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. Nahum 1:14 מִבֵּ֨ית mi.Beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Jehovah hath given commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image; I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.

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