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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 11:11 בֵּ֥ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God,

  2. Nehemiah 11:12 לַבַּ֔יִת la.Ba.yit · A person, place or thing

    and their brethren that did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty and two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,

  3. Nehemiah 11:16 לְבֵ֣ית le.Veit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God;

  4. Nehemiah 11:22 בֵּית־ beit- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the business of the house of God.

  5. Nehemiah 12:37 לְבֵ֣ית le.Veit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And by the fountain gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.

  6. Nehemiah 12:40 בְּבֵ֣ית be.Veit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

  7. Nehemiah 13:4 בֵּית־ beit- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being allied unto Tobiah,

  8. Nehemiah 13:7 בֵּ֥ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

  9. Nehemiah 13:8 בֵית־ veit- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

  10. Nehemiah 13:9 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meal-offerings and the frankincense.

  11. Nehemiah 13:11 בֵּית־ beit- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

  12. Nehemiah 13:14 בְּבֵ֥ית be.Veit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the observances thereof.

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