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. Genesis 20:13 מִבֵּ֣ית mi.Beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    and it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me: at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

  2. Genesis 20:18 לְבֵ֣ית le.Veit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

  3. Genesis 24:2 בֵּית֔וֹ bei.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Abraham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

  4. Genesis 24:7 מִבֵּ֣ית mi.Beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Jehovah, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spake unto me, and who sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence.

  5. Genesis 24:23 בֵּית־ beit- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    and said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee. Is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?

  6. Genesis 24:27 בֵּ֖ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not forsaken his lovingkindness and his truth toward my master: as for me, Jehovah hath led me in the way to the house of my master's brethren.

  7. Genesis 24:28 לְבֵ֣ית le.Veit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the damsel ran, and told her mother's house according to these words.

  8. Genesis 24:31 הַבַּ֔יִת ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And he said, Come in, thou blessed of Jehovah; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

  9. Genesis 24:32 הַבַּ֔יְתָה ha.Bay.tah · A person, place or thing

    And the man came into the house, and he ungirded the camels; and he gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men that were with him.

  10. Genesis 24:38 בֵּית־ beit- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    but thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.

  11. Genesis 24:40 וּמִבֵּ֥ית u.mi.Beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And he said unto me, Jehovah, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house:

  12. Genesis 27:15 בַּבָּ֑יִת ba.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And Rebekah took the goodly garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son;

  13. Genesis 28:2 בֵּ֥יתָה Bei.tah · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.

  14. Genesis 28:17 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

  15. Genesis 28:21 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Jehovah will be my God,

  16. Genesis 28:22 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

  17. Genesis 29:13 בֵּית֑וֹ bei.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

  18. Genesis 30:30 לְבֵיתִֽי׃ le.vei.Ti · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it hath increased unto a multitude; and Jehovah hath blessed thee whithersoever I turned: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?

  19. Genesis 31:14 בְּבֵ֥ית be.Veit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

  20. Genesis 31:30 לְבֵ֣ית le.Veit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

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