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
- 2 Kings 11:19בֵּ֣ית · palaceHe took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace by way of the Gate of the Guards. Then Joash took his seat on the royal throne,
- 2 Kings 11:20בֵּ֥ית · palace…and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been put to the sword at the royal palace.
- 2 Kings 12:4בֵית־ · into the house; בֵּ֥ית · into the houseThen Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 12:5הַבַּ֔יִת · in the templeLet every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.”
- 2 Kings 12:6הַבָּֽיִת׃ · to the templeBy the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.
- 2 Kings 12:7הַבָּ֑יִת · to the temple; הַבַּ֖יִת · of the templeSo King Joash called Jehoiada and the other priests and said, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, therefore, take no more money from your constituency, but hand it over for the repair of the temple.”
- 2 Kings 12:8הַבָּֽיִת׃ · the temple {themselves}So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.
- 2 Kings 12:9בֵּ֣ית · the house; בֵית־ · into the houseThen Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 12:10בֵית־ · into the houseWhenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.
- 2 Kings 12:11בֵּ֣ית · on the house; בֵּ֥יתThen they would put the counted money into the hands of those who supervised the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn would pay those doing the work—the carpenters, builders,
- 2 Kings 12:12בֵּית־ · to the house; הַבַּ֖יִת · of the temple…masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs.
- 2 Kings 12:13בֵּ֣ית · for the house; בֵית־ · into the houseHowever, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 12:14בֵּ֥ית · the houseInstead, it was paid to those doing the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 12:16בֵּ֣ית · into the houseThe money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.
- 2 Kings 12:18בֵּית־ · of the house; וּבֵ֣ית · palaceSo King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 13:6בֵּית־ · the houseNevertheless, they did not turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, but they continued to walk in them. The Asherah pole even remained standing in Samaria.
- 2 Kings 14:10בְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָ · at homeYou have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
- 2 Kings 14:14בֵּית־ · in the house; בֵּ֣ית · palaceHe took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace, as well as some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.
- 2 Kings 15:5בְּבֵ֣ית · house; הַבַּ֔יִת · the palaceAnd the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
- 2 Kings 15:25בֵּית־ · palaceThen his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:35בֵּית־ · of the houseNevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 16:8בֵּ֣ית · in the house; בֵּ֣ית · palaceAhaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.
- 2 Kings 16:14הַבַּ֔יִת · of the temple; בֵּ֣ית · the houseHe also took the bronze altar that stood before the LORD from the front of the temple (between the new altar and the house of the LORD) and he put it on the north side of the new altar.
- 2 Kings 16:18בַבַּ֗יִת · in the temple; בֵּ֣ית · the houseAnd on account of the king of Assyria, he removed the Sabbath canopy they had built in the temple and closed the royal entryway outside the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 17:4בֵּ֥יתBut the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.
- 2 Kings 17:21בֵּ֣ית · the houseWhen the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.
- 2 Kings 17:29בְּבֵ֣ית · in the shrinesNevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.
- 2 Kings 17:32בְּבֵ֥ית · in the shrinesSo the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.
- 2 Kings 18:15בֵית־ · in the house; בֵּ֥ית · palaceHezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
- 2 Kings 18:18הַבָּ֑יִת · the palaceThen they called for the king. And Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to them.
- 2 Kings 18:37הַ֠בַּיִת · the palaceThen Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.
- 2 Kings 19:1בֵּ֥ית · the houseOn hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 19:2הַבַּ֜יִת · the palaceAnd he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
- 2 Kings 19:14בֵּ֣ית · the houseSo Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
- 2 Kings 19:30בֵּית־ · of the houseAnd the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
- 2 Kings 19:37בֵּ֣ית׀ · in the templeOne day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 20:1לְבֵיתֶ֔ךָ · Put your houseIn those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”