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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;
(ζ) † יוֺסֵף בּ׳ Genesis 50:8; Joshua 17:17; Joshua 18:5 (all J E) Judges 1:22, 23, 35; 2 Samuel 19:21; 1 Kings 11:28; Amos 5:6; Obadiah 18; Zechariah 10:6;
(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 מִבֲַּ֫יְתָה † 1 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

H1004

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Strong's Number H1004 matches the Hebrew בַּיִת (bayiṯ),
which occurs 194 times in 148 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (1Ki 1:53–1Ki 7:25)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:53 - So King Solomon sent them to bring him down from the altar. And he came and fell down before King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:24 - “Now therefore, as the LORD lives, who has confirmed me and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has established a house[fn] for me, as He promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:27 - So Solomon removed Abiathar from being priest to the LORD, that he might fulfill the word of the LORD which He spoke concerning the house of Eli at Shiloh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31 - Then the king said to him, “Do as he has said, and strike him down and bury him, that you may take away from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood which Joab shed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:33 - “Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab and upon the head of his descendants forever. But upon David and his descendants, upon his house and his throne, there shall be peace forever from the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:34 - So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:36 - Then the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and dwell there, and do not go out from there anywhere.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:1 - Now Solomon made a treaty with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and married Pharaoh’s daughter; then he brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall all around Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:2 - Meanwhile the people sacrificed at the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:17 - And one woman said, “O my lord, this woman and I dwell in the same house; and I gave birth while she was in the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:18 - “Then it happened, the third day after I had given birth, that this woman also gave birth. And we were together; no one was with us in the house, except the two of us in the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:6 - Ahishar, over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda, over the labor force.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:7 - And Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each one made provision for one month of the year.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:3 - You know how my father David could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which were fought against him on every side, until the LORD put his foes[fn] under the soles of his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:5 - And behold, I propose to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to my father David, saying, “Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build the house for My name.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:9 - My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea; I will float them in rafts by sea to the place you indicate to me, and will have them broken apart there; then you can take them away. And you shall fulfill my desire by giving food for my household.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:11 - And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand kors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty[fn] kors of pressed oil. Thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:14 - And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts: they were one month in Lebanon and two months at home; Adoniram was in charge of the labor force.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:17 - And the king commanded them to quarry large stones, costly stones, and hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the temple.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:18 - So Solomon’s builders, Hiram’s builders, and the Gebalites quarried them; and they prepared timber and stones to build the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:1 - And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth[fn] year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:2 - Now the house which King Solomon built for the LORD, its length was sixty cubits, its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:3 - The vestibule in front of the sanctuary[fn] of the house was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the width of the vestibule[fn] extended ten cubits from the front of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:4 - And he made for the house windows with beveled frames.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:5 - Against the wall of the temple he built chambers all around, against the walls of the temple, all around the sanctuary and the inner sanctuary.[fn] Thus he made side chambers all around it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:6 - The lowest chamber was five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for he made narrow ledges around the outside of the temple, so that the support beams would not be fastened into the walls of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:7 - And the temple, when it was being built, was built with stone finished at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:8 - The doorway for the middle story[fn] was on the right side of the temple. They went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle to the third.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:9 - So he built the temple and finished it, and he paneled the temple with beams and boards of cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10 - And he built side chambers against the entire temple, each five cubits high; they were attached to the temple with cedar beams.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:12 - “Concerning this temple which you are building, if you walk in My statutes, execute My judgments, keep all My commandments, and walk in them, then I will perform My word with you, which I spoke to your father David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:14 - So Solomon built the temple and finished it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:15 - And he built the inside walls of the temple with cedar boards; from the floor of the temple to the ceiling he paneled the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the temple with planks of cypress.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 - Then he built the twenty-cubit room at the rear of the temple, from floor to ceiling, with cedar boards; he built it inside as the inner sanctuary, as the Most Holy Place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:17 - And in front of it the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:18 - The inside of the temple was cedar, carved with ornamental buds and open flowers. All was cedar; there was no stone to be seen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:19 - And he prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple, to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:21 - So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold. He stretched gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:22 - The whole temple he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the temple; also he overlaid with gold the entire altar that was by the inner sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:27 - Then he set the cherubim inside the inner room;[fn] and they stretched out the wings of the cherubim so that the wing of the one touched one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall. And their wings touched each other in the middle of the room.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:29 - Then he carved all the walls of the temple all around, both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:30 - And the floor of the temple he overlaid with gold, both the inner and outer sanctuaries.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:37 - In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid, in the month of Ziv.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:38 - And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its details and according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:1 - But Solomon took thirteen years to build his own house; so he finished all his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:2 - He also built the House of the Forest of Lebanon; its length was one hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, with four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar beams on the pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:8 - And the house where he dwelt had another court inside the hall, of like workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken as wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:9 - All these were of costly stones cut to size, trimmed with saws, inside and out, from the foundation to the eaves, and also on the outside to the great court.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:12 - The great court was enclosed with three rows of hewn stones and a row of cedar beams. So were the inner court of the house of the LORD and the vestibule of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:25 - It stood on twelve oxen: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their back parts pointed inward.

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