בַּ֫יִת 2034 noun masculineDeuteronomy 8:12 house (Phoenician 
בת, MI 
בת, suffix 
ביתה, Arabic 
بَيْتُ, Aramaic 
H1005 בַּיְתָא, 
Atxyfb Assyrian 
bîtu, COT
Gloss, Sabean 
בית, 
בת, 
fortress DHM
ZMG 1883, 387; 
temple Hal
257 DHM
ZMG 1876, 697, Ethiopic 
ቤት፡ Palmyrene in 
בת עלמא, 
בת מקברתא sepulchre Vog
32, 64 and others; etymology dubious; Thes √ 
בות, Aramaic 
בּוּת, 
txb spend the night, Arabic 
بَاتَ Ethiopic 
ቤት፡ but this perhaps denominative, & 
בית from √ 
לר֞ with 
ת afform. compare Sta
§187 a) — absolute 
בַּיִת Exodus 12:30 +; 
בָּ֑יִת Genesis 33:17 +; 
בַּ֫יְתָה (
ה ָ locative) 
Psalm 68:7 +; construct 
בֵּית Genesis 12:15 +; suffix 
בֵּיתִי Genesis 15:2 +; 
בֵּיתְךָ Genesis 7:1 +, etc.; 
הַבַּ֫יְתָה, 
בַּיְתָה (
in) 
to the house, homeward, 
Genesis 19:10; 
Psalm 68:7 +; also 
בֵּ֫יתָה (
in) 
to the house of...; plural 
בָּֽתִּים Exodus 1:21 + (i.e. 
bâttîm, see Nö in Me
Archaeology i. 456 f., compare Ges
§ 96); construct 
בָּֽתֵּי Exodus 8:17 +; suffix 
בָּתֶּיךָ Exodus 10:6; 
בָּֽתָּיו 1 Chronicles 28:11; 
בָּֽתֵּינוּ Exodus 12:27 +; 
בָּֽתֵּיכֶם Genesis 42:19; 
בָּתֵּיהֶם Numbers 16:32 +; (
בָּֽתֵּ֫ימוֺ Psalm 49:12), etc.; — 
    1. house,
    (ε) in combinations, of structures for various purposes: —
    (7) בֵּית הַגָּן garden-h. (or proper name? compare p. III) 
2 Kings 9:27;
 
    (10) בֵּית י׳ = 
temple 1 Kings 7:12, 
40, 
45, 
51 & very often; also (mostly late) 
בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים 1 Chronicles 9:11, 
13, 
26 + often; but also of earlier tent of worship 
Judges 18:31; see also 
הָאֹהֶל בּ׳ 1 Chronicles 9:23, compare 
אֱלֹהִים בּ׳ of local shrine 
1 Chronicles 17:5; & also in mouth of Jacob, as explanation of name of Bethel 
Genesis 28:17 (compare 
Genesis 28:19), & as name of stone, or 
MaÁÁeba Genesis 28:22 = (all E); also 
י׳ ב׳ of earlier tent of worship 
Judges 19:18; 
1 Samuel 1:7, 
24; 
2 Samuel 12:20 (compare further 
אֱלֹהִים, 
יהוה); 
הָאוֺצָר בּ׳ Malachi 3:10; compare 
הֵיכַל הַבַּיִת 1 Kings 6:3, & 
בּ׳ alone in same sense, especially 
1 Kings 6 compare 2 Chron 1:18; 
2 Chronicles 2:3; 
2 Chronicles 2:11 +; see 
1 Chronicles 28:2 מְנוּחָה לַאֲרוֺן בְּרִית־י׳ בּ׳ וְלַהֲדֹם רַגְלֵי אֱלֹהֵינוּ; also 
בֵּית הַקֹּדֶשׁ 1 Chronicles 29:3; 
קֹדֶשׁ בּ׳ הַקֳּדָשִׁים 2 Chronicles 3:8, 
10 קָדְשֵׁנוּ וְתִפְאַרְתֵּנוּ בּ׳ Isaiah 64:10; 
בֵּית־זְבֻל 2 Chronicles 6:2; 
בֵּית זָ֑בַח 2 Chronicles 7:12 בֵּית מִקְדָּשָׁם 2 Chronicles 36:17; 
תְּפִלָּה בּ׳ Isaiah 56:7 (twice in verse); 
תִּפְאַרְתִּי בּ׳ Isaiah 60:7; also of heathen temples 
בַּעַל־בְּרִית ב׳ Judges 9:4; 
־דָּגוֺן ב׳ 1 Samuel 5:5 עַשְׁתָּרוֺת ב׳ 1 Samuel 31:10; 
רִמּוֺן ב׳ 2 Kings 5:18 (
3 times in verse); 
הַבַּעַל ב׳ 2 Kings 10:21 (twice in verse); 
2 Kings 10:23, 
25, 
26, 
27; 
2 Kings 11:18; 
עֲצַבֵּיהֶם בּ׳ 1 Samuel 31:9 (but read rather 
את־עצביהם as in || 
1 Chronicles 10:9 so 

 We Dr); 
בֵּית בָּמוֺת 1 Kings 12:31 (compare MI 
בת במת) see also 
1 Kings 13:32; 
2 Kings 17:29, 
32; 
בֵּית אוֺצַר אֱלֹהָיו Daniel 1:2 etc.; made of woven material 
2 Kings 23:7; 
אֲשֶׁר הַנָּשִׁים אֹרְגוֺת שָׁם בָּֽתִּים לָאֲשֵׁרָה perhaps = 
tent-shrines but text dubious 
 χεττιεῖν
 χεττιεῖν (
כתנות ?); 
 στολάς
 στολάς; compare Ew
H iii.718 & Klo;
 
    (ζ) of portion of larger building (late), so plural 
בָּֽתָּיו 1 Chronicles 28:11 i.e. of the temple (|| 
גַּנְזַכָּיו, 
עֲלִיֹּתָיו, 
חֲדָרָיו); compare 
הַכַּפֹּדֶת  בּ׳ ib.; 
הַמְֿבַשְּׁלִים בּ׳ Ezekiel 46:24.
 
    c. figurative of human bodies 
בָּֽתֵּי־חֹמֶר Job 4:19 houses of clay, compare in phrase 
שֹׁמְרֵי הַבַּיִת Ecclesiastes 12:3 keepers of the house, i.e. the arms; see further 
בֵּית מְגוּרָ֑י Psalm 119:54.
 
    2. place, of Jerusalem 
בֵּית קִבְרוֺת אֲבֹתַי Nehemiah 2:3 (|| 
עִיר Nehemiah 2:5), compare also proper name compounded with 
בֵּית, below, & 
בֵּית מַמְלָכָה Amos 7:13 (predicate of Bethel); 
בֵּית נְתִיבוֺת Proverbs 8:2 i.e. where paths meet RV; 
אֲבָנִים בּ׳ Job 8:17; on both these 
H996 בֵּית.
 
    5. household, family (592 times)
    c. בֵּית שָׁאוּל 2 Samuel 3:1 (twice in verse); 
2 Samuel 3:6 (twice in verse); 
2 Samuel 3:8, 
10; 
2 Samuel 9:1, 
2, 
3, 
9; 
2 Samuel 16:5 (
שׁ׳ משׁפחת בּ׳) 
2 Samuel 16:8; 
2 Samuel 19:18 (compare 
2 Samuel 21:1 where read 
וְאֶל־ בֵּיתֹה דָמִים so 

 We Dr) 
1 Chronicles 12:29; 
בֵּית דָּוִד 2 Samuel 3:1, 
6; 
2 Samuel 7:26 = 
1 Chronicles 17:24 (compare context in both), 
1 Kings 12:19 2 Chronicles 10:19, 2 Chronicles 10:20; 2 Chronicles 10:26; 
2 Chronicles 13:2; 
2 Chronicles 14:8; 
2 Kings 17:21; 
Isaiah 7:2, 
13; 
Isaiah 22:22; 
Jeremiah 21:12; 
Zechariah 12:7, 
8, 
10, 
12 (
דּ׳ משׁפחת בּ׳) 
2 Chronicles 21:7; 
Psalm 122:5; 
יָרָבְעָם בּ׳ 1 Kings 13:34; 
1 Kings 14:10 (twice in verse); 
1 Kings 14:13, 
14; 
1 Kings 15:29; 
1 Kings 16:3; 
1 Kings 21:22; 
2 Kings 9:9; 
2 Kings 13:6; 
אַחְאָב בּ׳ 2 Kings 8:18, 
27 (
3 times in verse) (of Ahaziah 
א׳ חֲתַן בּ׳), 
2 Kings 9:7, 
8, 
9; 
2 Kings 10:10, 
11; 
2 Kings 21:13; 
Micah 6:16; 
2 Chronicles 21:6; 
21:13; 
22:3; 
22:4; 
22:7; 
22:8; etc.
 
    d. especially of Hebrew people & subdivisions:
    (δ) בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל (Vrss & variant reading sometimes 
בני see 
H1121 בֵּן) † Hexateuch 
Exodus 16:31; 
Exodus 40:38; 
Leviticus 10:6; 
Numbers 20:29 (all P) 
Leviticus 17:3, 
8, 
10; 
Leviticus 22:18 (H) 
Joshua 21:43 (D)†; 
1 Samuel 7:2 + 
8 times Samuel Kings; 
Hosea 1:4, 
6; 
Hosea 5:1; 
Hosea 6:10; 
Hosea 12:1; 
Amos 5:1 + 
7 times Amos; †
Micah 1:5; 
Micah 3:1, 
9; 
Isaiah 5:7; 
Isaiah 14:2, also 
Isaiah 46:3; 
Isaiah 63:7; 
Zechariah 8:13†; but especially 
Jeremiah 2:4, 
26 + 
17 times Jeremiah; 
Ezekiel 3:1, 
4, 
5, 
7 (twice in verse); 
Ezekiel 3:17 + 
75 times Ezekiel; also 
יִשְׂרָאֵל זֶרַע בּ׳ Jeremiah 23:8; 
Ezekiel 44:22 (Co strike out 
בּ׳); 
שְׁנֵי בָֽתֵּי יִשְׂרָאֵל Isaiah 8:14; 
בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהוּדָה Ezekiel 9:9 + 
Ezekiel 25:8 Co; futher 
בֵּית מְרִי rebellious house (of Israel) 
Ezekiel 2:5, 
6; 
Ezekiel 3:9, 
26, 
27; 
Ezekiel 12:2, 
3, & 
הַמֶּ֑רִי בּ׳ Ezekiel 2:8; 
Ezekiel 12:2, 
9, 
25; 
Ezekiel 17:12; 
Ezekiel 24:3 [+ 
Ezekiel 44:6 Co];
 
    e. technically, yet with some looseness of usage, 
בֵּית אָב father's house, of family or clan, plural 
בֵּית אָבוֺת father-houses, families (e.g. 
Numbers 1:2) (
79 times; only P & Chronicles) 
Exodus 6:14; 
Exodus 12:3; 
Numbers 1:2, 
4, 
18 + 
41 times Numbers; 
Joshua 22:14 (twice in verse); 
1 Chronicles 4:38; 
1 Chronicles 5:13 + 
25 times Chronicles; 
Ezra 2:59; 
Ezra 10:16; 
Nehemiah 7:61; 
Nehemiah 10:35; = tribe Numbers 17:17 (twice in verse); Numbers 17:18; Numbers 17:21; = main division of tribe 
Numbers 3:20, 
24 +, compare 
Numbers 34:14 (twice in verse) etc.; futher sub-division 
Exodus 12:3; 
1 Chronicles 7:2, 
7 +; compare especially 
1 Chronicles 23:11 Jeush and Beriah had not many sons, therefore they became לְבֵית אָב לִפְקֻדָּה אֶחָ֑ת (compare 
ראשׁי אבות, below 
אב).
 
    8. מִבַּיִת
Note. — 
בית perhaps occurs abbreviated into 
בּ in proper name 
בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה q.v. so Thes and others; compare also Aramaic 
בא = 
בית in like usage Lag
Armen. Stud. § 339; Se i. 51; GGA 1884, 276 **on 
בְּ as abbreviated 
בית see Wetzst
Hauran 110 Kampffmeyer
ZPV xv (1892), 111.
														
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