בַּ֫יִת

ba.yit · house: home

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

English

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 Kings 4:2 בַּבָּ֑יִת ba.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me; what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thy handmaid hath not anything in the house, save a pot of oil.

  2. 2 Kings 4:2 בַּבַּ֔יִת ba.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me; what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thy handmaid hath not anything in the house, save a pot of oil.

  3. 2 Kings 4:32 הַבָּ֑יְתָה ha.Ba.ye.tah · A person, place or thing

    And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

  4. 2 Kings 4:35 בַּבַּ֗יִת ba.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    Then he returned, and walked in the house once to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

  5. 2 Kings 5:9 הַבַּ֖יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.

  6. 2 Kings 5:18 בֵית־ veit- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    In this thing Jehovah pardon thy servant: when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, Jehovah pardon thy servant in this thing.

  7. 2 Kings 5:18 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    In this thing Jehovah pardon thy servant: when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, Jehovah pardon thy servant in this thing.

  8. 2 Kings 5:18 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    In this thing Jehovah pardon thy servant: when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, Jehovah pardon thy servant in this thing.

  9. 2 Kings 5:24 בַּבָּ֑יִת ba.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.

  10. 2 Kings 6:30 מִבָּֽיִת׃ mi.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes (now he was passing by upon the wall); and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

  11. 2 Kings 6:32 בְּבֵית֔וֹ be.vei.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

  12. 2 Kings 7:9 בֵּ֥ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Then they said one to another, We do not well; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household.

  13. 2 Kings 7:11 בֵּ֥ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's household within.

  14. 2 Kings 8:1 וּבֵיתֵ֔ךְ u.vei.Tekh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for Jehovah hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

  15. 2 Kings 8:2 וּבֵיתָ֔הּ u.vei.Tah · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God; and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

  16. 2 Kings 8:3 בֵּיתָ֖הּ bei.Tah · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

  17. 2 Kings 8:5 בֵּיתָ֖הּ bei.Tah · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life him that was dead, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

  18. 2 Kings 8:18 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife; and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.

  19. 2 Kings 8:27 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did the house of Ahab; for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.

  20. 2 Kings 8:27 כְּבֵ֣ית ke.Veit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did the house of Ahab; for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.

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