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
- Ezra 8:36בֵּֽית־ · and the houseThey also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, who proceeded to assist the people and the house of God.
- Ezra 9:9בֵּ֤ית · the houseThough we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
- Ezra 10:1בֵּ֣ית · the houseWhile Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.
- Ezra 10:6בֵּ֣ית · the houseThen Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
- Ezra 10:9בֵּ֣ית · at the houseSo within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.
- Ezra 10:16לְבֵ֥יתSo the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,
- Nehemiah 1:6וּבֵית־ · house…let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.
- Nehemiah 2:3בֵּית־ · where…and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
- Nehemiah 2:8לַבַּ֙יִת֙ · to the temple; וְלַבַּ֖יִת · and for the houseAnd may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
- Nehemiah 3:10בֵּית֑וֹס · his house…next to him, Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs across from his house; and next to him, Hattush son of Hashabneiah made repairs.
- Nehemiah 3:16בֵּ֥ית · and the HouseBeyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth-zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Mighty.
- Nehemiah 3:20בֵּ֣ית · of the houseNext to him, Baruch son of Zabbai diligently repaired another section, from the angle to the doorway of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
- Nehemiah 3:21בֵּ֣ית · of the house; בֵּ֥ית · of the houseNext to him, Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired another section, from the doorway of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house.
- Nehemiah 3:23בֵּיתָ֑םס · of their house; בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ס · his houseBeyond them, Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs in front of their house, and next to them, Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house.
- Nehemiah 3:24מִבֵּ֣ית · from the houseAfter him, Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the angle and the corner,
- Nehemiah 3:25מִבֵּ֤ית · palace…and Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that juts out from the upper palace of the king near the courtyard of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh
- Nehemiah 3:28בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ס · of his [own] houseAbove the Horse Gate, each of the priests made repairs in front of his own house.
- Nehemiah 3:29בֵּית֑וֹס · his houseNext to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house, and next to him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the guard of the East Gate, made repairs.
- Nehemiah 3:31בֵּ֥ית · the houseNext to him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room above the corner.
- Nehemiah 4:14וּבָתֵּיכֶֽם׃פ · and your homesAfter I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
- Nehemiah 4:16בֵּ֥ית · the peopleAnd from that day on, half of my servants did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The officers stationed themselves behind all the people of Judah
- Nehemiah 5:3וּבָתֵּ֖ינוּ · and our homesOthers were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
- Nehemiah 5:11וּבָתֵּיהֶ֑ם · and housesPlease restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have been assessing them.”
- Nehemiah 5:13מִבֵּיתוֹ֙ · out of his houseI also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of his house and possessions every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.
- Nehemiah 6:10בֵּ֣ית · to the house; בֵּ֨ית · the houseLater, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you!”
- Nehemiah 7:3בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ · their own homesAnd I told them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, keep the doors shut and securely fastened. And appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their own homes.”
- Nehemiah 7:4בָּתִּ֖ים · and the housesNow the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.
- Nehemiah 7:39לְבֵ֣ית · through the houseThe priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;
- Nehemiah 7:61בֵּית־ · that their familiesThe following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
- Nehemiah 8:16בֵּ֣ית · of the houseAnd the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.
- Nehemiah 9:25בָּתִּ֣ים · housesThey captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.
- Nehemiah 10:32בֵּ֥ית · of the houseWe also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:
- Nehemiah 10:33בֵּית־ · of the house…for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.
- Nehemiah 10:34לְבֵ֨ית · to the house; לְבֵית־ · by our familiesWe have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.
- Nehemiah 10:35לְבֵ֖ית · to the houseWe will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year.
- Nehemiah 10:36לְבֵ֣ית · to the house; בְּבֵ֥ית · in the houseAnd we will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God.
- Nehemiah 10:37בֵּית־ · of the houseMoreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.
- Nehemiah 10:38לְבֵ֣ית · of the treasury; לְבֵ֥ית · in the houseA priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.
- Nehemiah 10:39בֵּ֥ית · the houseFor the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”
- Nehemiah 11:11בֵּ֥ית · of the houseSeraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of the house of God;
- Nehemiah 11:12לַבַּ֔יִת · at the temple…and their associates who did the work at the temple—822 men; Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah;
- Nehemiah 11:16לְבֵ֣ית · the houseShabbethai and Jozabad, two leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;
- Nehemiah 11:22בֵּית־ · of the houseNow the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the singers in charge of the service of the house of God.