בָּנָה
bânâh · baw-naw'
to build (literally and figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to build (literally and figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
The house, what is within of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּנָה 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
376 occurrences · 376 OT · 0 NT · 206 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to build27 · 15%
- built23 · 13%
- and he built14 · 8%
- he built13 · 7%
- build12 · 7%
- and built11 · 6%
- he shall build7 · 4%
- and build7 · 4%
- builded6 · 3%
- and they built5 · 3%
- which i have built5 · 3%
- thou shalt not build5 · 3%
- that he had built4 · 2%
- which he built4 · 2%
- shall be builded3 · 2%
- and they shall build3 · 2%
- and builders3 · 2%
- had builded3 · 2%
- had built3 · 2%
- and i will build3 · 2%
- did build3 · 2%
- also he built3 · 2%
- was built3 · 2%
- let us build3 · 2%
- and builded3 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
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.