Building
בִּנְיָןStrong’s H1147binyan (bin-yan)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Binyan is the Aramaic word usually translated “building the”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?”
Meaning
- A building, structure
How it's translated
- building the 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 1
1 book in all.
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Aramaic dictionary
בִּנְיָן binyan · building
a building, structure Aramaic of bin.yan (בִּנְיָן "building" H1146)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “building” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BUILD'ING, participle present
tense bild'ing. Framing and erecting; resting on.
All definitions and other forms of “building”
BUILD'ING, noun
bild'ing. A fabric or edifice constructed for use or convenience, as a house, a church, a shop, etc.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.