Strong's Hebrew · H1004
בַּיִת
bayith · bah'-yith
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).
Definition
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Derivation
probably from H1129 (בָּנָה) abbreviated;
Appears 2,046 times in Scripture
“But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?””
“When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.”
“Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.”
“The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.”
“The land will mourn, each clan on its own: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives,”
“Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.””
“Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.”
“the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives,”
“Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).