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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:

Judges 18:26: "him, he turned and went back unto his house."
Judges 18:31: "he made, all the time that the house was in Shiloh."
Judges 19:2: "from him unto her father's house to"
Judges 19:3: "of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw"
Judges 19:15: "man that took them into his house to lodging."
Judges 19:18: "am I: and I went to Bethlehem-judah, but I am now going to the house"
Judges 19:18: "but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house."
Judges 19:21: "So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink."
Judges 19:22: "the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, beset the house round about,"
Judges 19:22: "beset the house round about, at the door, and spoke to the master of the house,"
Judges 19:22: "saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house,"
Judges 19:23: "And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay,"
Judges 19:23: "seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not"
Judges 19:26: "and fell down at the door of the man's house where was, till"
Judges 19:27: "in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way:"
Judges 19:27: "his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold."
Judges 19:29: "And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine,"
Judges 20:5: "of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about me, and beset the house round about upon me by night,"
Judges 20:8: "neither will we any of us turn into his house."
Ruth 1:8: "return each to her mother's house: deal kindly with"
Ruth 1:9: "you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up"
Ruth 2:7: "now, that she tarried a little in the house."
Ruth 4:11: "the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two"
Ruth 4:11: "two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah,"
Ruth 4:12: " And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bore unto Judah,"
Ruth 4:12: "And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bore unto Judah,"
1 Samuel 1:7: "by year, when she went up to the house to the house of the LORD, so"
1 Samuel 1:19: "the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: knew"
1 Samuel 1:21: "And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD"
1 Samuel 1:24: "of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young."
1 Samuel 2:11: "went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto"
1 Samuel 2:27: "Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt"
1 Samuel 2:27: "of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?"
1 Samuel 2:28: "to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all"
1 Samuel 2:30: "saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house should walk before"
1 Samuel 2:30: "I said indeed that thy house, and the house should walk before me forever:"
1 Samuel 2:31: "thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, an old man in thine house."
1 Samuel 2:31: "house, an old man in thine house."
1 Samuel 2:32: "and there shall not an old man in thine house forever."
1 Samuel 2:33: "thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age."
1 Samuel 2:35: "and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed forever."
1 Samuel 2:36: "And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver"
1 Samuel 3:12: "things which I have spoken his house: when I begin, I will also make an end."
1 Samuel 3:13: "I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which"
1 Samuel 3:14: "And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not"
1 Samuel 3:14: "of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged nor offering"
1 Samuel 3:15: "and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. feared to show"
1 Samuel 5:2: "the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set Dagon."
1 Samuel 5:5: "of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread the threshold"
1 Samuel 6:7: "to the cart, and bring their calves home from"









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