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. Habakkuk 3:13מִבֵּ֣ית · of the house
    You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah
  2. Zephaniah 1:9בֵּ֥ית · the house
    On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.
  3. Zephaniah 1:13וּבָתֵּיהֶ֖ם · and their houses; בָתִּים֙ · houses
    Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.
  4. Zephaniah 2:7בֵּ֥ית · of the house; בְּבָתֵּ֣י · among the houses
    The coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will find pasture. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the LORD their God will attend to them and restore their captives.
  5. Haggai 1:2בֵּ֥ית · the house
    …that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”
  6. Haggai 1:4בְּבָתֵּיכֶ֣ם · houses; וְהַבַּ֥יִת · house
    “Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”
  7. Haggai 1:8הַבָּ֑יִת · the house
    Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.
  8. Haggai 1:9הַבַּ֖יִת · home; בֵּיתִי֙ · My house; לְבֵיתֽוֹ׃ · with his own house
    You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
  9. Haggai 1:14בְּבֵית־ · on the house
    So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,
  10. Haggai 2:3הַבַּ֣יִת · house
    ‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?’
  11. Haggai 2:7הַבַּ֤יִת · house
    I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.
  12. Haggai 2:9הַבַּ֨יִת · house
    The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
  13. Zechariah 1:16בֵּיתִי֙ · My house
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’
  14. Zechariah 3:7בֵּיתִ֔י · My house
    “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here.
  15. Zechariah 4:9הַבַּ֥יִת · house
    “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me to you.
  16. Zechariah 5:4בֵּ֣ית · the house; בֵּ֛ית · and the house; בֵּית֔וֹ · his house
    I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”
  17. Zechariah 5:11בַ֖יִת · a house
    “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.”
  18. Zechariah 6:10בֵּ֚ית · to the house
    “Take an offering from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon—and go that same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.
  19. Zechariah 7:3לְבֵית־ · of the house
    …by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”
  20. Zechariah 8:9בֵּית־ · the house
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were present when the foundations were laid to rebuild the temple, the house of the LORD of Hosts.
  21. Zechariah 8:13בֵּ֤ית · O house; וּבֵ֣ית · and house
    As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”
  22. Zechariah 8:15בֵּ֣ית
    …“so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid.
  23. Zechariah 8:19לְבֵית־ · for the house
    “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”
  24. Zechariah 9:8לְבֵיתִ֤י · My house
    But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with My own eyes.
  25. Zechariah 10:3בֵּ֣ית · the house
    “My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock, the house of Judah; He will make them like His royal steed in battle.
  26. Zechariah 10:6בֵּ֣ית · the house; בֵּ֤ית · the house
    I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.
  27. Zechariah 11:13בֵּ֥ית · in the house
    And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
  28. Zechariah 12:4בֵּ֤ית · the house
    On that day, declares the LORD, I will strike every horse with panic, and every rider with madness. I will keep a watchful eye on the house of Judah, but I will strike with blindness all the horses of the nations.
  29. Zechariah 12:7בֵּית־ · of the house
    The LORD will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not be greater than that of Judah.
  30. Zechariah 12:8וּבֵ֤ית · and the house
    On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.
  31. Zechariah 12:10בֵּ֨ית · the house
    Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
  32. Zechariah 12:12בֵּית־ · of the house; בֵּית־ · of the house
    The land will mourn, each clan on its own: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives,
  33. Zechariah 12:13בֵּית־ · of the house
    …the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives,
  34. Zechariah 13:1לְבֵ֥ית · to the house
    “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
  35. Zechariah 13:6בֵּ֥ית · in the house
    If someone asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ he will answer, ‘These are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.’
  36. Zechariah 14:2הַבָּ֣תִּ֔ים · the houses
    For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
  37. Zechariah 14:20בְּבֵ֣ית · in the house
    On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of the LORD will be like the sprinkling bowls before the altar.
  38. Zechariah 14:21בְּבֵית־ · in the house
    Indeed, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take some pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of Hosts.
  39. Malachi 3:10בֵּ֣ית · the storehouse; בְּבֵיתִ֔י · in My house
    Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.