Genesis 11:4
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
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Build
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Galatians 2:18
For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
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19 occurrences in 19 verses.
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Genesis
22 verses
Exodus
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Numbers
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Deuteronomy
55 verses
Joshua
22 verses
Judges
11 verses
Ruth
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1 Samuel
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2 Samuel
55 verses
1 Kings
1715 verses
1 Chronicles
1919 verses
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1917 verses
Ezra
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Nehemiah
77 verses
Psalms
87 verses
Proverbs
11 verses
Ecclesiastes
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Song of Solomon
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Isaiah
88 verses
Jeremiah
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Ezekiel
55 verses
Daniel
11 verses
Amos
22 verses
Micah
11 verses
Zephaniah
11 verses
Haggai
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Zechariah
55 verses
Malachi
21 verses
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33 verses
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11 verses
Luke
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Acts
43 verses
Romans
11 verses
1 Corinthians
11 verses
Galatians
11 verses
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בָּנָה
bânâh · baw-naw'
130 times translated as this KJV form376 total Strong's occurrences
to build (literally and figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), × surely.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 11:4Strong's last: Malachi 1:4
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oikodoméō · oy-kod-om-eh'-o
12 times translated as this KJV form42 total Strong's occurrences
to be a house-builder, i.e. construct or (figuratively) confirm
Strong's KJV usage: :--(be in) build(-er, -ing, up), edify, embolden.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 16:18Strong's last: Galatians 2:18
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bᵉnâʼ · ben-aw'
7 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
to build
Strong's KJV usage: build, make.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezra 5:2Strong's last: Ezra 6:7
Open full H1124 profile →ἐποικοδομέω
epoikodoméō · ep-oy-kod-om-eh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to build upon, i.e. (figuratively) to rear up
Strong's KJV usage: :--build thereon (thereupon, on, upon).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 3:12Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 3:12
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H1129
And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
H1129
And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
H1129
Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
H1129
And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
H1129
But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
H1129
But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
H1129
Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
H1129
Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
H1129
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
H1129
And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
H1129
Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
H1129
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
H1129
But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
H1129
Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
H1129
Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
H1129
And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
H1129
Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
H1129
And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,
H1129
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.
English meaning and historical usage.
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build
BUILD,
BILD, verb transitive bild; preterit tense built; participle passive built, pronounced bilt. The regular preterit tense and participle passive builded, is sometimes used.
1. To frame, construct, and raise, as an edifice or fabric of almost any kind, as a house, barn, shop, ship or vessel, a wall, or other structure of art; to unite materials into a regular structure for use or convenience.
2. To raise by art; to frame or shape into a particular form; as, to build up a head dress in a cone.
3. To raise any thing on a support or foundation; as, to build our hopes on air.
4. In scripture, to increase and strengthen; to cement and knit together; to settle or establish and preserve. Acts 20:32. Ephesians 2:22. i Sam. 2.35.
BUILD, verb intransitive bild. To exercise the art, or practice the business of building.
To build to plant, whatever you intend.
1. To construct, rest or depend on as a foundation; as, to build on the opinions of others.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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