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built

Meaning of “built”

Constructed, formed, established, or strengthened.

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170 occurrences163 verses33 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 13:18

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Luke 4:29
And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 4:29 · retained source text

And rose vp, and thrust him out of the citie, & led him vnto the brow of the hill (whereon their city was built) that they might cast him downe headlong.

1611 marginal noteOr, edge.

Luke 6:48
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 6:48 · retained source text

He is like a man which built an house, and digged deepe, and layd the foundation on a rocke. And when the flood arose, the streame beat vehemently vpon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded vpon a rocke.

Luke 6:49
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 6:49 · retained source text

But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house vpon the earth: against which the streame did beate vehemently, and immediatly it fell, and the ruine of that house was great.

Luke 7:5
For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.
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1611 witness · Luke 7:5 · retained source text

For he loueth our nation, and hee hath built vs a Synagogue.

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