בַּיִת
bayith · bah'-yith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from H1129 (בָּנָה) abbreviated;
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign
The house, what is within of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בַּיִת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
2049 occurrences · 2049 OT · 0 NT · 388 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the house283 · 23%
- house251 · 20%
- the house134 · 11%
- in the house104 · 8%
- into the house64 · 5%
- to the house47 · 4%
- unto the house44 · 4%
- and the house42 · 3%
- an house30 · 2%
- for the house25 · 2%
- houses22 · 2%
- from the house22 · 2%
- by the house21 · 2%
- o house20 · 2%
- to his house20 · 2%
- out of the house15 · 1%
- of his house15 · 1%
- home14 · 1%
- and the houses14 · 1%
- in his house13 · 1%
- in thine house12 · 1%
- within12 · 1%
- and all the house11 · 1%
- upon the house10 · 1%
- his house10 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis109
- Exodus59
- Leviticus53
- Numbers58
- Deuteronomy45
- Joshua26
- Judges68
- Ruth7
- 1 Samuel61
- 2 Samuel115
- 1 Kings194
- 2 Kings151
- 1 Chronicles112
- 2 Chronicles218
- Ezra30
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.