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build

Meaning of “build”

To construct, rest or depend on as a foundation.

Definition sources

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

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First occurrence: Genesis 11:4

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Luke 11:47
Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 11:47 · retained source text

Woe vnto you: for ye build the sepulchres of the Prophets, and your fathers killed them.

1611 marginal noteMatth. 23.29.

Luke 11:48
Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 11:48 · retained source text

Truely ye beare witnesse that ye allowe the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and yee build their sepulchres.

Luke 12:18
And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 12:18 · retained source text

And he said, This will I doe, I will pull downe my barnes, and build greater, and there will I bestow all my fruits, and my goods.

Luke 14:28
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 14:28 · retained source text

For which of you intending to build a towre, sitteth not downe first, and counteth the cost, whether he haue sufficient to finish it?

Luke 14:30
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 14:30 · retained source text

Saying, This man beganne to build, and was not able to finish.

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To construct, rest or depend on as a foundation.

volume 1, leaf 321, column 1 (main_dictionary)