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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 59 times in 50 verses in 'Exo' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:1 - These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:21 - And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:1 - Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:22 - Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for articles of silver and gold and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. And so you will plunder the Egyptians.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:14 - These were the heads of their families[fn]: The sons of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel were Hanok and Pallu, Hezron and Karmi. These were the clans of Reuben.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:23 - Instead, he turned and went into his palace, and did not take even this to heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - The Nile will teem with frogs. They will come up into your palace and your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and on your people, and into your ovens and kneading troughs.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9 - Moses said to Pharaoh, “I leave to you the honor of setting the time for me to pray for you and your officials and your people that you and your houses may be rid of the frogs, except for those that remain in the Nile.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:11 - The frogs will leave you and your houses, your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:13 - And the LORD did what Moses asked. The frogs died in the houses, in the courtyards and in the fields.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:21 - If you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies on you and your officials, on your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies; even the ground will be covered with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:24 - And the LORD did this. Dense swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials; throughout Egypt the land was ruined by the flies.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:19 - Give an order now to bring your livestock and everything you have in the field to a place of shelter, because the hail will fall on every person and animal that has not been brought in and is still out in the field, and they will die.’ ”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:20 - Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their slaves and their livestock inside.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:6 - They will fill your houses and those of all your officials and all the Egyptians—something neither your parents nor your ancestors have ever seen from the day they settled in this land till now.’ ” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:3 - Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb[fn] for his family, one for each household.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:4 - If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:7 - Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:13 - The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:15 - For seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast. On the first day remove the yeast from your houses, for whoever eats anything with yeast in it from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:19 - For seven days no yeast is to be found in your houses. And anyone, whether foreigner or native-born, who eats anything with yeast in it must be cut off from the community of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:22 - Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:23 - When the LORD goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:27 - then tell them, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’ ” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:29 - At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:30 - Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:46 - “It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:3 - Then Moses said to the people, “Commemorate this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery, because the LORD brought you out of it with a mighty hand. Eat nothing containing yeast.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:14 - “In days to come, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ say to him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:31 - The people of Israel called the bread manna.[fn] It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:3 - Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain and said, “This is what you are to say to the descendants of Jacob and what you are to tell the people of Israel:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:2 - “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:17 - “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:7 - “If anyone gives a neighbor silver or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:8 - But if the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges, and they must[fn] determine whether the owner of the house has laid hands on the other person’s property.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19 - “Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:11 - Overlay it with pure gold, both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:27 - The rings are to be close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:29 - Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:33 - Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark of the covenant law behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:26 - Make two gold rings and attach them to the other two corners of the breastpiece on the inside edge next to the ephod.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:4 - Make two gold rings for the altar below the molding—two on each of the opposite sides—to hold the poles used to carry it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26 - “Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:34 - They overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also overlaid the crossbars with gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:2 - He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:14 - The rings were put close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:27 - They made two gold rings below the molding—two on each of the opposite sides—to hold the poles used to carry it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:5 - They cast bronze rings to hold the poles for the four corners of the bronze grating.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:19 - They made two gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece on the inside edge next to the ephod.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:38 - So the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the Israelites during all their travels.
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