To build

1. To build(P'al) to build · (Ithp'il) to be built

• to build 6
• building 3
• it will be built 3
• being built 2
• let it be built 2
• and building 1
• built 1
• he built it 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• Ezra 18
• Daniel 1

2 books in all.

• To build (benah)
• To build (oikodomeō)
• Building (oikodomē)
• To build (salal)

• Ezra 4:12Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
• Ezra 4:13Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
• Ezra 4:16We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.
• Ezra 4:21Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.
• Ezra 5:2Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.
• Ezra 5:3At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

How the English word “build” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.