בַּיִת
bayith · bah-yith
{a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H1004 (בַּיִת)
{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: house.
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
44 occurrences · 44 OT · 0 NT · 27 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- house17 · 39%
- of the house7 · 16%
- for the house4 · 9%
- the house2 · 5%
- to the house1 · 2%
- and let the house1 · 2%
- was made in the house1 · 2%
- concerning the house1 · 2%
- let the house1 · 2%
- them in the house1 · 2%
- his house1 · 2%
- and let his house1 · 2%
- and your houses1 · 2%
- to his house1 · 2%
- and their houses1 · 2%
- in mine house1 · 2%
- of his house1 · 2%
- into his house1 · 2%
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.