Genesis 4:17
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
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Builded
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Hebrews 3:4
For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
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בָּנָה
bânâh · baw-naw'
35 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 4:17Strong's last: Ezekiel 36:33
Open full H1129 profile →בְּנָא
bᵉnâʼ · ben-aw'
10 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 4:13Strong's last: Ezra 6:14
Open full H1124 profile →κατασκευάζω
kataskeuázō · kat-ask-yoo-ad'-zo
2 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
to prepare thoroughly (properly, by external equipment; whereas G2090 refers rather to internal fitness); by implication, to construct, create
Strong's KJV usage: :--build, make, ordain, prepare.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Hebrews 3:3Strong's last: Hebrews 3:4
Open full G2680 profile →οἰκοδομέω
oikodoméō · oy-kod-om-eh'-o
1 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: Luke 17:28Strong's last: Luke 17:28
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H1129
Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
H1129
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;
H1124
Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
H1124
We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.
H1124
Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.
H1124
Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
H1124
And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
H1124
And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
H1124
And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.
H1124
In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
H1124
And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
H1124
And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
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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