Strong’s H1124 · Hebrew

בְּנָא
bᵉnâʼ
ben-aw'

Definition

to build

Etymology

(Aramaic) or בְּנָה; (Aramaic), corresponding to H1129 (בָּנָה);

Where the KJV renders it

  • build
  • make

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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