בַּיִת bayit

Hebrew word for “house” · Strong’s H1004 · used 2,049 times in 1,708 verses

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Meaning

: home/temple/building;

Senses in the lexicon

• house: home (898)
• house: household (664)
• house: temple (398)
• house: palace (39)
• house: inside (25)
• house: container (9)
• House (of the Forests of Lebanon) (5)
• place (4)
• Beth-(ashbea) (2)
• Beth-(togarmah) (2)
• Beth-(baal-meon) (1)
• Beth (Haggan) (1)
• House (of the Forest) (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for bayit in context, with how often each is used:

• house 1,677
• household 124
• houses 100
• own house 30
• inside 22
• house towards 19
• households 9
• like the house 9
• home 7
• holders 7
• house of towards 6
• belonged to the house 6

Where it is used

Also in 26 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 6 (24), 1 Kings 8 (20), Leviticus 14 (19), Numbers 1 (17), 2 Chronicles 6 (15), 2 Samuel 7 (14), 1 Kings 7 (13), 2 Kings 11 (13), 2 Kings 12 (13), 1 Chronicles 17 (13)

Forms

• בית 845
• הבית 227
• לבית 168
• בבית 151
• ביתו 109
• מבית 84
• ובית 48
• ביתך 39
• ביתה 29
• ביתי 28

Words used with it

Words that share verses with bayit more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אָב av “father” 213
• בָּנָה banah “to build” 142
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 125
• דָּוִד david “David” 132
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 129
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 123
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 107
• שֵׁם shem “name” 109
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 124
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 99
• זֶה zeh “this” 108
• עַד ad “till” 109

Key verses

The verses using bayit that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 18:19 — For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the…
• 1 Samuel 2:30 — Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be…
• Isaiah 2:2 — And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above…
• Isaiah 14:1 — For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall…
• Isaiah 48:1 — Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and…
• Isaiah 58:7 — Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and…
• Isaiah 63:7 — I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward…
• Jeremiah 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write…
• Jeremiah 33:11 — The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of…
• Ezekiel 18:30 — Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions;…
• Micah 4:1 — But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be…
• Zechariah 12:10 — And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.