בַּיִתbayith
בַּ֫יִת: house
Pronunciation: bah'-yith · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1004
Meanings
1. house
a. in the house of, into the house, home (Genesis 19:2; Genesis 19:3; Genesis 19:4)
b. spider's web (1 Samuel 6:7; 1 Samuel 6:10; Exodus 9:19)
c. houses of clay, keepers of the house (Job 4:19; Ecclesiastes 12:3; Psalms 119:54)
2. place (Nehemiah 2:3; Nehemiah 2:5; Amos 7:13)
3. receptacle (1 Kings 18:32; Isaiah 3:20; Exodus 25:27)
4. of house as containing a family, hence in phrase of slaves belonging to household (Genesis 14:14; Genesis 17:12; Genesis 17:13)
5. household, family
a. tents (Genesis 7:1; Genesis 12:1; Genesis 12:17)
d. rebellious house (Amos 7:16; Obadiah 1:18; Genesis 46:27)
e. father's house, father-houses, families (Numbers 1:2; Exodus 6:14; Exodus 12:3)
6. house, including household affairs, persons, property, etc. (Genesis 39:4; Genesis 39:5; Genesis 44:1)
7. בַּ֫יְתָה, בָּ֑יְתָה, literally housewards, hence metaphor inwards (Exodus 28:26; Exodus 39:19; 1 Kings 7:25)
8. מִבַּיִת
a. on the inside, locative (Genesis 6:14; Exodus 25:11; Exodus 37:2)
b. within (Exodus 26:33; Leviticus 16:2; Leviticus 16:12)
בֵּית הַגָּן: proper name [of a location]?: see גַּן, below גנן, and עֵין גַּנִּים (2 Kings 9:27)
כלוא: id. (Jeremiah 37:4; Jeremiah 52:31)
בַּ֫יִת: house
1. house, of men (Ezra 6:11; Daniel 2:5; Daniel 2:17)
2. house, of God, temple at Jerusalem (Daniel 5:3; Daniel 5:23; Ezra 4:24)
Same root
- בָּנָהbânâh · H1129to build (literally and figuratively)
- ΒηθεσδάBēthesdá · G964house of kindness; Beth-esda, a pool in Jerusalem
- ΒηθσαϊδάBēthsaïdá · G966fishing-house; Bethsaida, a place in Palestine
- ΒηθαβαράBēthabará · G962ferry-house; Bethabara (i.e. Bethabarah), a place on the Jordan
- ΒηθφαγήBēthphagḗ · G967fig-house; Beth-phage, a place in Palestine
- אָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָהʼÂbêl Bêyth-Măʻakâh · H62Abel of Beth-maakah, a place in Palestine
- אֵילוֹן בֵּית חָנָןʼÊylôwn Bêyth Chânân · H358Elon of Beth-chanan, a place in Palestine
- בַּיִתbayith · H1005{a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)}
Where it appears
Appears 2,049 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 6:14 “Build a large boat from cypress wood and waterproof it with tar, inside and out. Then construct decks and stalls throughout its interior.
- Genesis 7:1 When everything was ready, the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the boat with all your family, for among all the people of the earth, I can see that you alone are righteous.
- Genesis 12:1 The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you.
- Genesis 12:15 When the palace officials saw her, they sang her praises to Pharaoh, their king, and Sarai was taken into his palace.
- Genesis 12:17 But the Lord sent terrible plagues upon Pharaoh and his household because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
- Genesis 14:14 When Abram heard that his nephew Lot had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men who had been born into his household. Then he pursued Kedorlaomer’s army until he caught up with them at Dan.
See every passage
- Genesis 93 verses
- Exodus 50 verses
- Leviticus 40 verses
- Numbers 56 verses
- Deuteronomy 42 verses
- Joshua 22 verses
- Judges 60 verses
- Ruth 5 verses
- 1 Samuel 57 verses
- 2 Samuel 95 verses
- 1 Kings 148 verses
- 2 Kings 109 verses
- 1 Chronicles 92 verses
- 2 Chronicles 171 verses
- Ezra 26 verses
- Nehemiah 45 verses
- Esther 22 verses
- Job 26 verses
- Psalms 50 verses
- Proverbs 37 verses
- Ecclesiastes 9 verses
- Song of Solomon 5 verses
- Isaiah 67 verses
- Jeremiah 119 verses
- Lamentations 3 verses
- Ezekiel 159 verses
- Daniel 1 verses
- Hosea 13 verses
- Joel 6 verses
- Amos 22 verses
- Obadiah 2 verses
- Micah 14 verses
- Nahum 1 verses
- Habakkuk 3 verses
- Zephaniah 3 verses
- Haggai 8 verses
- Zechariah 26 verses
- Malachi 1 verses
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).