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. Ecclesiastes 2:4 בָּתִּ֔ים ba.Tim · A person, place or thing

    I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;

  2. Ecclesiastes 2:7 בַ֖יִת Va.yit · A person, place or thing

    I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;

  3. Ecclesiastes 4:14 מִבֵּ֥ית mi.Beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

  4. Ecclesiastes 5:1 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

  5. Ecclesiastes 7:2 בֵּֽית־ beit- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

  6. Ecclesiastes 7:2 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

  7. Ecclesiastes 7:4 בְּבֵ֣ית be.Veit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

  8. Ecclesiastes 7:4 בְּבֵ֥ית be.Veit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

  9. Ecclesiastes 10:18 הַבָּֽיִת׃ ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

  10. Ecclesiastes 12:3 הַבַּ֔יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows shall be darkened,

  11. Ecclesiastes 12:5 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    yea, they shall be afraid of that which is high, and terrors shall be in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:

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