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. Joshua 2:1 בֵּית־ beit- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.

  2. Joshua 2:3 לְבֵיתֵ֔ךְ le.vei.Tekh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land.

  3. Joshua 2:12 בֵּ֤ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token;

  4. Joshua 2:15 בֵיתָהּ֙ vei.Tah · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

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

    Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt gather unto thee into the house thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household.

  6. Joshua 2:18 הַבָּֽיְתָה׃ ha.Ba.ye.tah · A person, place or thing

    Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt gather unto thee into the house thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household.

  7. Joshua 2:19 בֵיתֵ֧ךְ׀ vei.Tekh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

  8. Joshua 2:19 בַּבַּ֔יִת ba.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

  9. Joshua 6:17 בַּבַּ֔יִת ba.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    And the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to Jehovah: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

  10. Joshua 6:22 בֵּית־ beit- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Joshua said unto the two men that had spied out the land, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.

  11. Joshua 6:24 בֵּית־ beit- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein; only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of Jehovah.

  12. Joshua 6:25 בֵּ֨ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    But Rahab the harlot, and her father's household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel unto this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

  13. Joshua 7:14 לַבָּתִּ֔ים la.ba.Tim · A person, place or thing

    In the morning therefore ye shall be brought near by your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which Jehovah taketh shall come near by families; and the family which Jehovah shall take shall come near by households; and the household which Jehovah shall take shall come near man by man.

  14. Joshua 7:14 וְהַבַּ֙יִת֙ ve.ha.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    In the morning therefore ye shall be brought near by your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which Jehovah taketh shall come near by families; and the family which Jehovah shall take shall come near by households; and the household which Jehovah shall take shall come near man by man.

  15. Joshua 7:18 בֵּית֖וֹ bei.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    and he brought near his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

  16. Joshua 9:12 מִבָּ֣תֵּ֔ינוּ mi.Ba.Tei.nu · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and is become mouldy:

  17. Joshua 9:23 לְבֵ֥ית le.Veit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondmen, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.

  18. Joshua 13:17 וּבֵ֖ית u.Veit · A person, place or thing

    Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,

  19. Joshua 17:17 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power; thou shalt not have one lot only:

  20. Joshua 18:5 וּבֵ֥ית u.Veit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And they shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the north.

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