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. Ezekiel 3:5בֵּ֖ית · the house
    For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel—
  2. Ezekiel 3:7וּבֵ֣ית · But the house; בֵּ֣ית · house
    But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.
  3. Ezekiel 3:9בֵּֽית־ · house
    I will make your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or dismayed at their presence, even though they are a rebellious house.”
  4. Ezekiel 3:17לְבֵ֣ית · for the house
    “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
  5. Ezekiel 3:24בֵּיתֶֽךָ׃ · your house
    Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
  6. Ezekiel 3:26בֵּ֥ית · house
    I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house.
  7. Ezekiel 3:27בֵּ֥ית · house
    But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.
  8. Ezekiel 4:3לְבֵ֥ית · to the house
    Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.
  9. Ezekiel 4:4בֵּֽית־ · of the house
    Then lie down on your left side and place the iniquity of the house of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their iniquity for the number of days you lie on your side.
  10. Ezekiel 4:5בֵּֽית־ · of the house
    For I have assigned to you 390 days, according to the number of years of their iniquity. So you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
  11. Ezekiel 4:6בֵּית־ · of the house
    When you have completed these days, lie down again, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. I have assigned to you 40 days, a day for each year.
  12. Ezekiel 5:4בֵּ֥ית · house
    Again, take a few of these, throw them into the fire, and burn them. From there a fire will spread to the whole house of Israel.
  13. Ezekiel 6:11בֵּ֣ית · of the house
    This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague.
  14. Ezekiel 7:15מִבָּ֑יִת · are within
    The sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.
  15. Ezekiel 7:24בָּֽתֵּיהֶ֑ם · their houses
    So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.
  16. Ezekiel 8:1בְּבֵיתִ֔י · in my house
    In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me.
  17. Ezekiel 8:6בֵּֽית־ · the house
    “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”
  18. Ezekiel 8:10בֵּ֣ית · of the house
    So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel.
  19. Ezekiel 8:11בֵֽית־ · of the house
    Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.
  20. Ezekiel 8:12בֵֽית־ · of the house
    “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
  21. Ezekiel 8:14בֵּית־ · of the house
    Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz.
  22. Ezekiel 8:16בֵּית־ · of the house
    So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.
  23. Ezekiel 8:17לְבֵ֣ית · for the house
    “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!
  24. Ezekiel 9:3הַבָּ֑יִת · of the temple
    Then the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.
  25. Ezekiel 9:6הַבָּֽיִת׃ · the temple
    Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
  26. Ezekiel 9:7הַבַּ֗יִת · the temple
    Then He told them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth!” So they went out and began killing throughout the city.
  27. Ezekiel 9:9בֵּֽית־ · of the house
    He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’
  28. Ezekiel 10:3לַבַּ֖יִת · of the temple
    Now when the man went in, the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple, and a cloud filled the inner court.
  29. Ezekiel 10:4הַבָּ֑יִת · of the temple; הַבַּ֙יִת֙ · The temple
    Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the cherubim and stood over the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD.
  30. Ezekiel 10:18הַבָּ֑יִת · of the temple
    Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.
  31. Ezekiel 10:19בֵּית־ · of the house
    As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the ground, with the wheels beside them as they went. And they stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, with the glory of the God of Israel above them.
  32. Ezekiel 11:1בֵּית־ · of the house
    Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.
  33. Ezekiel 11:3בָּתִּ֑ים · houses
    They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’
  34. Ezekiel 11:5בֵּ֣ית · O house
    And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what the LORD says: “That is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your minds.
  35. Ezekiel 11:15בֵּ֥ית · house
    “Son of man, your brothers—your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel—are those of whom the people of Jerusalem have said, ‘They are far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.’
  36. Ezekiel 12:2בֵּית־ · house; בֵּ֥ית · house
    “Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.
  37. Ezekiel 12:3בֵּ֥ית · house
    Therefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.
  38. Ezekiel 12:6לְבֵ֥ית · to the house
    And as they watch, lift your bags to your shoulder and take them out at dusk; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.”
  39. Ezekiel 12:9בֵּ֥ית · house; בֵּ֣ית
    “Son of man, hasn’t the rebellious house of Israel asked you, ‘What are you doing?’
  40. Ezekiel 12:10בֵּ֥ית · the house
    Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are there.’
  41. Ezekiel 12:24בֵּ֥ית · the house
    For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations within the house of Israel,
  42. Ezekiel 12:25בֵּ֣ית · house
    …because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”
  43. Ezekiel 12:27בֵֽית־ · that the house
    “Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’
  44. Ezekiel 13:5בֵּ֣ית · the house
    You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.
  45. Ezekiel 13:9בֵּֽית־ · of the house
    My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.
  46. Ezekiel 14:4מִבֵּ֣ית
    Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to his great idolatry,