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Strong's #1004: bayith (pronounced bah'-yith)

probably from 1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.):--court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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bayith

1) house

1a) house, dwelling habitation

1b) shelter or abode of animals

1c) human bodies (figuratively)

1d) of Sheol

1e) of abode of light and darkness

1f) of land of Ephraim

2) place

3) receptacle

4) home, house as containing a family

5) household, family

5a) those belonging to the same household

5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body

6) household affairs

7) inwards (metaphorically)

8) (TWOT) temple

9) on the inside

10) within

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: probably from H1129 abbreviated



Usage:

This word is used 2053 times:

1 Chronicles 17:17: "for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, me according to the estate"
1 Chronicles 17:23: "concerning thy servant and concerning his house forever, and do"
1 Chronicles 17:24: "is the God of Israel, to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established"
1 Chronicles 17:25: "hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him a house: therefore"
1 Chronicles 17:27: "therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee forever:"
1 Chronicles 21:17: "O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued."
1 Chronicles 22:1: "Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar"
1 Chronicles 22:2: "wrought stones to build the house of God."
1 Chronicles 22:5: "my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD magnifical,"
1 Chronicles 22:6: "his son, and charged him to build a house for the LORD God of Israel."
1 Chronicles 22:7: "in my mind to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God:"
1 Chronicles 22:8: "wars: thou shalt not build a house unto my name, because thou hast shed much"
1 Chronicles 22:10: "He shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I"
1 Chronicles 22:11: "with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD as he hath said"
1 Chronicles 22:14: "Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD a hundred thousand talents"
1 Chronicles 22:19: "and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD."
1 Chronicles 23:4: "and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six"
1 Chronicles 23:11: "in one reckoning, according to their father's house."
1 Chronicles 23:24: "These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted"
1 Chronicles 23:24: "that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty"
1 Chronicles 23:28: "the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in and in"
1 Chronicles 23:28: "holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;"
1 Chronicles 23:32: "their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD."
1 Chronicles 24:4: "of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons"
1 Chronicles 24:4: "of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers."
1 Chronicles 24:6: "and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar."
1 Chronicles 24:19: "were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron"
1 Chronicles 24:30: "These were the sons of the Levites after the house"
1 Chronicles 25:6: "the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, and harps,"
1 Chronicles 25:6: "and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order"
1 Chronicles 26:6: "were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they"
1 Chronicles 26:12: "having wards one against another, to minister in the house"
1 Chronicles 26:13: "lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate."
1 Chronicles 26:15: "To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim."
1 Chronicles 26:20: "Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things."
1 Chronicles 26:22: "his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD."
1 Chronicles 26:27: "battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD."
1 Chronicles 28:2: "had in mine heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD,"
1 Chronicles 28:3: "said unto me, Thou shalt not build a house for my name, because thou hast been a man"
1 Chronicles 28:4: "of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king"
1 Chronicles 28:4: "for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father;"
1 Chronicles 28:4: "Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father"
1 Chronicles 28:6: "thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen"
1 Chronicles 28:10: "the LORD hath chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong,"
1 Chronicles 28:11: "the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the inner parlors"
1 Chronicles 28:11: "thereof, and of the inner parlors thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,"
1 Chronicles 28:12: "by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, the chambers round about,"
1 Chronicles 28:12: "the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:"
1 Chronicles 28:13: "and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all of service"
1 Chronicles 28:13: "and for all of service in the house of the LORD."









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