בֵּית

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. 2 Chronicles 34:10בְּבֵ֣ית · in the house; בְּבֵ֣ית · the house; הַבָּֽיִת׃
    They put it into the hands of those supervising the work in the house of the LORD, who in turn gave it to the workmen restoring and repairing the house of the LORD.
  2. 2 Chronicles 34:11הַבָּ֣תִּ֔ים · for the buildings
    They also gave money to the carpenters and builders to buy dressed stone, as well as timbers for couplings and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to deteriorate.
  3. 2 Chronicles 34:14בֵּ֣ית · into the house
    While they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD given by Moses.
  4. 2 Chronicles 34:15בְּבֵ֣ית · in the house
    And Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan.
  5. 2 Chronicles 34:17בְּבֵית־ · in the house
    They have paid out the money that was found in the house of the LORD and have put it into the hands of the supervisors and workers.”
  6. 2 Chronicles 34:30בֵּית־ · to the house; בֵּ֥ית · in the house
    And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people great and small—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
  7. 2 Chronicles 35:2בֵּ֥ית · of the house
    He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.
  8. 2 Chronicles 35:3בַּ֠בַּיִת · in the temple
    To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel.
  9. 2 Chronicles 35:4לְבֵית־ · by families
    Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions, according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and Solomon his son.
  10. 2 Chronicles 35:5בֵּ֣ית; בֵּֽית־
    Moreover, stand in the Holy Place by the divisions of the families of your kinsmen the lay people, and by the divisions of the families of the Levites.
  11. 2 Chronicles 35:8בֵּ֣ית · of the house
    His officials also contributed willingly to the people and priests and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the chief officials of the house of God, gave the priests 2,600 Passover offerings and 300 bulls.
  12. 2 Chronicles 35:12לְבֵית־
    They set aside the burnt offerings to be given to the divisions of the families of the people to offer to the LORD, as it is written in the Book of Moses. And they did the same with the bulls.
  13. 2 Chronicles 35:20הַבַּ֔יִת · the temple {in order}
    After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Neco king of Egypt marched up to fight at Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to confront him.
  14. 2 Chronicles 35:21בֵּ֣ית · another dynasty
    But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today, but I am fighting another dynasty, and God has told me to hurry. So stop opposing God, who is with me, or He will destroy you!”
  15. 2 Chronicles 36:7בֵּ֣ית · from the house
    Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.
  16. 2 Chronicles 36:10בֵּית־ · from the house
    In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
  17. 2 Chronicles 36:14בֵּ֣ית · the house
    Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
  18. 2 Chronicles 36:17בְּבֵ֣ית
    So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,
  19. 2 Chronicles 36:18בֵּ֤ית · of the house; בֵּ֣ית · of the house
    …who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.
  20. 2 Chronicles 36:19בֵּ֣ית · the house
    Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.
  21. 2 Chronicles 36:23בַ֔יִת · a house
    “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’”
  22. Ezra 1:2בַ֔יִת · a house
    “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.
  23. Ezra 1:3בֵּ֤ית · the house
    Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.
  24. Ezra 1:4לְבֵ֥ית · for the house
    And let every survivor, wherever he lives, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem.’”
  25. Ezra 1:5בֵּ֥ית · the house
    So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
  26. Ezra 1:7בֵית־ · belonging to the house; בְּבֵ֥ית · in the temple
    King Cyrus also brought out the articles belonging to the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of his gods.
  27. Ezra 2:36לְבֵ֣ית · through the house
    The priests: The descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;
  28. Ezra 2:59בֵּית־ · that their families
    The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
  29. Ezra 2:68לְבֵ֥ית · at the house; לְבֵ֣ית · the house
    When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site.
  30. Ezra 3:8בֵּ֤ית · the house; בֵּית־ · of the house
    In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.
  31. Ezra 3:9בְּבֵ֣ית · on the house
    So Jeshua and his sons and brothers, Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Yehudah), and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together to supervise those working on the house of God.
  32. Ezra 3:11בֵּית־ · of the house
    And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.
  33. Ezra 3:12הַבַּ֤יִת · temple; הַבַּ֙יִת֙ · temple
    But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.
  34. Ezra 4:3בַּ֖יִת · a house
    But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.”
  35. Ezra 6:22בֵּית־ · on the house
    For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.
  36. Ezra 7:27בֵּ֥ית · the house
    Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,
  37. Ezra 8:17לְבֵ֥ית · for the house
    And I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his kinsmen, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
  38. Ezra 8:25בֵּית־ · for the house
    …and I weighed out to them the contribution of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites there had offered for the house of our God.
  39. Ezra 8:29בֵּ֥ית · of the house
    Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests, Levites, and heads of the Israelite families.”
  40. Ezra 8:30לְבֵ֥ית · to the house
    So the priests and Levites took charge of the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.
  41. Ezra 8:33בְּבֵ֣ית · in the house
    On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and sacred articles into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, along with the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.