1129 – בָּנָה (banah)

to build

Type:	Verb Verb   Rootword
Hebrew:	בָּנָה (banah)
Pronunciation:	ba-na    Listen
Gematria:	57(2 + 50 + 5)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	a primitive root
Usage:	375 times in OT

Description

1) to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to build, rebuild
1a2) to build a house (ie, establish a family)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be built
1b2) to be rebuilt
1b3) established (of restored exiles) (fig.)
1b4) established (made permanent)
1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)

Synonyms

בָּנָה	banah		H1129	(375 ggr)	to build
בָּרָא	bara		H1254a	(48 ggr)	to create
יָצַר	jatsar		H3335	(62 ggr)	to form
עָצַב	atsav		H6087b	(2 ggr)	to shape
עָשָׂה	asah		H6213a	(2626 ggr)	to make
פָּעַל	paal		H6466	(57 ggr)	to work

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the Old Testament.

Word root

Word with banah as root:

בֵּית	bejt	H1004a	between
בֵּן	ben	H1121a	son
בִּנּוּי	Binnoj	H1131	Binnui
בָּנִי	Bani	H1137	Bani
בֻּנִּי	Bonni	H1138	Bunni
בִּנְיָה	binjah	H1140	building
בְּנָיָ֫הוּ	Benajaho	H1141	Benaiah
בִּנְיָן	binjan	H1146	building
בַּת	bat	H1323	daughter
יַבְנְאֵל	Javneel	H2995	Jabneel
יַבְנֶה	Javneh	H2996	Jabneh
יִבְנְיָה	Jivnejah	H2997	Ibneiah
יִבְנִיָּה	Jivnijah	H2998	Ibnijah
מִבְנֶה	mivneh	H4011	structure
מְבֻנַּי	Mevonaj	H4012	Mebunnai
תֶּ֫בֶן	teven	H8401	straw
תַּבְנִית	tavnit	H8403	pattern

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word banah was translated to the following:

ἀνοικοδομέω	anoikodomeo	G0456	build again
δίδωμι	didomi	G1325	give
θεμελιόω	themelioo	G2311	found
ἵστημι	histemi	G2476	stand
κατασκήνωσις	kataskenosis	G2682	nest
οἰκοδομέω	oikodomeo, oikodomos, Ac	G3618	build
οἰκοδομή	oikodome	G3619	edifying
ποιέω	poieo	G4160	do

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