Building
Bible Usage:
- masterbuilder used once.
- build used 162 times.
- builded used 50 times.
- buildedst used once.
- builder used once.
- builders used 15 times.
- buildest used 5 times.
- buildeth used 9 times.
- building used 37 times.
- buildings used 3 times.
- First Reference: Joshua 22:19
- Last Reference: Revelation 21:18
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H1124 Used 3 times
- H1129 Used 13 times
- H1140 Used 1 time
- H1146 Used 7 times
- H1147 Used 1 time
- H4480 Used 2 times
- H4746 Used 1 time
- G1739 Used 1 time
- G2937 Used 1 time
- G3618 Used 1 time
- G3619 Used 3 times
Among the Jews was suited to the climate and conditions of the country. They probably adopted the kind of architecture for their dwellings which they found already existing when they entered Canaan (Deuteronomy 6:10; Numbers 13:19). Phoenician artists (2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:6, 18) assisted at the erection of the royal palace and the temple at Jerusalem. Foreigners also assisted at the restoration of the temple after the Exile (Ezra 3:7).
In Genesis 11:3, 9, we have the first recorded instance of the erection of buildings. The cities of the plain of Shinar were founded by the descendants of Shem (10:11, 12, 22).
The Israelites were by occupation shepherds and dwellers in tents (Genesis 47:3); but from the time of their entering Canaan they became dwellers in towns, and in houses built of the native limestone of Palestine. Much building was carried on in Solomon's time. Besides the buildings he completed at Jerusalem, he also built Baalath and Tadmor (1 Kings 9:15, 24). Many of the kings of Israel and Judah were engaged in erecting various buildings.
Herod and his sons and successors restored the temple, and built fortifications and other structures of great magnificence in Jerusalem (Luke 21:5).
The instruments used in building are mentioned as the plumb-line (Amos 7:7), the measuring-reed (Ezekiel 40:3), and the saw (1 Kings 7:9).
Believers are "God's building" (1 Corinthians 3:9); and heaven is called "a building of God" (2 Corinthians 5:1). Christ is the only foundation of his church (1 Corinthians 3:10-12), of which he also is the builder (Matthew 16:18).
Figurative
2 Corinthians 5:1
BUILD'ING, participle present tense bild'ing. Framing and erecting; resting on.
BUILD'ING, noun bild'ing. A fabric or edifice constructed for use or convenience, as a house, a church, a shop, etc.
Bible Usage:
- masterbuilder used once.
- build used 162 times.
- builded used 50 times.
- buildedst used once.
- builder used once.
- builders used 15 times.
- buildest used 5 times.
- buildeth used 9 times.
- building used 37 times.
- buildings used 3 times.
- First Reference: Joshua 22:19
- Last Reference: Revelation 21:18
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H1124 Used 3 times
- H1129 Used 13 times
- H1140 Used 1 time
- H1146 Used 7 times
- H1147 Used 1 time
- H4480 Used 2 times
- H4746 Used 1 time
- G1739 Used 1 time
- G2937 Used 1 time
- G3618 Used 1 time
- G3619 Used 3 times