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).
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).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders בֵּית:
Glossary entries
Baal-meon Beth-Togarmah Beth-Ashbea Beth-Haggan Beth-Meon Beth-baal-meon
Usage patterns
Occurrences
2,050 total
- 1 Samuel 7:2בֵּ֥ית · the houseAnd from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mournfully sought the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 7:3בֵּ֣ית · the houseThen Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
- 1 Samuel 7:17בֵּית֔וֹ · his homeThen he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 9:18בֵּ֥ית · house [is]Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”
- 1 Samuel 9:20בֵּ֥ית · houseAs for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. And upon whom is all the desire of Israel, if not upon you and all your father’s house?”
- 1 Samuel 10:25לְבֵיתֽוֹ׃ · to his own homeThen Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.
- 1 Samuel 10:26לְבֵית֖וֹ · to his homeSaul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
- 1 Samuel 15:34בֵּית֖וֹ · his homeThen Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
- 1 Samuel 17:25בֵּ֣ית · houseNow the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”
- 1 Samuel 18:2בֵּ֥ית · houseAnd from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.
- 1 Samuel 18:10הַבַּ֔יִת · houseThe next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,
- 1 Samuel 19:9בְּבֵית֣וֹ · in his houseBut as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,
- 1 Samuel 19:11בֵּ֤ית · houseThen Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
- 1 Samuel 20:15בֵּיתִ֖י · my household…and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”
- 1 Samuel 20:16בֵּ֣ית · the houseSo Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”
- 1 Samuel 21:15בֵּיתִֽי׃ס · my houseAm I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”
- 1 Samuel 22:1בֵּ֣ית · householdSo David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
- 1 Samuel 22:11בֵּ֥ית · familyThen the king sent messengers to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and his father’s whole family, who were priests at Nob. And all of them came to the king.
- 1 Samuel 22:14בְּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃ · in your houseAhimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard and honored in your house?
- 1 Samuel 22:15בֵּ֣ית · householdWas that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”
- 1 Samuel 22:16בֵּ֥ית · houseBut the king replied, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”
- 1 Samuel 22:22בֵּ֥ית · houseThen David said to Abiathar, “I knew that Doeg the Edomite was there that day, and that he was sure to tell Saul. I myself am responsible for the lives of everyone in your father’s house.
- 1 Samuel 23:18לְבֵיתֽוֹ׃ס · homeSo the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.
- 1 Samuel 24:21מִבֵּ֥ית · houseSo now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s house.”
- 1 Samuel 24:22בֵּית֔וֹ · homeSo David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.
- 1 Samuel 25:1בְּבֵית֖וֹ · at his homeWhen Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
- 1 Samuel 25:6וּבֵיתְךָ֣ · and to your house…and say to him, ‘Long life to you, and peace to you and to your house and to all that belongs to you.
- 1 Samuel 25:17בֵּית֑וֹ · his householdNow consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
- 1 Samuel 25:28בַּ֣יִת · dynastyPlease forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.
- 1 Samuel 25:35לְבֵיתֵ֔ךְ · homeThen David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, “Go home in peace. See, I have heeded your voice and granted your request.”
- 1 Samuel 25:36בְּבֵית֜וֹ · in the houseWhen Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
- 1 Samuel 27:3וּבֵית֑וֹ · had his family with himDavid and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.
- 1 Samuel 28:24בַּבַּ֔יִת · at her houseThe woman had a fattened calf at her house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She also took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.
- 1 Samuel 31:9בֵּ֥ית · in the templesThey cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.
- 1 Samuel 31:10בֵּ֖ית · in the templeThey put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.
- 2 Samuel 1:12בֵּ֣ית · and the houseThey mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
- 2 Samuel 2:3וּבֵית֑וֹ · with his householdDavid also took the men who were with him, each with his household, and they settled in the towns near Hebron.
- 2 Samuel 2:4בֵּ֣ית · the houseThen the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
- 2 Samuel 2:7בֵית־ · the houseNow then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king.”
- 2 Samuel 2:10בֵּ֣ית · The houseSaul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.
- 2 Samuel 2:11בֵּ֣ית · the houseAnd the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
- 2 Samuel 3:1בֵּ֣ית · the house; בֵּ֣ית · and the house; וּבֵ֥ית · while the houseNow the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
- 2 Samuel 3:6בֵּ֣ית · the house; בֵּ֣ית · and the house; בְּבֵ֥ית · in the houseDuring the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had continued to strengthen his position in the house of Saul.
- 2 Samuel 3:8בֵּ֣ית׀ · the houseAbner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
- 2 Samuel 3:10מִבֵּ֣ית · from the house…to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”
- 2 Samuel 3:19בֵּ֥ית · houseAbner also spoke to the Benjamites. Then he went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.