בַּ֫יִת

ba.yit · house: home

Hebrew · Strong's H1004 · Noun · Sounds like: bah'-yith · 2,049 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • house: home H1004B 898
  • house: household H1004M · a Meaning of 664
  • house: temple H1004Q · in Hebrew of 398
  • house: palace H1004P · in Hebrew of 39
  • house: inside H1004O · a Meaning of 25
  • house: container H1004N · a Meaning of 9
  • House (of the Forests of Lebanon) H1004K 5
  • place H1004A 4
  • Beth-(ashbea) H1004G 2
  • Beth-(togarmah) H1004I · a Part of 2
  • Beth (Haggan) H1004H 1
  • House (of the Forest) H1004J 1
  • Beth-(baal-meon) H1004L · a Part of 1

Strong's dictionary

probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
בֵּית fem. of בַּיִן, בֵּין prep. between
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
בַּ֫יִת 2034 n.m. house
1. house
2. place
3. receptacle
4. of house as containing a family
5. household, family (592 t.)
6. house, including household affairs
7. lit. housewards, hence metaph. inwards
8. מִבַּיִת
a. adv. on the inside
b. prep. within

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Kings 6:10 הַבַּ֖יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

  2. 1 Kings 6:12 הַבַּ֨יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    Concerning this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute mine ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father.

  3. 1 Kings 6:14 הַבַּ֖יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

  4. 1 Kings 6:15 הַבַּ֤יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir.

  5. 1 Kings 6:15 מִבַּ֙יְתָה֙ mi.Bay.tah · A person, place or thing

    And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir.

  6. 1 Kings 6:15 הַבַּ֙יִת֙ ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir.

  7. 1 Kings 6:15 מִבָּ֑יִת mi.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir.

  8. 1 Kings 6:15 הַבַּ֖יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir.

  9. 1 Kings 6:16 הַבַּ֙יִת֙ ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls of the ceiling: he built them for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.

  10. 1 Kings 6:16 מִבַּ֣יִת mi.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls of the ceiling: he built them for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.

  11. 1 Kings 6:17 הַבָּ֑יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long.

  12. 1 Kings 6:18 הַבַּ֙יִת֙ ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And there was cedar on the house within, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

  13. 1 Kings 6:19 הַבַּ֛יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.

  14. 1 Kings 6:21 הַבַּ֛יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

  15. 1 Kings 6:22 הַבַּ֛יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold.

  16. 1 Kings 6:22 הַבָּ֑יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold.

  17. 1 Kings 6:27 הַבַּ֣יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And he set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, 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.

  18. 1 Kings 6:27 הַבַּ֔יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And he set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, 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.

  19. 1 Kings 6:29 הַבַּ֜יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, within and without.

  20. 1 Kings 6:30 הַבַּ֖יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.

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