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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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.
Read in context →For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
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bânâh · baw-naw'
to build (literally and figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), × surely.
Strong's first: Genesis 11:4Strong's last: Malachi 1:4
Open full H1129 profile →oikodoméō · oy-kod-om-eh'-o
to be a house-builder, i.e. construct or (figuratively) confirm
Strong's KJV usage: :--(be in) build(-er, -ing, up), edify, embolden.
Strong's first: Matthew 16:18Strong's last: Galatians 2:18
Open full G3618 profile →bᵉnâʼ · ben-aw'
to build
Strong's KJV usage: build, make.
Strong's first: Ezra 5:2Strong's last: Ezra 6:7
Open full H1124 profile →epoikodoméō · ep-oy-kod-om-eh'-o
to build upon, i.e. (figuratively) to rear up
Strong's KJV usage: :--build thereon (thereupon, on, upon).
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 3:12Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 3:12
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Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
<<A Song of degrees for Solomon.>> Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
<<A Song of degrees for Solomon.>> Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
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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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