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. Song of Solomon 1:17 בָּתֵּ֙ינוּ֙ ba.Tei.nu · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    The beams of our house are cedars, And our rafters are firs.

  2. Song of Solomon 2:4 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    He brought me to the banqueting-house, And his banner over me was love.

  3. Song of Solomon 3:4 בֵּ֣ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    It was but a little that I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother's house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.

  4. Song of Solomon 8:2 בֵּ֥ית beit · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, Who would instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.

  5. Song of Solomon 8:7 בֵּיתוֹ֙ bei.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can floods drown it: If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, He would utterly be contemned.

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