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בֵּית

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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).

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

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Occurrences

2,050 total
  1. 1 Chronicles 17:25בָּ֑יִת · a house
    For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You.
  2. 1 Chronicles 17:27בֵּ֣ית · the house
    So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”
  3. 1 Chronicles 21:17וּבְבֵ֣ית · house
    And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”
  4. 1 Chronicles 22:1בֵּ֖ית · the house
    Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
  5. 1 Chronicles 22:2בֵּ֥ית · the house
    So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.
  6. 1 Chronicles 22:5וְהַבַּ֜יִת · and the house
    And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death.
  7. 1 Chronicles 22:6בַּ֔יִת · a house
    Then David called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel.
  8. 1 Chronicles 22:7בַּ֔יִת · a house
    “My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,
  9. 1 Chronicles 22:8בַ֙יִת֙ · a house
    …but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.
  10. 1 Chronicles 22:10בַ֙יִת֙ · a house
    He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
  11. 1 Chronicles 22:11בֵּ֚ית · the house
    Now, my son, may the LORD be with you, and may you succeed in building the house of the LORD your God, as He said you would.
  12. 1 Chronicles 22:14לְבֵית־ · for the house
    Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
  13. 1 Chronicles 22:19לַבַּ֖יִת · into the temple
    Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Begin building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”
  14. 1 Chronicles 23:4בֵּית־ · of the house
    “Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,
  15. 1 Chronicles 23:11לְבֵ֣ית
    Jahath was the first and Zizah was the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were counted as one family and received a single assignment.
  16. 1 Chronicles 23:24לְבֵ֨ית; בֵּ֣ית · of the house
    These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.
  17. 1 Chronicles 23:28בֵּ֣ית · of the house; בֵּ֥ית · of the house
    …but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,
  18. 1 Chronicles 23:32בֵּ֥ית · of the house
    So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.
  19. 1 Chronicles 24:4לְבֵית־; לְבֵ֥ית
    Since more leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than those of Ithamar, they were divided accordingly. There were sixteen heads of families from the descendants of Eleazar and eight from the descendants of Ithamar.
  20. 1 Chronicles 24:6בֵּֽית־
    The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.
  21. 1 Chronicles 24:19לְבֵית־ · the house
    This was their appointed order for service when they entered the house of the LORD, according to the regulations prescribed for them by their forefather Aaron, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
  22. 1 Chronicles 24:30לְבֵ֥ית
    And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites, according to their families.
  23. 1 Chronicles 25:6בֵּ֣ית · of the house; בֵּ֣ית · of the house
    All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.
  24. 1 Chronicles 26:6לְבֵ֣ית
    Also to his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled over their families because they were strong, capable men.
  25. 1 Chronicles 26:12בְּבֵ֥ית · in the house
    These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the LORD, just as their relatives did.
  26. 1 Chronicles 26:13לְבֵ֥ית
    They cast lots for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.
  27. 1 Chronicles 26:15בֵּ֥ית · and the lot for the storehouses
    The lot for the South Gate fell to Obed-edom, and the lot for the storehouses to his sons.
  28. 1 Chronicles 26:20בֵּ֣ית · of the house
    Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.
  29. 1 Chronicles 26:22בֵּ֥ית · of the house
    …the sons of Jehieli, Zetham, and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
  30. 1 Chronicles 26:27לְבֵ֥ית · of the house
    They had dedicated some of the plunder from their battles to the repair of the house of the LORD.
  31. 1 Chronicles 28:2בֵּ֨ית · a house
    Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it,
  32. 1 Chronicles 28:3בַ֖יִת · a house
    …but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has shed blood.’
  33. 1 Chronicles 28:4בֵּית־ · house; וּבְבֵ֥ית · and from the house; בֵּ֣ית · household
    Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
  34. 1 Chronicles 28:6בֵיתִ֖י · My house
    And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.
  35. 1 Chronicles 28:10בַּ֥יִת · a house
    Consider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”
  36. 1 Chronicles 28:11בָּ֨תָּ֜יו · its buildings; וּבֵ֥ית · and the room
    Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.
  37. 1 Chronicles 28:12בֵּית־ · of the house; בֵּ֣ית · of the house
    The plans contained everything David had in mind for the courts of the house of the LORD, for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the house of God and of the dedicated things,
  38. 1 Chronicles 28:13בֵּית־ · in the house; בֵּית־ · in the house
    …for the divisions of the priests and Levites, for all the work of service in the house of the LORD, and for all the articles of service in the house of the LORD:
  39. 1 Chronicles 28:20בֵּית־ · of the house
    David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.
  40. 1 Chronicles 28:21בֵּ֣ית · of the house
    The divisions of the priests and Levites are ready for all the service of the house of God, and every willing man of every skill will be at your disposal for the work. The officials and all the people are fully at your command.”
  41. 1 Chronicles 29:2לְבֵית־ · for the house
    Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.