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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.

2. (v. t.) To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means.

3. (v. t.) To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and stability of; to settle, or establish, and preserve; -- frequently with up; as, to build up one's constitution.

4. (v. i.) To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.

5. (v. i.) To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to build on the opinions or advice of others.

6. (n.) Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

BUILD; BUILDING

bild, bild'-ing (banah, binyah, once (Ezekiel 41:13); oikodomeo).

1. Building Conditions:

The building conditions existing at the time of the Hebrew conquest were rude and untutored, and, with the exception of the work of the Solomonic period, there was still little or no effort made to introduce a higher state, until the time when Greek influence began to be felt (circa 3rd century B.C.). In localities where stone was not available, mud bricks were used, and their perishable nature being realized, stone slab facing came into use. These slabs were a protection against the weather and had no constructive value. Probably the hand of the "jerry" builder can be seen in an attempt to make such bad construction appear to be solid stone.

2. Masonry:

In stone localities buildings were of stone, but the class of building was only that of the rude stone waller. Random rubble masonry, unskillfully laid, was the prevailing characteristic. Occasionally a piece of carefully dressed masonry is found, but it is the exception and is often a re-use of an earlier type akin to "sawed stone" (1 Kings 7:9). The remains of Jewish walls of the period of the early kings in Jerusalem show skill which does not appear to have existed elsewhere. The boss and margin stones, with wide mud joint, were, in part, the actual masonry of the early fortifications, and were re-used and imitated over and over again. The type crops up in feeble imitation at different sites throughout the country, but hammer-picked and rough hammer-dressed stones are also common. The fine comb pick and marginal dressing of the walls of the Temple area belong to the Herodian period (see Bliss and Dickie, "Excavations at Jerusalem," 273, PEFS, 1898). The absence of lime is a striking characteristic. There is no distinctive type which can be named exclusively Jewish, although there is good reason for believing that the boss and margin type has a Jewish origin. Wilson (Golgotha, 124) points out that the projecting bosses had a defensive value, in breaking the force of the battering-ram, and here again the necessity of defense shows its vitality in the existence of such a well-engineered detail. The absence of the finer qualities of building craft can be traced to the same source.

3. Foundations:

Foundations of fortifications were usually on rock which was sometimes squared for a bed, but more often leveled up with small stones. A portion of the South wall of Jerusalem, certainly late (5th century A.D.), was laid on a foundation of small rubble resting on debris, accumulated over an earlier wall. (See Plate IV, Excavations at Jerusalem, p. 29.) In smaller buildings, the foundations were usually laid on the debris of earlier structures. At Lachish mud brick walls were laid on a foundation of stone. A peculiar method of spreading a layer of sand under the foundations was also noted (see A Mound of Many Cities, 125-26).

4. Modern Methods:

The native wall of today is less rudely built and is bedded in lime mortar. It is a broad wall usually about 3 ft. thick, with inner and outer faces of large stones, filled in between with small rubble without proper bond, somewhat in the manner of ancient building. To make up for the want of bond, it is a common habit to insert a piece of steel joint across the return angle (see BEAM). The building and hewing methods, in all probability, are the same as they were in early Jewish times. Hewers sit at their work, with the plane of the stone on which they operate, lying obliquely from them. Stones are conveyed from the quarry, if at a distance from the building site, on donkeys, thence on men's backs to the top of the wall, by rude gangways. Every man digs his "own cistern" (Isaiah 36:16), which is sunk in the rock under the site of the house, and used as a quarry from which stones for the building are supplied. If water is scarce, the cistern is sunk first, and the winter rains are allowed to collect and provide the necessary water for the building.

5. Figurative:

To build up is often used in the sense of giving increase and prosperity, or of stablishing and strengthening. Thus in Job 22:23 Psalm 69:35 Jeremiah 18:9. A kindred sense is to restore what was decayed, as in Isaiah 58:12. To "build an house" for a person is to grant him children or a numerous posterity (Ruth 4:11; of David, 2 Samuel 7:27 1 Chronicles 17:10). Spiritually, the word is used of one's work in life, or of the formation of character and habits. The main thing here is the foundation. Those who build on Christ's word build on rock; those who reject this word build on sand (Matthew 7:24-27). Christ is the sole true foundation; the work which a man builds on this will be tried by fire (1 Corinthians 3:9-15). The church is compared to a building (1 Corinthians 3:9 1 Peter 2:4-6) reared on the foundation of apostles and prophets (their truths or teaching), Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner-stone (Ephesians 2:20-22). Believers are "builded up" in Christ (Colossians 2:7), and are exhorted to build themselves up on their most holy faith (Jude 1:20).

See ARCHITECTURE; HOUSE; FORTIFICATION.

A. C. Dickie

Greek

3618. oikodomeo -- to build a house
... to build a house. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: oikodomeo Phonetic Spelling:
(oy-kod-om-eh'-o) Short Definition: I build, build up, edify Definition: I ...
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2026. epoikodomeo -- to build upon
... to build upon. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epoikodomeo Phonetic Spelling:
(ep-oy-kod-om-eh'-o) Short Definition: I build upon a foundation Definition ...
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4925. sunoikodomeo -- to build together, fig. to build up together
... 4924b, 4925. sunoikodomeo. 4926 . to build together, fig. to build up
together. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sunoikodomeo ...
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456. anoikodomeo -- to build again
... to build again. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: anoikodomeo Phonetic Spelling:
(an-oy-kod-om-eh'-o) Short Definition: I rebuild, build up, build Definition ...
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2936. ktizo -- to build, create
... to build, create. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ktizo Phonetic Spelling:
(ktid'-zo) Short Definition: I create, form, shape, make Definition: I create ...
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2680. kataskeuazo -- to prepare
... to prepare. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kataskeuazo Phonetic Spelling:
(kat-ask-yoo-ad'-zo) Short Definition: I build, prepare, make Definition: I ...
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1430. doma -- a house, a housetop
... 1430 (from , "to build a house") -- the #NAME? ... housetop. From demo (to build); properly,
an edifice, ie (specially) a roof -- housetop. (doma) -- 2 Occurrences. ...
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1746b. endomesis -- a building in or into, an interior structure
... Word Origin from en and domao (to build) Definition a building in or into, an interior
structure NASB Word Usage material (1). 1746a, 1746b. ...
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2003. epitage -- a command
... Cognate: 2003 (from 1909 , "suitably ," intensifying 5021 , "arrange") -- a command ""
to the situation, ie an order that arranges things so they build on (Gk ...
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1950. epilanthanomai -- to forget, neglect
... notice. 1950 ("overlooking"), as an intensification of 2990 (), focuses on
that build on the forgetting (note the , ""). Word Origin ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1129. banah -- to build
... 1128, 1129. banah. 1130 . to build. Transliteration: banah Phonetic Spelling:
(baw-naw') Short Definition: built. Word Origin a prim. ...
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1124. bena -- to build
bena or benah. 1123, 1124. bena or benah. 1125 . to build. Transliteration:
bena or benah Phonetic Spelling: (ben-aw') Short Definition: rebuild. ... build, make ...
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1443. gadar -- to wall up or off, to build a wall
... 1442, 1443. gadar. 1444 . to wall up or off, to build a wall. Transliteration:
gadar Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-dar') Short Definition: build. Word Origin a prim ...
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2996. Yabneh -- "he causes to build," a Philistine city
... 2995, 2996. Yabneh. 2997 . "he causes to build," a Philistine city.
Transliteration: Yabneh Phonetic Spelling: (yab-neh') Short Definition: Jabneh. ...
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2995. Yabneel -- "El causes to build," two cities in Isr.
... 2994, 2995. Yabneel. 2996 . "El causes to build," two cities in Isr. ... Word Origin
from banah and el Definition "El causes to build," two cities in Isr. ...
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7725. shub -- to turn back, return
... break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down,. A
primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or ...
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7077. qanan -- to make a nest
... Word Origin denominative verb from qen Definition to make a nest NASB Word Usage
build their nests (1), make its nest (1), nested (2), nests (1). make. ...
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68. eben -- a stone
... 125), weight (4), weights (3). to build, a stone, diverse weights. From the root
of banah through the meaning to build; a stone -- + carbuncle ...
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5549. salal -- to lift up, cast up
... 5548, 5549. salal. 5550 . to lift up, cast up. Transliteration: salal Phonetic
Spelling: (saw-lal') Short Definition: build. Word Origin a prim. ...
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1361b. gabah -- to be high, exalted
... root Definition to be high, exalted NASB Word Usage build high (1), exalt (2), exalted
(4), haughty (4), high (4), higher (3), lifted (3), loftier (1), made it ...
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Library

"Woe unto You, Because Ye Build the Tombs of the Prophets, and ...
... Homily LXXIV. "Woe unto you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish
their sepulchers, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lxxiv woe unto you.htm

School Life 366. We Build Our School on Thee, O Lord
... III. SACRAMENTS AND RITES School Life 366. We build our school on thee, O Lord.
LM [1392]Sefton: ... Sebastian W. Meyer, 1908. We build our school on thee, O Lord,. ...
/.../school life 366 we build.htm

If She be a Wall, we Will Build Upon it Bulwarks of Silver; if She ...
... CHAPTER VIII. 9. If she be a wall, we will build upon it bulwarks of silver;
if she be a door we will frame it with boards of cedar. ...
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The Temple of Solomon did not Take Forty-Six Years to Build. With ...
... Tenth Book. 22. The Temple of Solomon Did Not Take Forty-Six Years to Build.
With Regard to that of Ezra We Cannot Tell How Long It Took. ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of john/22 the temple of solomon.htm

In Regard to the Persians, we have Already Said that Though they ...
... Chapter LXV. In regard to the Persians, we have already said that though
they do not build� In regard to the Persians, we have ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter lxv in regard to.htm

He Does Battle for the Faith; He Restores Peace among those who ...
... CHAPTER VII He does battle for the faith; he restores peace among those who were
at variance; he takes in hand to build a stone church. 57. (32). ...
/.../chapter vii he does battle.htm

How the Abbot Ceolfrid Sent Master-Builders to the King of the ...
... How the Abbot Ceolfrid sent master-builders to the King of the Picts to build a
church, and with them an epistle concerning the catholic Easter and the Tonsure ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xxi how the abbot.htm

Psalm CXXVII.
... he who built the house unto God was the true Solomon, Scripture showing unto thee
another Solomon, thus commences this Psalm: "Except the Lord build the house ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cxxvii.htm

David's Charge to Solomon
... unto Jerusalem.2. Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me,
my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/davids charge to solomon.htm

David's Prohibited Desire and Permitted Service
... THE FIRST BOOK OF CHRONICLES DAVID'S PROHIBITED DESIRE AND PERMITTED SERVICE. 'Then
he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture g/davids prohibited desire and permitted.htm

Thesaurus

Build (242 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and stability of; to settle,
or establish, and preserve; -- frequently with up; as, to build up one's ...
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Rebuild (36 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) To build again, as something which has been demolished;
to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city. ...
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Building (249 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Build. 2. (n.) The act of constructing, erecting, or
establishing. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BUILD; BUILDING. ...
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Pull (32 Occurrences)
... Matthew 26:61 who testified, "This man said, 'I am able to pull down the Sanctuary
of God and three days afterwards to build a new one.'" (WEY). ...
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Builder (33 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) One who builds; one whose occupation is to build,
as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Erect (17 Occurrences)
... 8. (vt) To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to erect a house or
a fort; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as of a machine. ...
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Zerub'babel (23 Occurrences)
... Ezra 4:2 then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' houses,
and said unto them: 'Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as ye do ...
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Issued (40 Occurrences)
... came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and their
companions, and said thus to them, Who gave you a decree to build this house ...
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Destroy (379 Occurrences)
... Matthew 26:61 and said, "This man said,'I am able to destroy the temple of God,
and to build it in three days.'" (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Sepulchers (15 Occurrences)
... Matthew 23:29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the
tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous, (WBS). ...
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Bible Concordance

Build (242 Occurrences)

Matthew 13:32 It is the smallest of all seeds, and yet when full-grown it is larger than any herb and forms a tree, so that the birds come and build in its branches."
(WEY)

Matthew 16:18 I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 23:29 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 26:61 and said, "This man said,'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.'"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 27:40 and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 4:32 yet when sown it springs up and becomes larger than all the herbs, and throws out great branches, so that the birds build under its shadow."
(WEY)

Mark 14:58 "We heard him say,'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 15:29 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 7:5 for he doth love our nation, and the synagogue he did build to us.'
(YLT)

Luke 11:47 Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 11:48 So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 12:18 He said,'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 14:28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 14:30 saying,'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 19:43 For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side,
(See NIV)

John 2:20 The Jews therefore said, "Forty-six years was this temple in building, and will you raise it up in three days?"
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 7:49 'heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?' says the Lord;'or what is the place of my rest?
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 15:16 'After these things I will return. I will again build the tabernacle of David, which has fallen. I will again build its ruins. I will set it up,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 20:32 Now, brothers, I entrust you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 14:19 So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.
(WEB WEY DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Romans 15:2 Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.
(Root in WEB WEY NIV)

Romans 15:12 And again Isaiah says, "There shall be the Root of Jesse and One who rises up to rule the Gentiles. On Him shall the Gentiles build their hopes."
(WEY)

Romans 15:20 yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another's foundation.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 3:10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 3:12 But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble;
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 10:23 "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are profitable. "All things are lawful for me," but not all things build up. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians
(WEB WEY YLT RSV)

1 Corinthians 14:12 So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.
(Root in WEB YLT RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 14:26 What is it then, brothers? When you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has another language, has an interpretation. Let all things be done to build each other up.
(WEB WEY YLT)

2 Corinthians 10:8 For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,
(Root in WEB WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Galatians 2:18 For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ephesians 4:16 from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.
(Root in WEB WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Thessalonians 3:13 Thus He will build up your characters, so that you will be faultlessly holy in the presence of our God and Father at the Coming of our Lord Jesus with all His holy ones.
(WEY)

1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.
(WEB ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 3:3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
(Root in KJV BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 3:4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
(Root in KJV WEY ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 8:5 and serve a copy and type of the heavenly things, just as Moses was divinely instructed when about to build the tabernacle. For God said, "See that you make everything in imitation of the pattern shown you on the mountain."
(WEY NIV)

Jude 1:20 But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 11:4 They said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 11:8 So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 16:2 And Sarai said unto Abram: 'Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall be builded up through her.' And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
(Root in JPS NIV)

Genesis 30:3 And she said: 'Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may be builded up through her.'
(Root in JPS NIV)

Genesis 35:1 God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother."
(See NIV)

Genesis 35:3 Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went."
(See NIV)

Exodus 20:25 If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 23:1 Balaam said to Balak, "Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 23:29 Balaam said to Balak, "Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 32:16 They came near to him, and said, "We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 32:24 Build cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 32:34 And the children of Gad were the builders of Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer;
(Root in BBE YLT)

Numbers 32:37 And the children of Reuben were the builders of Heshbon and Elealeh and Kiriathaim;
(Root in BBE YLT)

Deuteronomy 6:10 It shall be, when Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and goodly cities, which you didn't build,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 8:12 lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited;
(YLT NIV)

Deuteronomy 16:21 You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Yahweh your God, which you shall make for yourselves.
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 20:20 Only the trees of which you know that they are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it fall.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 22:8 When you build a new house, then you shall make a battlement for your roof, that you don't bring blood on your house, if any man fall from there.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 25:9 then his brother's wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, "So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother's house."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 27:5 There you shall build an altar to Yahweh your God, an altar of stones: you shall lift up no iron tool on them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 27:6 You shall build the altar of Yahweh your God of uncut stones; and you shall offer burnt offerings thereon to Yahweh your God:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 28:30 You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use its fruit.
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Joshua 6:26 Joshua commanded them with an oath at that time, saying, "Cursed is the man before Yahweh, who rises up and builds this city Jericho. With the loss of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up its gates."
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Joshua 8:30 Then doth Joshua build an altar to Jehovah, God of Israel, in mount Ebal,
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Joshua 22:10 and they come in unto the districts of the Jordan, which 'are' in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, build there an altar by the Jordan -- a great altar for appearance.
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Joshua 22:16 Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?
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Joshua 22:26 "Therefore we said,'Let's now prepare to build ourselves an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice;
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Joshua 22:29 "Far be it from us that we should rebel against Yahweh, and turn away this day from following Yahweh, to build an altar for burnt offering, for meal offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of Yahweh our God that is before his tabernacle!"
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Joshua 24:13 I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you didn't build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you didn't plant.'
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Judges 6:26 and build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this stronghold, in the orderly manner, and take the second bull, and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down."
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Judges 18:28 And they had no saviour, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with Aram; and it was in the valley which is the property of Beth-rehob. And building up the town again they took it for their living-place.
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Judges 21:4 And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that the people rise early, and build there an altar, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings and peace-offerings.
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Judges 21:23 So the men of Benjamin did this, and got wives for themselves for every one of their number, taking them away by force from the dance; then they went back to their heritage, building up their towns and living in them.
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Ruth 4:11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
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1 Samuel 2:35 I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed forever.
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1 Samuel 14:35 And Saul buildeth an alter to Jehovah; with it he hath begun to build altars to Jehovah.
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2 Samuel 5:11 And Hiram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-trees, and artificers of wood, and artificers of stone, for walls, and they build a house for David,
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2 Samuel 7:5 "Go and tell my servant David,'Thus says Yahweh, "Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?
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2 Samuel 7:7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
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2 Samuel 7:13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
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2 Samuel 7:27 For you, Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying,'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to you.
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2 Samuel 24:18 Gad came that day to David, and said to him, "Go up, build an altar to Yahweh on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite."
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2 Samuel 24:21 Araunah said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?" David said, "To buy your threshing floor, to build an altar to Yahweh, that the plague may be stopped from afflicting the people."
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1 Kings 2:36 The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, "Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and don't go out from there anywhere.
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1 Kings 3:1 Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Yahweh, and the wall of Jerusalem all around.
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1 Kings 5:3 "You know how that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until Yahweh put them under the soles of his feet.
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1 Kings 5:5 Behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying,'Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your room, he shall build the house for my name.'
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1 Kings 5:18 Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.
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1 Kings 6:1 It happened in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Yahweh.
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1 Kings 8:16 'Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.'
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1 Kings 8:17 "Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
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1 Kings 8:18 But Yahweh said to David my father,'Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.
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1 Kings 8:19 Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.'
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1 Kings 9:1 It happened, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Yahweh, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,
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1 Kings 9:15 This is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Yahweh, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
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1 Kings 9:19 and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
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1 Kings 9:24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
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1 Kings 11:7 Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
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1 Kings 11:38 It shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.
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1 Kings 14:23 And they build -- also they -- for themselves high places, and standing-pillars, and shrines, on every high height, and under every green tree;
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1 Kings 16:34 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid its foundation with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.
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2 Kings 6:2 Let us go, please, to the Jordan, and every man a beam from there, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell." He answered, "Go!"
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2 Kings 17:9 And the children of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things which were not right, building high places for themselves in all their towns, from the tower of the watchmen to the walled town.
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