Strong's Hebrew · H1129
H1129 bânâh
בָּנָה
baw-naw'
to build
Looking for Greek G1129 gymnasía? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H1129. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
bânâh appears 375 times in Scripture, including Genesis 2:22 and Genesis 4:17. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to build (literally and figuratively)
In the King James Version
(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), × surely.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 375 times in Scripture
“From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,”
“From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.”
“Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.”
“And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.”
““Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.””
“And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.”
“Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.”
“Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.””
“So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.”
“Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
