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The construction of something together with the skilled people involved. Scripture also uses the term figuratively.

Building materials

Genesis 11:3; 1 Kings 5:17; Haggai 1:8 See also Exodus 27:1; 1 Kings 6:9; 2 Chronicles 2:3; Isaiah 54:11

Building skills

1 Kings 5:18 See also Exodus 36:1; 1 Kings 6:7; 2 Kings 12:11; Kings 22:5-6; 1 Chronicles 22:1-2

The variety of building projects

Towns and cities

1 Kings 16:24 See also Genesis 4:17; Judges 1:26; 1 Chronicles 11:8

Houses

Ecclesiastes 2:4 See also Jeremiah 35:8-9

Temples

Acts 17:24 See also 1 Kings 6:2; Kings 8:13; Ezra 3:10

Altars

Joshua 8:30-31 See also Genesis 8:20; Exodus 24:4; 2 Samuel 24:25

Palaces

2 Samuel 5:11 See also 1 Kings 3:1; Kings 7:2; Hosea 8:14

Walls

Psalm 51:18 See also Nehemiah 2:17-18; Micah 7:11

The tower of Babel

Genesis 11:4-5

Building used figuratively

Matthew 16:18; 2 Corinthians 5:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:11; 1 Peter 2:4-5 See also 1 Kings 11:38

Jesus Christ as the capstone of a building:

Psalm 118:22; Matthew 21:42 pp Mark 12:10 pp Luke 20:17; Acts 4:11; 1 Peter 2:7 Proverbs 9:1 the house of wisdom; Matthew 7:24-26 pp Luke 6:48-49 the wise and foolish builders; Romans 15:20; 1 Corinthians 3:9-15; 2 Corinthians 10:8; Ephesians 2:20-22; Ephesians 4:12,29; Colossians 2:7; Hebrews 3:3-4; Hebrews 11:10

See also

4366  stones
5207  architecture
5212  arts and crafts
5272  craftsmen
5317  foundation
5403  masons
5506  roof
5604  walls
5778  adorning
7254  plumb-line
7467  temple, Solomon's
8413  edification