to build, rebuild

      2. to build a house (ie, establish a family)

    2. (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)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּנָה bânâh, baw-naw'; a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively):—(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), × surely.
STRONGS H1129: Abbreviations
בָּנָה 373 verb build (MI, Nabatean EutNo. 1 בנה, Phoenician בן, Arabic بَنَا, Assyrian banû COTGlossary compare BaZMG 1887, 640, Sabean בני CISiv, 1, No, 56, Aramaic H1124 בְּנָא, axnb, 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 + 2 times, וַיִּ֫בֶן Genesis 2:22 +; suffix יִבְנֵ֫הוּ Job 20:19; 3rd person feminine 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 + 22 times 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; 2 Chronicles 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 times Chronicles + Isaiah 66:1; לְשֵׁם י׳ etc. 2 Samuel 7:13; 1 Kings 5:17 + 8 times Kings; + 13 times Chronicles; לְךָ לְשִׁמְךָ 2 Chronicles 20:8; לִהְיוֺת שְׁמִי שָׁם 1 Kings 8:16; 2 Chronicles 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 Kings 7:1-2; 1 Kings 9:1-10 +;
(γ) of a fortress 2 Chronicles 17:12; 27:4 compare of Tyre Zechariah 9:3 (מָצוֺר);
(ζ) tower Isaiah 5:2; 2 Chronicles 26:9, 10; 27:4 compare figurative Songs 8:9 & passive participle Songs 4:4 (in simile);
† (η) siege-works against (עַל־) a city Deuteronomy 20:2 (מָצוֺר), Ecclesiastes 9:14 (מְצוֺדִים), 2 Kings 25:1 = Jeremiah 52:4; Ezekiel 4:2 (all דָּיֵק), & so (without עַל־) 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 + 6 times Joshua 22 (all P) Judges 6:28 (passive participle) Judges 21:4 + 6 times 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 + 8 times 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; 2 Chronicles 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 2 Chronicles 16:6; Ezekiel 27:5; with בְּ of material 1 Kings 6:15, 16; 1 Kings 15:17; 2 Chronicles 16:6; compare
†c. וַיִּבֶן אֶת־הַצֵּלָע לְאִשָּׁה Genesis 2:22 and he (Yahweh) fashioned the rib into a woman.
e. Participle active = builder 1 Kings 5:32 (twice in verse) + 6 times Chronicles + Ezekiel 27:4; Psalm 118:22; Psalm 127:1.
†f. with indefinite object 1 Kings 9:19 2 Chronicles 8:6.
†g. וַיִּבֶן אֶת־הָהָר = 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).
†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; 2 Chronicles 32:5; Nehemiah 2:17; Nehemiah 3:33; Nehemiah 3:35; Nehemiah 3:38; Nehemiah 6:6; Psalm 51:20 [Psalm 51:18] (active of י׳); of gate Nehemiah 3:1, 13, 14, 15; temple Zechariah 6:12, 13; Ezra 1:3; altar 2 Chronicles 33:16 (Qr וַיִּבֶן so Bö < Kt ויכן, from כון, so Öttli), Ezra 3:2; high places 2 Kings 21:3 2 Chronicles 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 2 Chronicles 26:2; 1 Chronicles 11:8; 2 Chronicles 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. Perfect נִבְנָה 1 Kings 3:2; 1 Kings 6:7, נִבְנְתָה Numbers 13:22; Nehemiah 7:1, וְנִבְנְתָה consecutive Jeremiah 30:18 + 2 times; 2nd person feminine singular וְנִבְּנֵית consecutive Jeremiah 31:4; 3rd person plural נִבְנוּ Malachi 3:15; וְנִבְנוּ consecutive Jeremiah 12:16; Ezekiel 36:33; Imperfect יִבָּנֶה Job 12:14 + 4 times; 3rd person feminine singular תִּבָּנֶה Numbers 21:27 + 3 times; 2nd person masculine singular תִּבָּנֶה Job 22:33, אִבָּנֶה Genesis 16:2, וְאִבָּנֶה Genesis 30:3; 3rd person feminine plural תִּבָּנֶינָה Ezekiel 36:10; 2nd person feminine 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 times 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 (with 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 חֶסֶד Psalm 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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:22; 2:22; 4:17; 4:17; 8:20; 10:11; 11:4; 11:5; 11:5; 11:8; 12:7; 12:8; 13:18; 16:2; 16:2; 22:9; 26:25; 30:3; 30:3; 33:17; 35:7

Exodus

1:11; 17:15; 20:25; 20:25; 24:4; 32:5

Numbers

13:22; 13:22; 21:27; 21:27; 23:1; 23:1; 23:14; 23:29; 32:16; 32:24; 32:24; 32:34; 32:37; 32:38

Deuteronomy

6:10; 6:10; 8:12; 13:17; 20:2; 20:5; 20:20; 22:8; 25:9; 25:9; 27:5; 27:6; 28:30

Joshua

6:26; 8:30; 19:50; 19:50; 22; 22:11; 24:13

Judges

1:26; 6:24; 6:26; 6:28; 6:28; 18:28; 21:4; 21:23

Ruth

4:11

1 Samuel

2:35

2 Samuel

5:9; 5:11; 7:5; 7:7; 7:13; 7:27; 7:27

1 Kings

2:36; 3:1; 3:1; 3:2; 3:2; 5:17; 6:1; 6:2; 6:5; 6:7; 6:7; 6:7; 6:10; 6:15; 6:16; 6:16; 6:36; 6:36; 7:1; 7:2; 8:13; 8:13; 8:16; 9:1; 9:2; 9:3; 9:3; 9:3; 9:4; 9:5; 9:6; 9:7; 9:8; 9:9; 9:10; 9:19; 9:24; 11:7; 11:27; 11:38; 11:38; 14:23; 15:17; 15:22; 16:24; 16:32; 16:34; 18:32; 22:39

2 Kings

14:22; 15:35; 16:18; 17:9; 21:3; 21:3; 23:13; 25:1

1 Chronicles

6:17; 7:24; 11:8; 14:1; 17:10; 17:25; 22:19; 22:19

2 Chronicles

2:2; 6:5; 8:2; 8:6; 11:6; 16:6; 16:6; 17:12; 20:8; 26:2; 26:9; 26:10; 27:3; 27:4; 27:4; 27:8; 32:5; 33:3; 33:8; 33:14; 33:16; 33:19

Ezra

1:3; 1:3; 3:2; 4:1

Nehemiah

2:5; 2:17; 3:1; 3:13; 3:14; 3:15; 4:4; 4:11; 6:1; 6:6; 7:1; 7:1; 7:4; 12:29

Job

3:14; 12:14; 12:14; 20:19; 20:19; 22:23

Psalms

28:5; 51:18; 69:36; 78:69; 89:3; 89:5; 102:17; 118:22; 122:3; 122:3; 127:1; 127:1; 147:2; 147:2

Proverbs

9:1; 9:1; 14:1; 14:1; 24:3; 24:27; 27:18

Ecclesiastes

2:4; 3:3; 9:14

Song of Songs

4:4; 4:4; 8:9

Isaiah

5:2; 9:9; 25:2; 44:26; 44:26; 44:28; 45:13; 58:12; 60:10; 61:4; 65:21; 65:22; 65:22; 66:1

Jeremiah

1:10; 7:31; 12:16; 12:16; 18:9; 19:5; 22:14; 22:18; 24:6; 29:5; 29:28; 30:18; 30:18; 31:4; 31:4; 31:4; 31:28; 31:38; 32:31; 32:35; 33:7; 35:7; 35:9; 42:10; 45:4; 52:4

Lamentations

3:5

Ezekiel

4:2; 11:3; 13:10; 16:24; 16:25; 16:25; 16:31; 17:17; 21:27; 26:14; 27:4; 27:5; 28:26; 36:10; 36:10; 36:33; 36:33; 36:36; 39:15

Daniel

9:25; 9:25

Hosea

8:14

Amos

5:11; 9:6; 9:11; 9:14

Micah

3:10; 7:11

Habakkuk

2:12

Zephaniah

1:13

Haggai

1:2; 1:2

Zechariah

1:16; 5:11; 6:12; 6:13; 6:15; 8:9; 8:9; 9:3; 9:3

Malachi

1:4; 1:4; 3:15; 3:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1129 matches the Hebrew בָּנָה (bānâ),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:2 - Show the city under siege. Build a wall around it so no one can escape. Set up the enemy camp, and surround the city with siege ramps and battering rams.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:3 - They say to the people, ‘Is it not a good time to build houses? This city is like an iron pot. We are safe inside it like meat in a pot.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:10 - “This will happen because these evil prophets deceive my people by saying, ‘All is peaceful’ when there is no peace at all! It’s as if the people have built a flimsy wall, and these prophets are trying to reinforce it by covering it with whitewash!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:24 - you built a pagan shrine and put altars to idols in every town square.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:25 - On every street corner you defiled your beauty, offering your body to every passerby in an endless stream of prostitution.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:31 - You build your pagan shrines on every street corner and your altars to idols in every square. In fact, you have been worse than a prostitute, so eager for sin that you have not even demanded payment.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:17 - Pharaoh and all his mighty army will fail to help Israel when the king of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem again and destroys many lives.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22 - The omen in his right hand says, ‘Jerusalem!’ With battering rams his soldiers will go against the gates, shouting for the kill. They will put up siege towers and build ramps against the walls.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:14 - I will make your island a bare rock, a place for fishermen to spread their nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken. Yes, the Sovereign LORD has spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:4 - You extended your boundaries into the sea.
Your builders made your beauty perfect.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:5 - You were like a great ship
built of the finest cypress from Senir.[fn]
They took a cedar from Lebanon
to make a mast for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:26 - They will live safely in Israel and build homes and plant vineyards. And when I punish the neighboring nations that treated them with contempt, they will know that I am the LORD their God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:10 - I will greatly increase the population of Israel, and the ruined cities will be rebuilt and filled with people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:33 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When I cleanse you from your sins, I will repopulate your cities, and the ruins will be rebuilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:36 - Then the surrounding nations that survive will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt the ruins and replanted the wasteland. For I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do what I say.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:15 - Whenever bones are found, a marker will be set up so the burial crews will take them to be buried in the Valley of Gog’s Hordes.
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