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Lexicon :: Strong's H1004 - bayiṯ

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בַּיִת
Transliteration
bayiṯ
Pronunciation
bah'-yith
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Part of Speech
proper patrial adjective, adverb, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from בָּנָה (H1129) abbreviated
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 241

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: בית.

Strong’s Definitions

בַּיִת bayith, bah'-yith; probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.):—court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, × great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,055x

The KJV translates Strong's H1004 in the following manner: house (1,881x), household (54x), home (25x), within (22x), temple (11x), prison (16x), place (16x), family (3x), families (with H1) (2x), dungeon (2x), miscellaneous (23x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,055x
The KJV translates Strong's H1004 in the following manner: house (1,881x), household (54x), home (25x), within (22x), temple (11x), prison (16x), place (16x), family (3x), families (with H1) (2x), dungeon (2x), miscellaneous (23x).
  1. house

    1. house, dwelling habitation

    2. shelter or abode of animals

    3. human bodies (fig.)

    4. of Sheol

    5. of abode of light and darkness

    6. of land of Ephraim

  2. place

  3. receptacle

  4. home, house as containing a family

  5. household, family

    1. those belonging to the same household

    2. family of descendants, descendants as organized body

  6. household affairs

  7. inwards (metaph.)

  8. (TWOT) temple

    adverb
  9. on the inside

    preposition
  10. within

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בַּיִת bayith, bah'-yith; probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.):—court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, × great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
STRONGS H1004: Abbreviations
בַּ֫יִת 2034 noun masculineDeuteronomy 8:12 house (Phoenician בת, MI בת, suffix ביתה, Arabic بَيْتُ, Aramaic H1005 בַּיְתָא, Atxyfb Assyrian bîtu, COTGloss, Sabean בית, בת, fortress DHMZMG 1883, 387; temple Hal257 DHMZMG 1876, 697, Ethiopic ቤት፡ Palmyrene in בת עלמא, בת מקברתא sepulchre Vog32, 64 and others; etymology dubious; Thes √ בות, Aramaic בּוּת, txb spend the night, Arabic بَاتَ Ethiopic ቤት፡ but this perhaps denominative, & בית from √ לר֞ with ת afform. compare Sta§187 a) — absolute בַּיִת Exodus 12:30 +; בָּ֑יִת Genesis 33:17 +; בַּ֫יְתָה (ה ָ locative) Psalm 68:7 +; construct בֵּית Genesis 12:15 +; suffix בֵּיתִי Genesis 15:2 +; בֵּיתְךָ Genesis 7:1 +, etc.; הַבַּ֫יְתָה, בַּיְתָה (in) to the house, homeward, Genesis 19:10; Psalm 68:7 +; also בֵּ֫יתָה (in) to the house of...; plural בָּֽתִּים Exodus 1:21 + (i.e. bâttîm, see Nö in MeArchaeology i. 456 f., compare Ges§ 96); construct בָּֽתֵּי Exodus 8:17 +; suffix בָּתֶּיךָ Exodus 10:6; בָּֽתָּיו 1 Chronicles 28:11; בָּֽתֵּינוּ Exodus 12:27 +; בָּֽתֵּיכֶם Genesis 42:19; בָּתֵּיהֶם Numbers 16:32 +; (בָּֽתֵּ֫ימוֺ Psalm 49:12), etc.; —
1. house,
a. as dwelling habitation Genesis 19:2, 3, 4, 11; Genesis 27:15; Genesis 33:17 (object of בָּנָה) Exodus 12:7 + often; מוֺשַׁב בּ׳ Leviticus 25:29 (compare בַּיִת לְשִׁבְתִּי 2 Samuel 7:5); בֵּית = in the house of, when modifying word follows, compare DrSm 29, n. 2 (after stative construct מוֺלֶדֶת בַּיִת אוֺ מוֺלֶדֶת חוּץ Leviticus 19:9); e.g. אָבִיךָ בּ׳ Genesis 24:23; אִישָׁהּ בּ׳ Numbers 30:11 יהוה בּ׳ 2 Kings 23:24; so in proper name ביתאל Amos 7:13; (ה)בַּ֫יְתָה into the house, home Exodus 9:19 (of man & beast) compare, Judges 19:18; 1 Samuel 6:7 (compare 1 Samuel 6:10) 1 Kings 13:7, 15; Psalm 68:7; Isaiah 14:17 etc.; compare below 7 below; partic
(α) in J occasionally of tent Genesis 27:15; compare Genesis 33:17 (with בנה; here of nomad's hut); usually
(β) house of solid materials, with doorposts, etc. Exodus 12:7; Deuteronomy 6:9; Deuteronomy 11:20, walls Leviticus 14:37, 39, of stones, timber & mortar Leviticus 14:45 (compare Leviticus 14:40; Leviticus 14:42; Leviticus 14:43); so also Joshua 2:15; supported by pillars Judges 16:26f.; with roof on which one could walk 2 Samuel 11:12 etc.; see especially temple and king's house in Jerusalem 1 Kings 5-7 etc.; compare Songs 1:7; Jeremiah 22:14; of Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40f.; בָּֽתֵּכֶם סְפוּנִים of luxurious houses Haggai 1:4; בנה בָּֽתִּים טֹבִים Deuteronomy 8:12; בּנה בַּיִת־חָדָשׁ Deuteronomy 20:5; compare Deuteronomy 22:8; also with בנה Deuteronomy 28:30 + often;
(γ) construct before word of material, אֲרָזִים בּ׳ 2 Samuel 7:2, 7 = 1 Chronicles 17:1 (הַא׳ בּ׳) 1 Chronicles 17:6; הַשֵּׁן בּ׳ 1 Kings 22:39 compare Amos 3:15; גָּזִית בּ׳ house of hewn stone Amos 5:11; compare בֵּית יַעַר הַלְּבָנוֺן 1 Kings 7:2; 2 Chronicles 9:20, בֵּית הַיַּעַר Isaiah 22:8;
(δ) also before word of quality or characteristic, בֵּית אֵבֶל Ecclesiastes 7:2 || מִשְׁתֶּה בּ׳ Ecclesiastes 7:4 || שִׂמְחָה בּ׳; מַרְזֵחַ בּ׳ Jeremiah 16:5; מִשְׁתֶּה בּ׳ Jeremiah 16:8; בָּֽתֵּי חֶמְדָּתֵךְ Ezekiel 26:12; בֵּית תַּעֲנֻגֶי֑הָ Micah 2:9; compare מְרִי בּ׳ rebellious house below 5. d below;
(ε) in combinations, of structures for various purposes: —
(1) בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ = palace 1 Kings 9:1, 10; 1 Kings 10:12 +, etc.; בֵּית מַמְלָכָה Amos 7:13 compare below 2 below; הַמַּלְכוּת בּ׳ Esther 5:1; compare Esther 2:16; לְמַלְכוּתוֺ בּ׳ 2 Chronicles 1:18;
(2) בֵּית הַסֹּהַר = the prison Genesis 39:20 (twice in verse); Genesis 39:21, 22 (twice in verse); Genesis 39:23; Genesis 40:3, 5; compare מִשְׁמַרְכֶם בּ׳ Genesis 42:19; מִשְׁמֶרֶת בּ׳ 2 Samuel 20:3; בּ׳ הָאָסוּר Jeremiah 37:15; הָאֲסיּרים בּ׳ Judges 16:21, 25; הָסֿוּרִים בּ׳ Ecclesiastes 4:14; הַכֶּלֶא בּ׳ 1 Kings 22:27; 2 Kings 17:4; 2 Chronicles 18:26; Jeremiah 37:15, 18 compare Isaiah 42:7; כֶּלֶא בּ׳ 2 Kings 25:27; הַמַּהְפֶּכֶת בּ׳ 2 Chronicles 16:10; הַכְּליּ֯א בּ׳ Jeremiah 37:4; Jeremiah 52:31; בָּֽתֵּי כְלָאִים Isaiah 42:22; בֵּית־הַבּוֺר Jeremiah 37:16; הַפְּקֻדּוֹת בּ׳ Jeremiah 52:31;
(3) בֵּית הַנָּשִׁים house of the women, harem Esther 2:9, 11, 13, 14;
(4) מִשְׁתֵּה הַיַּיִן בּ׳ Esther 7:8; הַיָּ֑יִן בּ׳ Songs 2:4; compare בָּֽתֵּי מָשׂוֺשׂ Isaiah 32:13;
(5) בֵּית הַחֹרֶף Amos 3:15; Jeremiah 36:22; הַקָּ֑יִץ בּ׳ Amos 3:15;
(6) בֵּית נְכֹתֹה & בֵּית כֵּלָיו 2 Kings 20:13 = Isaiah 39:2;
(7) בֵּית הַגָּן garden-h. (or proper name? compare p. III) 2 Kings 9:27;
(8) בֵּית־עֵקֶד binding-h. (or proper name?) 2 Kings 10:12, 14;
(9) בֵּיתעֲבָדִים h. of slaves (where slaves live), only figurative of Egypt Exodus 13:3, 14; Exodus 20:2; Deuteronomy 5:6; Deuteronomy 6:12; Deuteronomy 7:8; Deuteronomy 8:14; Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 13:11; Joshua 24:17; Judges 6:8; Micah 6:4; Jeremiah 34:13; — on הַחָפְשִׁית בּ׳ 2 Kings 15:5 2 Chronicles 26:21 compare חפשׁית; especially.
(10) בֵּית י׳ = temple 1 Kings 7:12, 40, 45, 51 & very often; also (mostly late) בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים 1 Chronicles 9:11, 13, 26 + often; but also of earlier tent of worship Judges 18:31; see also הָאֹהֶל בּ׳ 1 Chronicles 9:23, compare אֱלֹהִים בּ׳ of local shrine 1 Chronicles 17:5; & also in mouth of Jacob, as explanation of name of Bethel Genesis 28:17 (compare Genesis 28:19), & as name of stone, or MaÁÁeba Genesis 28:22 = (all E); also י׳ ב׳ of earlier tent of worship Judges 19:18; 1 Samuel 1:7, 24; 2 Samuel 12:20 (compare further אֱלֹהִים, יהוה); הָאוֺצָר בּ׳ Malachi 3:10; compare הֵיכַל הַבַּיִת 1 Kings 6:3, & בּ׳ alone in same sense, especially 1 Kings 6 compare 2 Chron 1:18; 2 Chronicles 2:3; 2 Chronicles 2:11 +; see 1 Chronicles 28:2 מְנוּחָה לַאֲרוֺן בְּרִית־י׳ בּ׳ וְלַהֲדֹם רַגְלֵי אֱלֹהֵינוּ; also בֵּית הַקֹּדֶשׁ 1 Chronicles 29:3; קֹדֶשׁ בּ׳ הַקֳּדָשִׁים 2 Chronicles 3:8, 10 קָדְשֵׁנוּ וְתִפְאַרְתֵּנוּ בּ׳ Isaiah 64:10; בֵּית־זְבֻל 2 Chronicles 6:2; בֵּית זָ֑בַח 2 Chronicles 7:12 בֵּית מִקְדָּשָׁם 2 Chronicles 36:17; תְּפִלָּה בּ׳ Isaiah 56:7 (twice in verse); תִּפְאַרְתִּי בּ׳ Isaiah 60:7; also of heathen temples בַּעַל־בְּרִית ב׳ Judges 9:4; ־דָּגוֺן ב׳ 1 Samuel 5:5 עַשְׁתָּרוֺת ב׳ 1 Samuel 31:10; רִמּוֺן ב׳ 2 Kings 5:18 (3 times in verse); הַבַּעַל ב׳ 2 Kings 10:21 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 10:23, 25, 26, 27; 2 Kings 11:18; עֲצַבֵּיהֶם בּ׳ 1 Samuel 31:9 (but read rather את־עצביהם as in || 1 Chronicles 10:9 so Greek Version of the LXX We Dr); בֵּית בָּמוֺת 1 Kings 12:31 (compare MI בת במת) see also 1 Kings 13:32; 2 Kings 17:29, 32; בֵּית אוֺצַר אֱלֹהָיו Daniel 1:2 etc.; made of woven material 2 Kings 23:7; אֲשֶׁר הַנָּשִׁים אֹרְגוֺת שָׁם בָּֽתִּים לָאֲשֵׁרָה perhaps = tent-shrines but text dubious Greek Version of the LXX χεττιεῖν (כתנות ?); LXX of Lucian (Lag.) στολάς; compare EwH iii.718 & Klo;
(ζ) of portion of larger building (late), so plural בָּֽתָּיו 1 Chronicles 28:11 i.e. of the temple (|| גַּנְזַכָּיו, עֲלִיֹּתָיו, חֲדָרָיו); compare הַכַּפֹּדֶת בּ׳ ib.; הַמְֿבַשְּׁלִים בּ׳ Ezekiel 46:24.
b. as shelter or abode of animals 1 Samuel 6:7, 10 compare Exodus 9:19; בֵּית עַכָּבִישׁ Job 8:14 spider's web (compare בָּנָה כָעָשׁ בֵּיתוֺ Job 27:18); of wild ass Job 39:6 שַׂמְתִּי עֲרָבָה בֵיתוֺ; בַּיִת מָֽצְאָה צִפּוֹר Psalm 84:4 (|| קֵן); חֲסִידָה בְּרוֺשִׁים בֵּיתָהּ Psalm 104:17 (compare || & Che); Proverbs 30:26 (of the שְׁפַנִּים 'conies').
c. figurative of human bodies בָּֽתֵּי־חֹמֶר Job 4:19 houses of clay, compare in phrase שֹׁמְרֵי הַבַּיִת Ecclesiastes 12:3 keepers of the house, i.e. the arms; see further בֵּית מְגוּרָ֑י Psalm 119:54.
d. of She’ôl, שְׁאוֺל בֵּיתִי Job 17:13, compare בֵּית מוֺעֵד לְכָל־חָ֑י Job 30:23 (|| מָוֶת); בֵּית עוֺלָמוֺ Ecclesiastes 12:5 (perhaps = tomb, see De).
e. of abode of light & darkness Job 38:20.
f. of land of Ephraim as יהוה בּ׳ Hosea 8:1; Hosea 9:15 (compare אֶרֶץ י׳ Hosea 9:3).
2. place, of Jerusalem בֵּית קִבְרוֺת אֲבֹתַי Nehemiah 2:3 (|| עִיר Nehemiah 2:5), compare also proper name compounded with בֵּית, below, & בֵּית מַמְלָכָה Amos 7:13 (predicate of Bethel); בֵּית נְתִיבוֺת Proverbs 8:2 i.e. where paths meet RV; אֲבָנִים בּ׳ Job 8:17; on both these H996 בֵּית.
† 3. receptacle, תְּעָלָה כְּבֵית סָאתַיִם 1 Kings 18:32 a trench like a receptacle of two seahs; בָּֽתֵּי נֶפֶשׁ Isaiah 3:20 i.e. vials of perfume; especially בָּֽתִּים לְבַדִּים Exodus 25:27 holders for the staves, i.e. rings, טַבָּעֹת ib.; so Exodus 37:14, 27; Exodus 38:5; compare בָּֽתִּים לַבְּרִיחִם Exodus 26:29; Exodus 36:34 holders for the bars (all P, & all explained by טבעת); בֵּית־לָהּ סָבִיב Ezekiel 1:27 (si vera lectio) its [construct as Psalm 58:5] house (= enclosing cage) was round about (strike out B Hi Co).
4. of house as containing a family, hence in phrase of slaves belonging to household יְלִידֵי בֵיתוֺ Genesis 14:14; compare Genesis 17:12 (opposed to מִקְנַת־כֶּסֶף) Genesis 17:13 (all || id.) figurative of Israel Jeremiah 2:14 (|| עֶבֶד); compare בֶּן־בֵּיתִי Genesis 15:3; בְּנֵי־בַיִת הָיָה לִי Ecclesiastes 2:7 (as token of wealth & prosperity); also of one's sister מוֺלֶדֶת בַּיִת Leviticus 18:19 (|| חוּץ מ׳ compare below); אַנְשֵׁי בֵיתוֺ Genesis 17:27; נַפְשׁוֺת בּ׳ Genesis 36:6; כָּל־הַנֶּפֶשׁ לְבֵית־יַעֲקֹב Genesis 46:27. Hence
5. household, family (592 times)
a. ordinary sense, those belonging to the same household Genesis 7:1; Genesis 12:1, 17 +, Deuteronomy 6:22; Deuteronomy 11:6 +; Hexateuch mostly J D; E Genesis 35:2; Genesis 42:33; Genesis 50:22 compare Exodus 1:21 below; P Genesis 36:6; Exodus 1:1; Exodus 12:4; Leviticus 16:6, 11, 17; Numbers 16:32; Numbers 18:31; Joshua 22:15; even where expressly said to inhabit tents Numbers 16:32; Deuteronomy 11:6 אֶת־בָּֽתֵּיהֶם וְאֶת־אָהֳלֵיהֶם; specifically זְקַן־בּ׳ Genesis 24:2; compare Genesis 50:7 (of rank & dignity in household); of a family of handicraftsmen מִשְׁפְּחוֹת בֵּית־עֲבֹדַת הַבֻּץ 1 Chronicles 4:21 (see H948 בוץ); also, with figurative of house clearly in mind מִשְׁקֹלֶת בּ׳ 2 Kings 21:13; מַפְתֵּחַ בּ׳ Isaiah 22:22.
b. family of descendants, descendants as organized body Genesis 18:19 (J || בָּנִים) +, & so with בָּנָה (q. v.) אחיו יִבְנֶה בּ׳ Deuteronomy 25:9 compare Ruth 4:11 &, subject י׳, לְ בָּנָה בּ׳ 2 Samuel 7:27 = 1 Chronicles 17:10, 25; also 1 Samuel 2:35; 1 Kings 11:38 (both נֶאֱמָן בּ׳), so לְ עשׂה בּ׳ 2 Samuel 7:11; 1 Kings 2:24; also plural וַיַּעַשׂ לָהֶם בָּֽתִּים Exodus 1:21; נֶאֱמָן לְ עשׂה ב׳ 1 Samuel 25:28; compare especially with proper name, e.g.
c. בֵּית שָׁאוּל 2 Samuel 3:1 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 3:6 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 3:8, 10; 2 Samuel 9:1, 2, 3, 9; 2 Samuel 16:5 (שׁ׳ משׁפחת בּ׳) 2 Samuel 16:8; 2 Samuel 19:18 (compare 2 Samuel 21:1 where read וְאֶל־ בֵּיתֹה דָמִים so Greek Version of the LXX We Dr) 1 Chronicles 12:29; בֵּית דָּוִד 2 Samuel 3:1, 6; 2 Samuel 7:26 = 1 Chronicles 17:24 (compare context in both), 1 Kings 12:19 2 Chronicles 10:19, 2 Chronicles 10:20; 2 Chronicles 10:26; 2 Chronicles 13:2; 2 Chronicles 14:8; 2 Kings 17:21; Isaiah 7:2, 13; Isaiah 22:22; Jeremiah 21:12; Zechariah 12:7, 8, 10, 12 (דּ׳ משׁפחת בּ׳) 2 Chronicles 21:7; Psalm 122:5; יָרָבְעָם בּ׳ 1 Kings 13:34; 1 Kings 14:10 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 14:13, 14; 1 Kings 15:29; 1 Kings 16:3; 1 Kings 21:22; 2 Kings 9:9; 2 Kings 13:6; אַחְאָב בּ׳ 2 Kings 8:18, 27 (3 times in verse) (of Ahaziah א׳ חֲתַן בּ׳), 2 Kings 9:7, 8, 9; 2 Kings 10:10, 11; 2 Kings 21:13; Micah 6:16; 2 Chronicles 21:6; 21:13; 22:3; 22:4; 22:7; 22:8; etc.
d. especially of Hebrew people & subdivisions:
(α) בֵּית יִשְׂחָ֑ק Amos 7:16;
(β)עֵשָׂו בּ׳ Obadiah 18 (twice in verse);
(γ)בֵּית יַעֲקֹב Genesis 46:27 (P) Exodus 19:3 (E) Amos 3:13; Amos 9:8; Micah 2:7; Micah 3:9; Obadiah 17,18; Isaiah 8:17; Isaiah 10:20; Isaiah 14:1; Isaiah 29:22; Isaiah 46:3; Isaiah 48:1; Isaiah 58:1; Jeremiah 2:4; Jeremiah 5:20; Psalm 114:1; also יעקב זֶרַע בּ׳ Ezekiel 20:5 (strike out Co); most frequently...
(δ) בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל (Vrss & variant reading sometimes בני see H1121 בֵּן) † Hexateuch Exodus 16:31; Exodus 40:38; Leviticus 10:6; Numbers 20:29 (all P) Leviticus 17:3, 8, 10; Leviticus 22:18 (H) Joshua 21:43 (D)†; 1 Samuel 7:2 + 8 times Samuel Kings; Hosea 1:4, 6; Hosea 5:1; Hosea 6:10; Hosea 12:1; Amos 5:1 + 7 times Amos; †Micah 1:5; Micah 3:1, 9; Isaiah 5:7; Isaiah 14:2, also Isaiah 46:3; Isaiah 63:7; Zechariah 8:13†; but especially Jeremiah 2:4, 26 + 17 times Jeremiah; Ezekiel 3:1, 4, 5, 7 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 3:17 + 75 times Ezekiel; also יִשְׂרָאֵל זֶרַע בּ׳ Jeremiah 23:8; Ezekiel 44:22 (Co strike out בּ׳); שְׁנֵי בָֽתֵּי יִשְׂרָאֵל Isaiah 8:14; בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהוּדָה Ezekiel 9:9 + Ezekiel 25:8 Co; futher בֵּית מְרִי rebellious house (of Israel) Ezekiel 2:5, 6; Ezekiel 3:9, 26, 27; Ezekiel 12:2, 3, & הַמֶּ֑רִי בּ׳ Ezekiel 2:8; Ezekiel 12:2, 9, 25; Ezekiel 17:12; Ezekiel 24:3 [+ Ezekiel 44:6 Co];
(ε) בֵּית יְהוּדָה 2 Samuel 2:4, 7, 10, 11; 1 Kings 12:21 2 Chronicles 11:1; 2 Kings 19:30 = Isaiah 37:31; Isaiah 22:21; Hosea 1:7; Hosea 5:12, 14; Zephaniah 2:7; Zechariah 8:13, 15, 19; Zechariah 10:3, 6; Zechariah 12:4, & especially Jeremiah 3:18 + 9 times Jeremiah; Ezekiel 4:6 + 4 times Ezekiel + Ezekiel 9:9 above; also יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן בּ׳ 1 Kings 12:23; † מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה בּ׳ Jeremiah 21:11; Jeremiah 22:6;
(η)אֶפְרַיִם בּ׳ Judges 10:9;
(θ) בִּנְיָמִן בּ׳ 2 Samuel 3:19 compare 1 Kings 12:23 above;
(ι) יִשָּׂשכָר בּ׳ 1 Kings 15:27;
(κ)לֵוִי בּ׳ Exodus 2:1 (E) Numbers 17:23 (P) Zechariah 12:13 (ל׳ משׁפחת ב׳), Psalm 135:20; &
(λ) אַהֲרֹן בּ׳ Psalm 115:10; Psalm 115:12; Psalm 118:3; Psalm 135:19.
e. technically, yet with some looseness of usage, בֵּית אָב father's house, of family or clan, plural בֵּית אָבוֺת father-houses, families (e.g. Numbers 1:2) (79 times; only P & Chronicles) Exodus 6:14; Exodus 12:3; Numbers 1:2, 4, 18 + 41 times Numbers; Joshua 22:14 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 4:38; 1 Chronicles 5:13 + 25 times Chronicles; Ezra 2:59; Ezra 10:16; Nehemiah 7:61; Nehemiah 10:35; = tribe Numbers 17:17 (twice in verse); Numbers 17:18; Numbers 17:21; = main division of tribe Numbers 3:20, 24 +, compare Numbers 34:14 (twice in verse) etc.; futher sub-division Exodus 12:3; 1 Chronicles 7:2, 7 +; compare especially 1 Chronicles 23:11 Jeush and Beriah had not many sons, therefore they became לְבֵית אָב לִפְקֻדָּה אֶחָ֑ת (compare ראשׁי אבות, below אב).
6. house, including household affairs, persons, property, etc. וַיַּפְקִדֵהוּ עַל־בֵּיתוֺ Genesis 39:4 compare בְּבֵיתוֺ Genesis 39:5; אֲשֶׁר עַל־בֵּיתוֺ Genesis 44:1, 4; hence אשׁר על הבית as title of governor of the palace (EwH iii. 269) Isaiah 22:15; Isaiah 36:3 compare 1 Kings 4:6; 2 Kings 15:5; in Israel 1 Kings 16:9; 1 Kings 18:3; 2 Kings 10:5: further 2 Samuel 17:23; 2 Kings 20:1 = Isaiah 38:1; hence of personal property 1 Kings 13:8 אִם־תִּתֶּן־לִי אֶת־חֲצִי בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ; family and property (everything on which one depends) Job 8:15.
7. בַּ֫יְתָה, בָּ֑יְתָה, literally housewards, hence metaphor inwards, † Exodus 28:26 = Exodus 39:19 (that is, of the ephod), 1 Kings 7:25 = 2 Chronicles 4:4 (that is, of the circle of oxen supporting the molten sea); 2 Samuel 5:9 מִן־הַמִּלּוֺא וָבָ֑יְתָה from the Millo and inward, Ezekiel 44:17.
8. מִבַּיִת
a. adverb on the inside (of a building, chest, etc.: opposed to מִחוּץ) † Genesis 6:14; Exodus 25:11 = Exodus 37:2; Leviticus 14:41; 1 Kings 6:15, 16; 1 Kings 7:9; 2 Kings 6:30 (of a person's clothes), Ezekiel 7:15; so with ה locative מִבֲַּ֫יְתָה1 Kings 6:15
b.מִבֵּית לְ (construct Ges§ 130, 1 n.) preposition within (opposed to מִחוּץ לְ), מִבֵּית לַמָּרֹכֶת within the veil Exodus 26:33; Leviticus 16:2, 12; Numbers 18:7 לְכָל־דְּבַר הַמִּזִבֵּחַ וּלְמִבֵּית לַמָּרֹכֶת for everything of the altar, and for (that) within the veil; 1 Kings 7:8, 31; (read לַכְּתֵפֹת; see VB & StaZAW 1883, 165); אֶל־מִבֵּית לְ (after a verb of motion) in within Leviticus 16:15; 2 Kings 11:15 = 2 Chronicles 23:14.
Note.בית perhaps occurs abbreviated into בּ in proper name בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה q.v. so Thes and others; compare also Aramaic בא = בית in like usage LagArmen. Stud. § 339; Se i. 51; GGA 1884, 276 **on בְּ as abbreviated בית see WetzstHauran 110 KampffmeyerZPV xv (1892), 111.
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Genesis

6:14; 7:1; 7:1; 12:1; 12:15; 12:17; 14:14; 15:2; 15:3; 17:12; 17:13; 17:27; 18:19; 19:2; 19:3; 19:4; 19:10; 19:11; 24:2; 24:23; 27:15; 27:15; 28:17; 28:19; 28:22; 33:17; 33:17; 33:17; 35:2; 36:6; 36:6; 39:4; 39:5; 39:20; 39:21; 39:22; 39:23; 40:3; 40:5; 42:19; 42:19; 42:33; 44:1; 44:4; 46:27; 46:27; 50:7; 50:8; 50:22

Exodus

1:1; 1:21; 1:21; 1:21; 2:1; 6:14; 8:17; 9:19; 9:19; 10:6; 12:3; 12:3; 12:4; 12:7; 12:7; 12:27; 12:30; 13:3; 13:14; 16:31; 19:3; 20:2; 25:11; 25:27; 26:29; 26:33; 28:26; 36:34; 37:2; 37:14; 37:27; 38:5; 39:19; 40:38

Leviticus

10:6; 14:37; 14:39; 14:40; 14:41; 14:42; 14:43; 14:45; 16:2; 16:6; 16:11; 16:12; 16:15; 16:17; 17:3; 17:8; 17:10; 18:19; 19:9; 22:18; 25:29

Numbers

1:2; 1:2; 1:4; 1:18; 3:20; 3:24; 16:32; 16:32; 16:32; 18:7; 18:31; 20:29; 30:11; 34:14

Deuteronomy

5:6; 6:9; 6:12; 6:22; 7:8; 8:12; 8:12; 8:14; 11:6; 11:6; 11:20; 13:6; 13:11; 20:5; 22:8; 25:9; 28:30

Joshua

2:15; 17:17; 18:5; 21:43; 22:14; 22:15; 24:17

Judges

1:22; 1:23; 1:35; 6:8; 9:4; 10:9; 16:21; 16:25; 16:26; 18:31; 19:18; 19:18

Ruth

4:11

1 Samuel

1:7; 1:24; 2:35; 5:5; 6:7; 6:7; 6:10; 6:10; 7:2; 25:28; 31:9; 31:10

2 Samuel

2:4; 2:7; 2:10; 2:11; 3:1; 3:1; 3:6; 3:6; 3:8; 3:10; 3:19; 5:9; 7:2; 7:5; 7:7; 7:11; 7:26; 7:27; 9:1; 9:2; 9:3; 9:9; 11:12; 12:20; 16:5; 16:8; 17:23; 19:18; 19:21; 20:3; 21:1

1 Kings

2:24; 4:6; 6; 6:3; 6:15; 6:15; 6:16; 7:2; 7:8; 7:9; 7:12; 7:25; 7:31; 7:40; 7:45; 7:51; 9:1; 9:10; 10:12; 11:28; 11:38; 12:19; 12:21; 12:23; 12:23; 12:31; 13:7; 13:8; 13:15; 13:32; 13:34; 14:10; 14:13; 14:14; 15:27; 15:29; 16:3; 16:9; 18:3; 18:32; 21:22; 22:27; 22:39

2 Kings

5:18; 6:30; 8:18; 8:27; 9:7; 9:8; 9:9; 9:9; 9:27; 10:5; 10:10; 10:11; 10:12; 10:14; 10:21; 10:23; 10:25; 10:26; 10:27; 11:15; 11:18; 13:6; 15:5; 15:5; 17:4; 17:21; 17:29; 17:32; 19:30; 20:1; 20:13; 21:13; 21:13; 23:7; 23:24; 25:27

1 Chronicles

4:21; 4:38; 5:13; 7:2; 7:7; 9:11; 9:13; 9:23; 9:26; 10:9; 12:29; 17:1; 17:5; 17:6; 17:10; 17:24; 17:25; 23:11; 28:2; 28:11; 28:11; 29:3

2 Chronicles

2:3; 2:11; 3:8; 3:10; 4:4; 6:2; 7:12; 9:20; 10:19; 11:1; 13:2; 14:8; 16:10; 18:26; 21:6; 21:7; 21:13; 22:3; 22:4; 22:7; 22:8; 23:14; 26:21; 36:17

Ezra

2:59; 10:16

Nehemiah

2:3; 2:5; 7:61; 10:35

Esther

2:9; 2:11; 2:13; 2:14; 2:16; 5:1; 7:8

Job

4:19; 8:14; 8:15; 8:17; 17:13; 27:18; 30:23; 38:20; 39:6

Psalms

49:12; 58:5; 68:7; 68:7; 68:7; 84:4; 104:17; 114:1; 115:10; 115:12; 118:3; 119:54; 122:5; 135:19; 135:20

Proverbs

8:2; 30:26

Ecclesiastes

2:7; 4:14; 7:2; 7:4; 12:3; 12:5

Song of Songs

1:7; 2:4

Isaiah

3:20; 5:7; 7:2; 7:13; 8:14; 8:17; 10:20; 14:1; 14:2; 14:17; 22:8; 22:15; 22:21; 22:22; 22:22; 29:22; 32:13; 36:3; 37:31; 38:1; 39:2; 42:7; 42:22; 46:3; 46:3; 48:1; 56:7; 58:1; 60:7; 63:7; 64:10

Jeremiah

2:4; 2:4; 2:14; 2:26; 3:18; 5:20; 16:5; 16:8; 21:11; 21:12; 22:6; 22:14; 23:8; 34:13; 36:22; 37:4; 37:15; 37:15; 37:16; 37:18; 52:31; 52:31

Ezekiel

1:27; 2:5; 2:6; 2:8; 3:1; 3:4; 3:5; 3:7; 3:9; 3:17; 3:26; 3:27; 4:6; 7:15; 9:9; 9:9; 12:2; 12:2; 12:3; 12:9; 12:25; 17:12; 20:5; 24:3; 25:8; 26:12; 44:6; 44:17; 44:22; 46:24

Daniel

1:2

Hosea

1:4; 1:6; 1:7; 5:1; 5:12; 5:14; 6:10; 8:1; 9:3; 9:15; 12:1

Amos

3:13; 3:15; 3:15; 3:15; 5:1; 5:6; 5:11; 7:13; 7:13; 7:13; 7:16; 9:8

Obadiah

1:17; 1:18; 1:18

Micah

1:5; 2:7; 2:9; 3:1; 3:9; 3:9; 6:4; 6:16

Zephaniah

2:7

Haggai

1:4

Zechariah

8:13; 8:13; 8:15; 8:19; 10:3; 10:6; 10:6; 12:4; 12:7; 12:8; 12:10; 12:12; 12:13

Malachi

3:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1004 matches the Hebrew בַּיִת (bayiṯ),
which occurs 2,056 times in 1,712 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 35 (Gen 6:14–Gen 39:4)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:14 - Make a teivah of gofer wood. You shall make rooms in the teivah, and shall seal it inside and outside with kofer.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:1 - The LORD said to Noach, "Come with all of your household into the teivah, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:1 - Now the LORD said to Avram, "Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:15 - The princes of Par`oh saw her, and praised her to Par`oh; and the woman was taken into Par`oh's house.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:17 - The LORD plagued Par`oh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Avram's wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - When Avram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:2 - Avram said, "Lord GOD, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eli`ezer of Dammesek?"
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:3 - Avram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:12 - He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner who is not of your seed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:13 - He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:23 - Avraham took Yishma'el his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Avraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:27 - All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:19 - For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that the LORD may bring on Avraham that which he has spoken of him."
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:2 - and he said, "See now, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you will rise up early, and go on your way." They said, "No, but we will stay in the street all night."
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:3 - He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. He made them a feast, and baked matzah, and they ate.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sedom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:10 - But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:11 - They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:13 - It happened, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, 'This is your kindness which you shall show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, "He is my brother."'"
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18 - For the LORD had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Avimelekh, because of Sarah, Avraham's wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2 - Avraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:7 - The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land.' He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:23 - and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father's house for us to lodge in?"
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:27 - He said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Avraham, who has not forsaken his lovingkindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, the LORD has led me in the way to the house of my master's relatives."
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:28 - The young lady ran, and told her mother's house about these words.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:31 - He said, "Come in, you blessed of the LORD. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels."
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32 - The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:38 - but you shall go to my father's house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:40 - He said to me, 'The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son of my relatives, and of my father's house.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:15 - Rivka took the good clothes of Esav, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Ya`akov, her younger son.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2 - Arise, go to Paddan-Aram, to the house of Betu'el your mother's father. Take a wife from there from the daughters of Lavan, your mother's brother.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:17 - He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven."
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:21 - so that I come again to my father's house in shalom, and the LORD will be my God,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:22 - then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God's house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give the tenth to you."
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13 - It happened, when Lavan heard the news of Ya`akov, his sister's son, that he ran to meet Ya`akov, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Ya`akov told Lavan all these things.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:30 - For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. The LORD has blessed you wherever I turned. Now when will I provide for my own house also?"
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:14 - Rachel and Le'ah answered him, "Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:30 - Now, you want to be gone, because you sore longed after your father's house, but why have you stolen my gods?"
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - These twenty years have I been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:17 - Ya`akov traveled to Sukkot, built himself a house, and made shelters for his cattle. Therefore the name of the place is called Sukkot.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:19 - The young man didn't wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Ya`akov's daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26 - They killed Hamor and Shekhem, his son, with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shekhem's house, and went away.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:29 - and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was in the house.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30 - Ya`akov said to Shim`on and Levi, "You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Kana`anim and the Perizzi. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house."
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:2 - Then Ya`akov said to his household, and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, change your garments.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:6 - Esav took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his cattle, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Kana`an, and went into a land away from his brother Ya`akov.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:11 - Then Yehudah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father's house, until Shelach, my son, is grown up;" for he said, "Lest he also die, like his brothers." Tamar went and lived in her father's house.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:2 - The LORD was with Yosef, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Mitzrian.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:4 - Yosef found favor in his sight. He ministered to him, and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

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