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. Isaiah 22:15הַבָּֽיִת׃ · the palace
    This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace:
  2. Isaiah 22:18בֵּ֥ית · to the house
    …roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will remain—a disgrace to the house of your master.
  3. Isaiah 22:21וּלְבֵ֥ית · and to the house
    I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority in his hand, and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
  4. Isaiah 22:22בֵּית־ · to the house
    I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.
  5. Isaiah 22:23לְבֵ֥ית · for the house
    I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.
  6. Isaiah 22:24בֵּית־ · house
    So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.
  7. Isaiah 23:1מִבַּ֙יִת֙ · without house
    This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
  8. Isaiah 24:10בַּ֖יִת · house
    The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.
  9. Isaiah 29:22בֵּ֣ית · the house
    Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: “No longer will Jacob be ashamed and no more will his face grow pale.
  10. Isaiah 31:2בֵּ֣ית · the house
    Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.
  11. Isaiah 32:13בָּתֵּ֣י · house
    …and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.
  12. Isaiah 36:3הַבָּ֑יִת · the palace
    Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to him.
  13. Isaiah 36:22הַ֠בַּיִת · the palace
    Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.
  14. Isaiah 37:1בֵּ֥ית · the house
    On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
  15. Isaiah 37:2הַבַּ֜יִת · the palace
    And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
  16. Isaiah 37:14בֵּ֣ית · to the house
    So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
  17. Isaiah 37:31בֵּית־ · of the house
    And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
  18. Isaiah 37:38בֵּ֣ית׀ · in the temple
    One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
  19. Isaiah 38:1לְבֵיתֶ֔ךָ · Put your house
    In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
  20. Isaiah 38:20בֵּ֥ית · the house
    The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.
  21. Isaiah 38:22בֵּ֥ית · to the house
    And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”
  22. Isaiah 39:2בֵּ֣ית · house; בֵּ֣ית · armory; בְּבֵית֖וֹ · in his palace
    And Hezekiah welcomed the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his entire armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
  23. Isaiah 39:4בְּבֵיתֶ֑ךָ · in your palace; בְּבֵיתִי֙ · in my palace
    “What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”
  24. Isaiah 39:6בְּבֵיתֶ֗ךָ · in your palace
    The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
  25. Isaiah 42:7מִבֵּ֥ית · house
    …to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
  26. Isaiah 42:22וּבְבָתֵּ֥י · in dungeons
    But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”
  27. Isaiah 44:13בָּֽיִת׃ · in a shrine
    The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine.
  28. Isaiah 46:3בֵּ֣ית · O house; בֵּ֣ית · of the house
    “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.
  29. Isaiah 48:1בֵּֽית־ · O house
    “Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness—
  30. Isaiah 56:5בְּבֵיתִ֤י · in My house
    I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.
  31. Isaiah 56:7בְּבֵ֣ית · in My house; בֵיתִ֔י · My house; בֵּית־ · a house
    I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”
  32. Isaiah 58:1וּלְבֵ֥ית · and to the house
    “Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
  33. Isaiah 58:7בָ֑יִת · your home
    Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
  34. Isaiah 60:7וּבֵ֥ית · house
    All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.
  35. Isaiah 63:7לְבֵ֣ית · for the house
    I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.
  36. Isaiah 64:11בֵּ֧ית · temple
    Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
  37. Isaiah 65:21בָתִּ֖ים · houses
    They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
  38. Isaiah 66:1בַ֙יִת֙ · of house
    This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
  39. Isaiah 66:20בֵּ֥ית · to the house
    And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”
  40. Jeremiah 2:4בֵּ֣ית · O house; בֵּ֥ית · of the house
    Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all you families of the house of Israel.
  41. Jeremiah 2:14בַּ֖יִת
    Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?
  42. Jeremiah 2:26בֵּ֣ית · the house
    As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets
  43. Jeremiah 3:18בֵית־ · the house
    In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave to your fathers as an inheritance.