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build

Meaning of “build”

To construct, rest or depend on as a foundation.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
162 occurrences154 verses35 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 11:4

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Ezekiel 4:2
And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 4:2 · retained source text

And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it: set the campe also against it, and set battering rammes against it round about.

1611 marginal noteOr, chiefe leaders.

Ezekiel 11:3
Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 11:3 · retained source text

Which say, It is not neere, let vs build houses: this citie is the caldron, and we be the flesh.

1611 marginal noteOr, it is not for vs to build houses neere.

1611 marginal note2.Pet.3.4.

Ezekiel 21:22
At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 21:22 · retained source text

At his right hand was the diuination for Ierusalem to appoint captaines, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift vp the voice with shouting, to appoint battering-rammes against the gates, to cast a mount and to build a fort.

1611 marginal noteOr, battering rams.

1611 marginal noteHeb. rams.

Ezekiel 28:26
And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the Lord their God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 28:26 · retained source text

And they shal dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards: yea, they shall dwell with confidence when I haue executed iudgments vpon all those that despise them round about them, and they shal know that I am the LORD their God.

1611 marginal noteOr, with confidence.

1611 marginal noteOr, spoile.

Ezekiel 36:36
Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the Lord build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 36:36 · retained source text

Then the heathen that are left round about you, shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD haue spoken it, and I wil doe it.

1611 marginal noteChap.17.24. and 22.14. and 37.14.

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To construct, rest or depend on as a foundation.

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