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. Amos 1:4 בְּבֵ֣ית be.Veit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

  2. Amos 2:8 בֵּ֖ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.

  3. Amos 3:13 בְּבֵ֣ית be.Veit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts.

  4. Amos 3:15 בֵית־ veit- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And I will smite the winter-house with the summer-house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith Jehovah.

  5. Amos 3:15 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And I will smite the winter-house with the summer-house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith Jehovah.

  6. Amos 3:15 בָּתֵּ֣י ba.Tei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And I will smite the winter-house with the summer-house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith Jehovah.

  7. Amos 3:15 בָּתִּ֥ים ba.Tim · A person, place or thing

    And I will smite the winter-house with the summer-house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith Jehovah.

  8. Amos 5:1 בֵּ֥ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.

  9. Amos 5:3 לְבֵ֥ית le.Veit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left, to the house of Israel.

  10. Amos 5:4 לְבֵ֣ית le.Veit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live;

  11. Amos 5:6 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.

  12. Amos 5:11 בָּתֵּ֥י ba.Tei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.

  13. Amos 5:19 הַבַּ֔יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

  14. Amos 5:25 בֵּ֥ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

  15. Amos 6:1 בֵּ֥ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and to them that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!

  16. Amos 6:9 בְּבַ֥יִת be.Va.yit · A person, place or thing

    And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

  17. Amos 6:10 הַבַּיִת֒ ha.ba.Yit · A person, place or thing

    And when a man's uncle shall take him up, even he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is in the innermost parts of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No; then shall he say, Hold thy peace; for we may not make mention of the name of Jehovah.

  18. Amos 6:10 הַבַּ֛יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And when a man's uncle shall take him up, even he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is in the innermost parts of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No; then shall he say, Hold thy peace; for we may not make mention of the name of Jehovah.

  19. Amos 6:11 הַבַּ֥יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

  20. Amos 6:11 וְהַבַּ֥יִת ve.ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

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