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
- Ezekiel 44:6בֵּ֣ית · house; בֵּ֥ית · O houseTell the rebellious house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I have had enough of all your abominations, O house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 44:7בֵּיתִ֑י · My templeIn addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.
- Ezekiel 44:11הַבַּ֔יִת · of the temple; הַבָּ֑יִת · [there]Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and ministering there. They shall slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices for the people and stand before them to minister to them.
- Ezekiel 44:12לְבֵֽית־ · to the houseBecause they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 44:14הַבָּ֑יִת · for the templeYet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.
- Ezekiel 44:17וָבָֽיְתָה׃ · or inside [the temple]When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen garments; they must not wear anything made of wool when they minister at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple.
- Ezekiel 44:22בֵּ֣ית · of the houseAnd they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.
- Ezekiel 44:30בֵּיתֶֽךָ׃ · your homesThe best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes.
- Ezekiel 45:4לְבָ֣תִּ֔ים · housesIt will be a holy portion of the land to be used by the priests who minister in the sanctuary, who draw near to minister before the LORD. It will be a place for their houses, as well as a holy area for the sanctuary.
- Ezekiel 45:5הַבַּ֧יִת · in the templeAn adjacent area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide shall belong to the Levites who minister in the temple; it will be their possession for towns in which to live.
- Ezekiel 45:6בֵּ֥ית · houseAs the property of the city, you are to set aside an area 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, adjacent to the holy district. It will belong to the whole house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 45:8לְבֵֽית־ · to the houseThis land will be his possession in Israel. And My princes will no longer oppress My people, but will give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
- Ezekiel 45:17בֵּ֣ית · of the house; בֵּֽית־ · the houseAnd it shall be the prince’s part to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings for the feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—for all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel. He will provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 45:19הַבַּ֔יִת · of the templeAnd the priest is to take some of the blood from the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the gateposts of the inner court.
- Ezekiel 45:20הַבָּֽיִת׃ · for the templeYou must do the same thing on the seventh day of the month for anyone who strays unintentionally or in ignorance. In this way you will make atonement for the temple.
- Ezekiel 46:24בֵּ֣ית · are the kitchens; הַבַּ֖יִת · at the templeAnd he said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple will cook the sacrifices offered by the people.”
- Ezekiel 47:1הַבַּיִת֒ · of the temple; הַבַּ֙יִת֙ · of the temple; הַבַּ֖יִת · the temple; הַבַּ֙יִת֙ · of the templeThen the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar.
- Ezekiel 48:21הַבַּ֖יִת · of the templeThe remaining area on both sides of the holy portion and of the property of the city will belong to the prince. He will own the land adjacent to the tribal portions, extending eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the holy district toward the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the western border. And in the center of them will be the holy portion and the sanctuary of the temple.
- Daniel 1:2בֵית־ · from the house; בֵּ֣ית · to the house; בֵּ֖יתAnd the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god.
- Hosea 1:4בֵּ֣ית · the house; בֵּ֥יתThen the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.
- Hosea 1:6בֵּ֣ית · on the houseGomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.
- Hosea 1:7בֵּ֤ית · on the houseYet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”
- Hosea 5:1בֵּ֣ית · O house; וּבֵ֤ית · house“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
- Hosea 5:12לְבֵ֥ית · to the houseSo I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
- Hosea 5:14לְבֵ֣ית · to the houseFor I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.
- Hosea 6:10בְּבֵית֙ · In the houseIn the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.
- Hosea 8:1בֵּ֣ית · the housePut the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
- Hosea 9:4בֵּ֥ית · the houseThey will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.
- Hosea 9:8בְּבֵ֥ית · is in the houseThe prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!
- Hosea 9:15מִבֵּיתִ֖י · from My houseAll their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.
- Hosea 11:11בָּתֵּיהֶ֖ם · their homesThey will come trembling like birds from Egypt and like doves from the land of Assyria. Then I will settle them in their homes, declares the LORD.
- Hosea 11:12בֵּ֣ית · the houseEphraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
- Joel 1:9מִבֵּ֣ית · from the houseGrain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.
- Joel 1:13מִבֵּ֥ית · from the housePut on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
- Joel 1:14בֵּ֖ית · to the houseConsecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
- Joel 1:16מִבֵּ֥ית · from the houseHas not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God?
- Joel 2:9בַּבָּתִּ֖ים · into housesThey storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.
- Joel 3:18מִבֵּ֤ית · from the houseAnd in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.
- Amos 1:4בְּבֵ֣ית · upon the houseSo I will send fire upon the house of Hazael to consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.