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. 2 Chronicles 2:1 בַּ֙יִת֙ ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

  2. 2 Chronicles 2:1 וּבַ֖יִת u.Va.yit · A person, place or thing

    Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

  3. 2 Chronicles 2:3 בַ֖יִת Va.yit · A person, place or thing

    And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.

  4. 2 Chronicles 2:4 בַּ֜יִת Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

  5. 2 Chronicles 2:5 וְהַבַּ֛יִת ve.ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And the house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods.

  6. 2 Chronicles 2:6 בַ֔יִת Va.yit · A person, place or thing

    But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?

  7. 2 Chronicles 2:6 בַ֔יִת Va.yit · A person, place or thing

    But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?

  8. 2 Chronicles 2:9 הַבַּ֛יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.

  9. 2 Chronicles 2:12 בַּ֙יִת֙ ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    Huram said moreover, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

  10. 2 Chronicles 2:12 וּבַ֖יִת u.Va.yit · A person, place or thing

    Huram said moreover, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

  11. 2 Chronicles 3:1 בֵּית־ beit- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where Jehovah appeared unto David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  12. 2 Chronicles 3:3 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

  13. 2 Chronicles 3:4 הַבַּ֙יִת֙ ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And the porch that was before the house, the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

  14. 2 Chronicles 3:5 הַבַּ֣יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm-trees and chains.

  15. 2 Chronicles 3:6 הַבַּ֛יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

  16. 2 Chronicles 3:7 הַבַּ֜יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.

  17. 2 Chronicles 3:8 בֵּֽית־ beit- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And he made the most holy house: the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

  18. 2 Chronicles 3:8 הַבַּ֙יִת֙ ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And he made the most holy house: the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

  19. 2 Chronicles 3:10 בְּבֵֽית־ be.veit- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work; and they overlaid them with gold.

  20. 2 Chronicles 3:11 הַבַּ֔יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

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