BUILD, BUILDING (bild, bild'Ing), (Heb.
bow-now', to build; Gr. obcokukm, oy-koa'-ont-eleo). (See ARCHITECTURE; HOUSE).
Figurative. (t) God's building of all timings, is his wise and powerful creation of them, ;n proper connection and order (Heb. and xi:to). (2) His building up a person, imports his giving him children, wealth, or prosperity (Job xxii :23). (3) His building up families, cities, and nations denotes his increasing their number. wealth, honor, power, and pleasure (1 Chron. xvii :to; Ps. lxix :35 • Jer. xviii :9). (4) His building of David's throne imports his upholding and prospering nim and his seed in the kingly office over the Israelites; but chiefly his enlarging and perpetuating the glory of Christ and his church (Ps. lxxxix :4)• (5) His building the walls of Jerusalem. or Zion, imports not only his giving prosperity to the Jewish nation and church, but his giving spiritual increase and prosperity to the church in every age ( Ps. li :18). (6) The church is built in Christ; her true members are spiritually united to him as their legal and mysti cal head, and cleave to him by faith and love; and are supported and strengthened by his Spirit and gracious influence (Col. ii :7; Eph. ii :21, 22).
(7) She is built on Christ; his person and right eousness, and truth, as declared by his prophets and apostles, are her true foundation ; and in con nection with him her whole fabric consists (Eph. ii:20; t Cor. :it). (8) The saints build up themselves in their most holy faith; they more fully consider, more firmly believe. and more dili gently practice Divine truths; and, receiving out of Christ's fullness, increase in faith. love, and every other grace ( Jude 2o). (9) Magistrates build up a state; they devise, establish, and exe cute good laws; and so promote the felicity and honor of the people (Ezek. xxvii :4). (to) Mothers build up families by bringing forth chil dren to enlarge and perpetuate them (Ruth iv :1 r ; Comp. 2 Sam. vii :27).
BUB= (Heb. book-kee', waster).
1. Son of Abishua and father of Uzzi (B. C. 1618), in the line of Aaron (I Chron. vi:5, 51; Ezra vii:4). It is not stated that Bukki ever filled the office of high priest. (Sec Selden's Genealox-. of our Lord, ch. x.) 2. Son of Jogli, "prince" of the tribe of Dan, one of the ten men chosen by Moses to apportion the land of Canaan between the tribes (Num. xxxiv:22), B. C. 1618.