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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, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said to him, Go to thy house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:24 - Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, who hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me a house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:27

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 in Shiloh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31 - And the king said to him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:33 - Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace forever from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:34 - So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:36 - And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence to any place whatever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:1 - And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:17 - And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:18 - And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save us two in the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:6 - And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:7 - And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:3 - Thou knowest how that David my father could not build a house to the name of the LORD his God, for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:5 - And behold, I purpose to build a house to the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build a house to my name.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:9 - My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats to the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:11 - And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:14 - And he sent them to Lebanon ten thousand a month by courses; a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home. And Adoniram was over the levy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:17 - And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:18 - And Solomon's builders, and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stone-squarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:1 - And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth 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 Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:2 - And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length of it was sixty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty cubits, and the hight of it thirty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:3 - And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length of it, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth of it, before the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:4 - And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:5 - And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:6 - The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:7 - And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither; so that there was neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:8 - The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:9 - So he built the house and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10 - And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:12 - Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spoke to David thy father:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:14

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:15 - And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 - And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:17 - And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:18 - And the cedar of the house within was carved with knobs and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:19 - And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:21 - So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:22 - And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:27 - And he set the cherubim within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubim, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:29 - And he carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim, and palm trees, and open flowers, within and without.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:30 - And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:37

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:38

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:1 - But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:2 - He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth fifty cubits, and its hight thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:8 - And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married, like to this porch.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:9 - All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewn stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside towards the great court.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:12 - And the great court around was with three rows of hewn stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:25 - It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking towards the north, and three looking towards the west, and three looking towards the south, and three looking towards the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

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