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. Nehemiah 1:6 וּבֵית־ u.veit- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father's house have sinned:

  2. Nehemiah 2:3 בֵּית־ beit- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And I said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

  3. Nehemiah 2:8 לַבַּ֙יִת֙ la.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    and a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castle which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

  4. Nehemiah 2:8 וְלַבַּ֖יִת ve.la.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    and a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castle which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

  5. Nehemiah 3:10 בֵּית֑וֹ ס bei.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabneiah.

  6. Nehemiah 3:16 בֵּ֥ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and unto the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty men.

  7. Nehemiah 3:20 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

  8. Nehemiah 3:21 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    After him repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz another portion, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.

  9. Nehemiah 3:21 בֵּ֥ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    After him repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz another portion, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.

  10. Nehemiah 3:23 בֵּיתָ֑ם ס bei.Tam · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    After them repaired Benjamin and Hasshub over against their house. After them repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah beside his own house.

  11. Nehemiah 3:23 בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ ס bei.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    After them repaired Benjamin and Hasshub over against their house. After them repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah beside his own house.

  12. Nehemiah 3:24 מִבֵּ֣ית mi.Beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another portion, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, and unto the corner.

  13. Nehemiah 3:25 מִבֵּ֤ית mi.Beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Palal the son of Uzai repaired over against the turning of the wall, and the tower that standeth out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired.

  14. Nehemiah 3:28 בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ ס bei.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his own house.

  15. Nehemiah 3:29 בֵּית֑וֹ ס bei.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his own house. And after him repaired Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate.

  16. Nehemiah 3:31 בֵּ֥ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    After him repaired Malchijah one of the goldsmiths unto the house of the Nethinim, and of the merchants, over against the gate of Hammiphkad, and to the ascent of the corner.

  17. Nehemiah 4:14 וּבָתֵּיכֶֽם׃ פ u.va.tei.Khem · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

  18. Nehemiah 4:16 בֵּ֥ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And it came to pass from that time forth, that half of my servants wrought in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

  19. Nehemiah 5:3 וּבָתֵּ֖ינוּ u.va.Tei.nu · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.

  20. Nehemiah 5:11 וּבָתֵּיהֶ֑ם u.va.tei.Hem · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.

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