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:
Job 15:28: "And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready"
Job 17:13: "If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness."
Job 19:15: "They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight."
Job 20:19: "and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away a house which he built not;"
Job 20:28: "The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath."
Job 21:9: " Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon"
Job 21:21: "For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?"
Job 21:28: "For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places"
Job 22:18: "Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from"
Job 24:16: "In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light."
Job 27:18: "He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh."
Job 30:23: "I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living."
Job 38:20: "thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house"
Job 39:6: "Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings."
Job 42:11: "bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all"
Psalms 5:7: "But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward"
Psalms 23:6: "the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house forever."
Psalms 26:8: "LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honor dwelleth."
Psalms 27:4: "of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all"
Psalms 30:1: "A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David. I will extol thee, O LORD; for"
Psalms 31:2: "be thou my strong rock, for a house to save"
Psalms 36:8: "They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures."
Psalms 42:4: "with the multitude, I went the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise,"
Psalms 45:10: "forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;"
Psalms 49:11: "Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call"
Psalms 49:16: "is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;"
Psalms 50:9: "I will take no bullock out of thy house, out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds."
Psalms 52:1: "is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief,"
Psalms 52:8: "But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God"
Psalms 55:14: "counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company."
Psalms 59:1: "sent, and they watched the house him. Deliver me from mine enemies,"
Psalms 65:4: "in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy"
Psalms 66:13: "I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,"
Psalms 68:6: "God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but"
Psalms 68:12: "of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil."
Psalms 69:9: "For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon"
Psalms 84:3: "Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay"
Psalms 84:4: "Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah."
Psalms 84:10: "than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,"
Psalms 92:13: "Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God."
Psalms 93:5: "sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, forever."
Psalms 98:3: "He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth"
Psalms 101:2: "unto me? I will walk within my house heart."
Psalms 101:7: "shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not"
Psalms 104:17: "the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house."
Psalms 105:21: "He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:"
Psalms 112:3: "Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth forever."
Psalms 113:9: "He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD."
Psalms 114:1: "When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people"
Psalms 115:10: " O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield."
