To build
בְּנָהStrong’s H1129benah (be-nah)
Appears in 345 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Benah is the Hebrew word usually translated “built”, “build” and “had built”. It appears in 345 verses of the Old Testament.
“Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.”
Meaning
- To build(P'al) to build · (Ithp'il) to be built
How it's translated
- and he built 60
- to build 47
- he built 24
- he will build 13
- he had built 12
- you will build 11
- i have built 11
- and they built 10
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 54
- 1 Kings 53
- 1 Chronicles 27
- Nehemiah 22
- Jeremiah 22
- Genesis 16
33 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 1:16In contextTherefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 5:11In contextAnd he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.
- Zechariah 6:12In contextAnd speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:
- Zechariah 6:13In contextEven he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
- Zechariah 6:15In contextAnd they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.
- Zechariah 8:9In contextThus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
All 345 verses, by book
- Ruth 1
- 4:11
- 1 Kings 53
- 2:363:13:25:35:55:186:16:26:56:76:96:106:126:146:156:166:366:387:17:28:138:168:178:188:198:208:278:438:448:489:19:39:109:159:179:199:249:2510:411:711:2711:3812:2514:2315:1715:2115:2215:2316:2416:3216:3418:3222:39
- 1 Chronicles 27
- 6:106:327:248:1211:814:117:417:617:1017:1217:2521:2221:2622:222:522:622:722:822:1022:1122:1928:228:328:628:1029:1629:19
- 2 Chronicles 54
- 2:12:32:42:52:62:92:123:13:23:36:26:56:76:86:96:106:186:336:346:388:18:28:48:58:68:118:129:311:511:614:614:716:116:516:617:1220:826:226:626:926:1027:327:432:533:333:433:533:1433:1533:1633:1934:1135:336:23
- Jeremiah 22
- 1:107:3112:1618:919:522:1322:1424:629:529:2830:1831:431:2831:3832:3132:3533:735:735:942:1045:452:4
- Lamentations 1
- 3:5
- Daniel 1
- 9:25
- Hosea 1
- 8:14
- Habakkuk 1
- 2:12
- Zephaniah 1
- 1:13
Hebrew dictionary
בְּנָה benah · to build
1) to build 1a) (P'al) to build 1b) (Ithp'il) to be built
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “build” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BUILD, verb intransitive
bild. To exercise the art, or practice the business of building.
- To construct, rest or depend on as a foundation; as, to build on the opinions of others.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.