1 Kings 5:18
And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
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Builders
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1 Peter 2:7
Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
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בָּנָה
bânâh · baw-naw'
10 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: 1 Kings 5:18Strong's last: Ezekiel 27:4
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oikodoméō · oy-kod-om-eh'-o
5 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 21:42Strong's last: 1 Peter 2:7
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And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
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And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
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builder
BUILD'ER, noun bild'er. One who builds; one whose occupation is to build; an architect, a ship-wright, a mason, etc.
1. A creator.
Whose builder and maker is God. Hebrews 11:10.
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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