בְּנָא
bᵉnâʼ · ben-aw'
to build
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) or בְּנָה; (Aramaic), corresponding to H1129 (בָּנָה);
to build
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: build, make.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the seed, life continuing › strength, the leader
The house, what is within of the seed, life continuing of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּנָא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- be builded4 · 18%
- builded4 · 18%
- to build3 · 14%
- you to build2 · 9%
- building1 · 5%
- that make1 · 5%
- which is builded1 · 5%
- and build1 · 5%
- hath it been in building1 · 5%
- build1 · 5%
- for the building1 · 5%
- and they builded1 · 5%
- have built1 · 5%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.