בַּיִת bayit

Hebrew word for “house” · Strong’s H1005 · used 44 times in 38 verses

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Meaning

1) house (of men); 2) house (of God)

How it is translated

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

• house 37
• house the 6
• houses 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezra 5 (11), Ezra 6 (11), Ezra 7 (6), Daniel 5 (3), Daniel 2 (2), Daniel 4 (2), Ezra 4 (1), Daniel 3 (1), Daniel 6 (1)

Forms

• בית 21
• לבית 5
• ביתא 4
• וביתה 3
• בבית 3
• ביתה 3
• לביתה 2
• ובית 1
• ובתיכון 1
• בביתי 1

Words used with it

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

• אֱלָהּ elah “god” 27
• דִּי di “that” 29
• מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 19
• יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalem “Jerusalem” 14
• בְּנָה benah “to build” 13
• שׂוּם sum “to set” 13
• דְּנָה denah “this” 14
• טְעֵם teem “command” 11
• מִן־ min “from” 13
• עַל al “since” 12
• עֲבַד avad “to make” 9
• בָּבֶל bavel “Babylon” 8

Key verses

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

• Ezra 5:2 — Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the…
• Ezra 5:8 — Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in…
• Ezra 5:11 — And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which…
• Ezra 5:12 — But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who…
• Ezra 6:1 — Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
• Ezra 6:12 — And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which…
• Ezra 6:16 — And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,
• Ezra 6:17 — And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he…
• Daniel 3:29 — Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be…
• Daniel 4:30 — The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
• Daniel 5:23 — But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy…
• Daniel 6:10 — Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees…

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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.