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Lexicon :: Strong's H1005 - bayiṯ

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בַּיִת
Transliteration
bayiṯ
Pronunciation
bah-yith
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to בַּיִת (H1004)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2629a

Variant Spellings

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

Strong’s Definitions

בַּיִת bayith, bah-yith; (Aramaic) corresponding to H1004:—house.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's H1005 in the following manner: house (44x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's H1005 in the following manner: house (44x).

  1. house (of men)

  2. house (of God)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בַּיִת bayith, bah-yith; (Aramaic) corresponding to H1004:—house.
STRONGS H1005: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

[בַּ֫יִת] 44 noun masculine Ezra 6; Ezra 7 house (Biblical Hebrew H1004 בַּ֫יִת); — emphatic בַּיְתָ֫א Ezra 5:3 +, תָ֫ה- Ezra 5:12; Ezra 6:15; construct (־)בֵּית Ezra 4:24; Ezra 5:2 +; suffix בַּיְתִי Daniel 4:1 (Baern., compare M§ 76 c; van d. H. Gi בֵּיתִי), בַּיְהֵתּ Daniel 2:17 +; plural suffix בָּֽתֵּיכוֺן Daniel 2:5; —
† 1. house, of men: Ezra 6:11 (twice in verse); Daniel 2:5, 17; Daniel 3:29; Daniel 6:11; of king Ezra 6:4; Daniel 4:4, מִשְׁתְּיָא ב׳ Daniel 5:10, גִּנְוַיָא דִּי מִלְכָּא ב׳ Ezra 5:17, compare Ezra 7:20 = סִפְרַיָא וגו׳ ב׳ Ezra 6:1; מִלְכוּ ב׳ Ezra 4:30 royal residence (of Babylon).
2. house of God, temple at Jerusalem Daniel 5:3, 23; Ezra 4:24 + 28 times Ezra.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:24; 4:24; 5:2; 5:3; 5:12; 5:17; 6:1; 6:4; 6:7; 6:11; 6:15; 7; 7:20

Daniel

2:5; 2:5; 2:17; 2:17; 3:29; 4:1; 4:4; 5:3; 5:10; 5:23; 6:11

H1005

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Strong's Number H1005 matches the Hebrew בַּיִת (bayiṯ),
which occurs 44 times in 38 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:24 - So the work on the Temple of God in Jerusalem had stopped, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:2 - Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jehozadak[fn] responded by starting again to rebuild the Temple of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them and helped them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:3 - But Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates River,[fn] and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues soon arrived in Jerusalem and asked, “Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:8 - “The king should know that we went to the construction site of the Temple of the great God in the province of Judah. It is being rebuilt with specially prepared stones, and timber is being laid in its walls. The work is going forward with great energy and success.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:9 - “We asked the leaders, ‘Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:11 - “This was their answer: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the Temple that was built here many years ago by a great king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:12 - But because our ancestors angered the God of heaven, he abandoned them to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon,[fn] who destroyed this Temple and exiled the people to Babylonia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:13 - However, King Cyrus of Babylon,[fn] during the first year of his reign, issued a decree that the Temple of God should be rebuilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:14 - King Cyrus returned the gold and silver cups that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the Temple of God in Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of Babylon. These cups were taken from that temple and presented to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom King Cyrus appointed as governor of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:15 - The king instructed him to return the cups to their place in Jerusalem and to rebuild the Temple of God there on its original site.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:16 - So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the Temple of God in Jerusalem. The people have been working on it ever since, though it is not yet completed.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:17 - “Therefore, if it pleases the king, we request that a search be made in the royal archives of Babylon to discover whether King Cyrus ever issued a decree to rebuild God’s Temple in Jerusalem. And then let the king send us his decision in this matter.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:1 - So King Darius issued orders that a search be made in the Babylonian archives, which were stored in the treasury.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:3 - “In the first year of King Cyrus’s reign, a decree was sent out concerning the Temple of God at Jerusalem. “Let the Temple be rebuilt on the site where Jews used to offer their sacrifices, using the original foundations. Its height will be ninety feet, and its width will be ninety feet.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:4 - Every three layers of specially prepared stones will be topped by a layer of timber. All expenses will be paid by the royal treasury.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:5 - Furthermore, the gold and silver cups, which were taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar from the Temple of God in Jerusalem, must be returned to Jerusalem and put back where they belong. Let them be taken back to the Temple of God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:7 - Do not disturb the construction of the Temple of God. Let it be rebuilt on its original site, and do not hinder the governor of Judah and the elders of the Jews in their work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:8 - “Moreover, I hereby decree that you are to help these elders of the Jews as they rebuild this Temple of God. You must pay the full construction costs, without delay, from my taxes collected in the province west of the Euphrates River so that the work will not be interrupted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:11 - “Those who violate this decree in any way will have a beam pulled from their house. Then they will be tied to it and flogged, and their house will be reduced to a pile of rubble.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:12 - May the God who has chosen the city of Jerusalem as the place to honor his name destroy any king or nation that violates this command and destroys this Temple. “I, Darius, have issued this decree. Let it be obeyed with all diligence.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:15 - The Temple was completed on March 12,[fn] during the sixth year of King Darius’s reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:16 - The Temple of God was then dedicated with great joy by the people of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the people who had returned from exile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:17 - During the dedication ceremony for the Temple of God, 100 young bulls, 200 rams, and 400 male lambs were sacrificed. And 12 male goats were presented as a sin offering for the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:16 - “Furthermore, you are to take any silver and gold that you may obtain from the province of Babylon, as well as the voluntary offerings of the people and the priests that are presented for the Temple of their God in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:17 - These donations are to be used specifically for the purchase of bulls, rams, male lambs, and the appropriate grain offerings and liquid offerings, all of which will be offered on the altar of the Temple of your God in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:19 - “But as for the cups we are entrusting to you for the service of the Temple of your God, deliver them all to the God of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:20 - If you need anything else for your God’s Temple or for any similar needs, you may take it from the royal treasury.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:23 - Be careful to provide whatever the God of heaven demands for his Temple, for why should we risk bringing God’s anger against the realm of the king and his sons?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:24 - I also decree that no priest, Levite, singer, gatekeeper, Temple servant, or other worker in this Temple of God will be required to pay tribute, customs, or tolls of any kind.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:5 - But the king said to the astrologers, “I am serious about this. If you don’t tell me what my dream was and what it means, you will be torn limb from limb, and your houses will be turned into heaps of rubble!

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:17 - Then Daniel went home and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah what had happened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:29 - Therefore, I make this decree: If any people, whatever their race or nation or language, speak a word against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, they will be torn limb from limb, and their houses will be turned into heaps of rubble. There is no other god who can rescue like this!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:4 - [fn]“I, Nebuchadnezzar, was living in my palace in comfort and prosperity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:30 - As he looked out across the city, he said, ‘Look at this great city of Babylon! By my own mighty power, I have built this beautiful city as my royal residence to display my majestic splendor.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:3 - So they brought these gold cups taken from the Temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:10 - But when the queen mother heard what was happening, she hurried to the banquet hall. She said to Belshazzar, “Long live the king! Don’t be so pale and frightened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - For you have proudly defied the Lord of heaven and have had these cups from his Temple brought before you. You and your nobles and your wives and concubines have been drinking wine from them while praising gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone—gods that neither see nor hear nor know anything at all. But you have not honored the God who gives you the breath of life and controls your destiny!

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:10 - But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God.
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