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).
Glossary entries
Baal-meon Beth-Togarmah Beth-Ashbea Beth-Haggan Beth-Meon Beth-baal-meon
Where it occurs
Occurrences
2,050 total
- Genesis 38:11בֵּ֥ית · houseThen 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.
- Genesis 39:2בְּבֵ֥ית · in the householdAnd the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
- Genesis 39:4בֵּית֔וֹ · his householdJoseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.
- Genesis 39:5 (3×)בְּבֵית֗וֹ · of his household; בֵּ֥ית · household; בַּבַּ֖יִת · both in his houseFrom the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.
- Genesis 39:8בַּבָּ֑יִת · in his houseBut he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
- Genesis 39:9בַּבַּ֣יִת · houseNo one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
- Genesis 39:11 (3×)הַבַּ֖יְתָה · into the house; הַבַּ֛יִת · household; בַּבָּֽיִת׃ · insideOne day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.
- Genesis 39:14בֵיתָ֗הּ · her household…she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.
- Genesis 39:16בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ · homeSo Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.
- Genesis 39:20 (2×)בֵּ֣ית · the prison; בְּבֵ֥ית · in the prisonSo Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
- Genesis 39:21בֵּית־ · of the prison…the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
- Genesis 39:22 (2×)בֵּית־; בְּבֵ֣ית · inAnd the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.
- Genesis 39:23בֵּית־The warden did not concern himself with anything under Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.
- Genesis 40:3 (2×)בֵּ֛ית · in the house; בֵּ֣ית · the same prison…and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.
- Genesis 40:5בְּבֵ֥ית · in the prison…both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.
- Genesis 40:7בֵּ֥ית · houseSo he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”
- Genesis 40:14הַבַּ֥יִת · prisonBut when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.
- Genesis 41:10בֵּ֚יתPharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guard.
- Genesis 41:40בֵּיתִ֔י · my houseYou shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”
- Genesis 41:51בֵּ֥ית · householdJoseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
- Genesis 42:19 (2×)בְּבֵ֣ית; בָּתֵּיכֶֽם׃ · of your householdsIf you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to relieve the hunger of your households.
- Genesis 42:33בָּתֵּיכֶ֖ם · of your householdsThen the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go.
- Genesis 43:16 (2×)בֵּית֔וֹ · his house; הַבָּ֑יְתָה · to my houseWhen Joseph saw Benjamin with his brothers, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they shall dine with me at noon.”
- Genesis 43:17בֵּ֥יתָה · houseThe man did as Joseph had commanded and took the brothers to Joseph’s house.
- Genesis 43:18בֵּ֣ית · houseBut the brothers were frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”
- Genesis 43:19 (2×)בֵּ֣ית; הַבָּֽיִת׃ · to the houseSo they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.
- Genesis 43:24בֵּ֣יתָה · houseAnd the steward took the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet, and provided food for their donkeys.
- Genesis 43:26 (2×)הַבַּ֔יְתָה · home; הַבָּ֑יְתָהWhen Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
- Genesis 44:1בֵּיתוֹ֮Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
- Genesis 44:4בֵּית֔וֹThey had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
- Genesis 44:8מִבֵּ֣ית · houseWe even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
- Genesis 44:14בֵּ֣יתָה · houseWhen Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.
- Genesis 45:2בֵּ֥ית · householdBut he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.
- Genesis 45:8בֵּית֔וֹ · his householdTherefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 45:11וּבֵֽיתְךָ֖ · and your householdAnd there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’
- Genesis 45:16בֵּ֤ית · houseWhen the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.
- Genesis 45:18בָּתֵּיכֶ֖ם · and your familiesThen bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’
- Genesis 46:27לְבֵֽית־ · familyAnd with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
- Genesis 46:31בֵּ֣ית · householdJoseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land of Canaan have come to me.