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 Kings 14:12לְבֵיתֵ֑ךְ · homeAs for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.
- 1 Kings 14:13בְּבֵ֥ית · in the houseAll Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.
- 1 Kings 14:14בֵּ֥ית · the houseMoreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today!
- 1 Kings 14:17הַבַּ֖יִת · of the houseThen Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
- 1 Kings 14:26בֵּית־ · of the house; בֵּ֣ית · palaceHe seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.
- 1 Kings 14:27בֵּ֥ית · palaceThen King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
- 1 Kings 14:28בֵּ֣ית · the houseAnd whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would bear the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.
- 1 Kings 15:15בֵּ֣ית · into the houseAnd he brought into the house of the LORD the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.
- 1 Kings 15:18בֵּית־ · of the house; בֵּ֣ית · palaceSo Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
- 1 Kings 15:27לְבֵ֣ית · of the houseThen Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.
- 1 Kings 15:29בֵּ֣ית · householdAs soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone who breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,
- 1 Kings 16:3בֵית֑וֹ · and his house; בֵּ֣יתְךָ֔ · your house; כְּבֵ֖ית · like thatSo now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:
- 1 Kings 16:7בֵּית֜וֹ · his house; כְּבֵ֣ית · like the houseMoreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.
- 1 Kings 16:9בֵּ֣ית · in the house; הַבַּ֖יִת · of [his] householdHowever, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.
- 1 Kings 16:11בֵּ֣ית · householdAs soon as Zimri began to reign and was seated on the throne, he struck down the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, whether a kinsman or friend.
- 1 Kings 16:12בֵּ֣ית · householdSo Zimri destroyed the entire household of Baasha, according to the word that the LORD had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet.
- 1 Kings 16:18בֵּית־ · palace; בֵּֽית־When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died
- 1 Kings 16:32בֵּ֣ית · in the templeFirst, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.
- 1 Kings 17:15וּבֵיתָ֖הּ · and her householdSo she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household.
- 1 Kings 17:17הַבָּ֑יִת · the houseLater, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.
- 1 Kings 17:23הַבַּ֔יְתָה · into the houseThen Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.
- 1 Kings 18:3הַבָּ֑יִת · the palace…and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,
- 1 Kings 18:18וּבֵ֣ית · house [have]“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
- 1 Kings 18:32כְּבֵית֙ · large enough to holdAnd with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.
- 1 Kings 20:6בֵּ֣יתְךָ֔ · your palace; בָּתֵּ֣י · the housesBut about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.’”
- 1 Kings 20:31בֵּ֣ית · of the houseThen the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
- 1 Kings 20:43בֵּית֖וֹ · homeSullen and angry, the king of Israel went home to Samaria.
- 1 Kings 21:2בֵּיתִ֔י · my palaceSo Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”
- 1 Kings 21:4בֵּית֜וֹ · his palaceSo Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.
- 1 Kings 21:22בֵּיתְךָ֗ · your house; כְּבֵית֙ · like that; וּכְבֵ֖ית · and like thatI will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.’
- 1 Kings 21:29בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ · his house“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.”
- 1 Kings 22:17לְבֵית֖וֹ · homeSo Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”
- 1 Kings 22:27בֵּ֣ית · in prison…and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
- 1 Kings 22:39וּבֵ֤ית · palaceAs for the rest of the acts of Ahab, along with all his accomplishments and the ivory palace and all the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 4:2בַּבָּ֑יִת · in the house; בַּבַּ֔יִת · in the house“How can I help you?” asked Elisha. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”
- 2 Kings 4:32הַבָּ֑יְתָה · the houseWhen Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.
- 2 Kings 4:35בַּבַּ֗יִת · across the roomElisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
- 2 Kings 5:9הַבַּ֖יִת · houseSo Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha’s house.
- 2 Kings 5:18בֵית־ · the templeYet may the LORD forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter.”