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
- Proverbs 31:21לְבֵיתָ֣הּ · for her household; בֵּ֝יתָ֗הּWhen it snows, she has no fear for her household, for they are all clothed in scarlet.
- Proverbs 31:27בֵּיתָ֑הּ · of her householdShe watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
- Ecclesiastes 2:4בָּתִּ֔ים · housesI expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.
- Ecclesiastes 2:7בַ֖יִת · in my houseI acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,
- Ecclesiastes 4:14מִבֵּ֥ית · from the prisonFor the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.
- Ecclesiastes 5:1בֵּ֣ית · the houseGuard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
- Ecclesiastes 7:2בֵּֽית־ · a house; בֵּ֣ית · a houseIt is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
- Ecclesiastes 7:4בְּבֵ֣ית · [is] in the house; בְּבֵ֥ית · is in the houseThe heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
- Ecclesiastes 10:18הַבָּֽיִת׃ · the houseThrough laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.
- Ecclesiastes 12:3הַבַּ֔יִת · of the house…on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,
- Ecclesiastes 12:5בֵּ֣ית · home…when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
- Song of Solomon 1:17בָּתֵּ֙ינוּ֙ · of our houseThe beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.
- Song of Solomon 2:4בֵּ֣ית · the houseHe has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.
- Song of Solomon 3:4בֵּ֣ית · houseI had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.
- Song of Solomon 8:2בֵּ֥ית · the houseI would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
- Song of Solomon 8:7בֵּיתוֹ֙ · of his houseMighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.
- Isaiah 2:2בֵּית־ · of the houseIn the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
- Isaiah 2:3בֵּית֙ · the houseAnd many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 2:5בֵּ֖ית · O houseCome, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
- Isaiah 2:6בֵּ֣ית · the houseFor You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
- Isaiah 3:6בֵּ֣ית · houseA man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”
- Isaiah 3:7וּבְבֵיתִ֕י · in my houseOn that day he will cry aloud: “I am not a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not make me leader of the people!”
- Isaiah 3:14בְּבָתֵּיכֶֽם׃ · is in your housesThe LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
- Isaiah 3:20וּבָתֵּ֥י · bottles…their headdresses, ankle chains, and sashes; their perfume bottles and charms;
- Isaiah 5:7בֵּ֣ית · is the houseFor the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
- Isaiah 5:8בַ֙יִת֙ · house; בְּבַ֔יִת · to houseWoe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
- Isaiah 5:9בָּתִּ֤ים · housesI heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.
- Isaiah 6:4וְהַבַּ֖יִת · and the templeAt the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.
- Isaiah 6:11וּבָתִּים֙ · until the housesThen I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
- Isaiah 7:2לְבֵ֤ית · to the houseWhen it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.
- Isaiah 7:13בֵּ֣ית · O houseThen Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?
- Isaiah 7:17בֵּ֣ית · the houseThe LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”
- Isaiah 8:14בָתֵּ֤י · housesAnd He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
- Isaiah 8:17מִבֵּ֣ית · from the houseI will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
- Isaiah 10:20בֵּֽית־ · of the houseOn that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 10:32בֵּית · of DaughterYet today they will halt at Nob, shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 13:16בָּֽתֵּיהֶ֔ם · their housesTheir infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
- Isaiah 13:21בָתֵּיהֶ֖ם · her housesBut desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.
- Isaiah 14:1בֵּ֥ית · the houseFor the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.
- Isaiah 14:2בֵּֽית־ · Then the houseThe nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
- Isaiah 14:17בָּֽיְתָה׃ · return to their homes…who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”
- Isaiah 14:18בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃ · in his own tombAll the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.
- Isaiah 15:2הַבַּ֧יִת · to its templeDibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
- Isaiah 22:8בֵּ֥ית · in the HouseHe has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
- Isaiah 22:10בָּתֵּ֥י · the houses; הַבָּ֣תִּ֔יםYou counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall.