בֵּית

betplace
hebrewOld TestamentAdjective2,050 occurrences38 books1,709 verses
This word comes from the names of Baal-meon, Beth-ashbea, Beth-haggan and Beth-togarmah.

Definition

probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Traditional renderings: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, × great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).

Glossary entries

Baal-meon Beth-Togarmah Beth-Ashbea Beth-Haggan Beth-Meon Beth-baal-meon

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

2,050 total
  1. Genesis 6:14מִבַּ֥יִת · inside
    Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.
  2. Genesis 7:1בֵּיתְךָ֖ · your family
    Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
  3. Genesis 12:1וּמִבֵּ֣ית · household
    Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.
  4. Genesis 12:15בֵּ֥ית · into the palace
    When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.
  5. Genesis 12:17בֵּית֑וֹ · and his household
    The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai.
  6. Genesis 14:14בֵית֗וֹ · in his household
    And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.
  7. Genesis 15:2בֵּיתִ֔י · of my house
    But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
  8. Genesis 15:3בֵּיתִ֖י · in my household
    Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
  9. Genesis 17:12בָּ֔יִת · in your household
    Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.
  10. Genesis 17:13בֵּֽיתְךָ֖ · in your household
    Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.
  11. Genesis 17:23 (2×)בֵיתוֹ֙ · in his household; בֵּ֣ית · household
    On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.
  12. Genesis 17:27 (2×)בֵיתוֹ֙ · of [Abraham’s] household; בָּ֔יִת · in his household
    And all the men of Abraham’s household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners—were circumcised with him.
  13. Genesis 18:19בֵּיתוֹ֙ · his household
    For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
  14. Genesis 19:2בֵּ֨ית · the house
    …and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
  15. Genesis 19:3בֵּית֑וֹ · his house
    But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
  16. Genesis 19:4הַבַּ֔יִת · the house
    Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.
  17. Genesis 19:10הַבָּ֑יְתָה · into the house
    But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.
  18. Genesis 19:11הַבַּ֗יִת
    And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.
  19. Genesis 20:13מִבֵּ֣ית · house
    So when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
  20. Genesis 20:18לְבֵ֣ית · household
    …for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.
  21. Genesis 24:2בֵּית֔וֹ · of his household
    So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
  22. Genesis 24:7מִבֵּ֣ית · house
    The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.
  23. Genesis 24:23בֵּית־ · house
    “Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”
  24. Genesis 24:27בֵּ֖ית · to the house
    …saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”
  25. Genesis 24:28לְבֵ֣ית · household
    The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.
  26. Genesis 24:31הַבַּ֔יִת · the house
    “Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” said Laban. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”
  27. Genesis 24:32הַבַּ֔יְתָה · to the house
    So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.
  28. Genesis 24:38בֵּית־ · house
    …but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’
  29. Genesis 24:40וּמִבֵּ֥ית · house
    And he told me, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.
  30. Genesis 27:15בַּבָּ֑יִת · in the house
    And Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.
  31. Genesis 28:2בֵּ֥יתָה · to the house
    “Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
  32. Genesis 28:17בֵּ֣ית · the house
    And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”
  33. Genesis 28:21בֵּ֣ית · house
    …so that I may return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God.
  34. Genesis 28:22בֵּ֣ית · house
    And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”
  35. Genesis 29:13בֵּית֑וֹ · his home
    When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.
  36. Genesis 30:30לְבֵיתִֽי׃ · for my own household
    Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”
  37. Genesis 31:14בְּבֵ֥ית · house
    And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?
  38. Genesis 31:30לְבֵ֣ית · house
    Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”
  39. Genesis 31:37בֵיתֶ֔ךָ
    You have searched all my goods! Have you found anything that belongs to you? Put it here before my brothers and yours, that they may judge between the two of us.
  40. Genesis 31:41בְּבֵיתֶךָ֒ · in your household
    Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!
  41. Genesis 33:17בָּ֑יִת · a house
    …but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.
  42. Genesis 34:19בֵּ֥ית · household
    The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
  43. Genesis 34:26מִבֵּ֥ית · house
    They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.
  44. Genesis 34:29בַּבָּֽיִת׃ · in [their] houses
    They carried off all their possessions and women and children, and they plundered everything in their houses.
  45. Genesis 34:30וּבֵיתִֽי׃ · and my household
    Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
  46. Genesis 35:2בֵּית֔וֹ · his household
    So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.
  47. Genesis 36:6בֵּיתוֹ֒ · of his household
    Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and he moved to a land far away from his brother Jacob.
  48. Genesis 38:11בֵית־ · house
    Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.