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 Samuel 1:12 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

  2. 2 Samuel 2:3 וּבֵית֑וֹ u.vei.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

  3. 2 Samuel 2:4 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, The men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.

  4. 2 Samuel 2:7 בֵית־ veit- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be ye valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.

  5. 2 Samuel 2:10 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.

  6. 2 Samuel 2:11 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

  7. 2 Samuel 3:1 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: and David waxed stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

  8. 2 Samuel 3:1 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: and David waxed stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

  9. 2 Samuel 3:1 וּבֵ֥ית u.Veit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: and David waxed stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

  10. 2 Samuel 3:6 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong in the house of Saul.

  11. 2 Samuel 3:6 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong in the house of Saul.

  12. 2 Samuel 3:6 בְּבֵ֥ית be.Veit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong in the house of Saul.

  13. 2 Samuel 3:8 בֵּ֣ית׀ beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head that belongeth to Judah? This day do I show kindness unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David; and yet thou chargest me this day with a fault concerning this woman.

  14. 2 Samuel 3:10 מִבֵּ֣ית mi.Beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba.

  15. 2 Samuel 3:19 בֵּ֥ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to the whole house of Benjamin.

  16. 2 Samuel 3:29 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.

  17. 2 Samuel 3:29 מִבֵּ֣ית mi.Beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.

  18. 2 Samuel 4:5 בֵּ֖ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, as he took his rest at noon.

  19. 2 Samuel 4:6 הַבַּ֙יִת֙ ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him in the body: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

  20. 2 Samuel 4:7 הַבַּ֗יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.

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