בְּנָה benah

Hebrew word for “to build” · Strong’s H1124 · used 22 times in 19 verses

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Meaning

1) to build; 1a) (P'al) to build; 1b) (Ithp'il) to be built

How it is translated

Glosses given for benah in context, with how often each is used:

• build 6
• built 6
• building 4
• will be built 3
• being built 2
• them build 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezra 5 (10), Ezra 4 (4), Ezra 6 (4), Daniel 4 (1)

Forms

• בנין 3
• תתבנא 3
• למבנא 3
• לבנא 2
• מתבנא 2
• יתבנא 2
• למבניה 1
• ובנין 1
• בנה 1
• בנהי 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with benah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• בַּיִת bayit “house” 13
• דִּי di “that” 14
• אֱלָהּ elah “god” 11
• דֵּךְ dekh “this” 8
• מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 11
• כְּלַל kelal “to complete” 7
• שׂוּם sum “to set” 8
• טְעֵם teem “command” 8
• דְּנָה denah “this” 7
• יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalem “Jerusalem” 6
• לָא la “not” 6
• אֲמַר amar “to say” 6

Key verses

The verses using benah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Ezra 4:12 — Be 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…
• Ezra 4:13 — Be 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…
• Ezra 5:2 — Then 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…
• Ezra 5:3 — At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded…
• Ezra 5:8 — Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in…
• Ezra 5:11 — And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which…
• Ezra 5:13 — But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
• Ezra 5:16 — Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building,…
• Ezra 6:3 — In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where…
• Ezra 6:8 — Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute…
• Ezra 6:14 — And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and…
• Daniel 4:30 — The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.