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Lexicon :: Strong's H1004 - bayiṯ

Aa
בַּיִת
Transliteration
bayiṯ
Pronunciation
bah'-yith
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Part of Speech
proper patrial adjective, adverb, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from בָּנָה (H1129) abbreviated
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 241

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: בית.

Strong’s Definitions

בַּיִת bayith, bah'-yith; probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.):—court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, × great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,055x

The KJV translates Strong's H1004 in the following manner: house (1,881x), household (54x), home (25x), within (22x), temple (11x), prison (16x), place (16x), family (3x), families (with H1) (2x), dungeon (2x), miscellaneous (23x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,055x
The KJV translates Strong's H1004 in the following manner: house (1,881x), household (54x), home (25x), within (22x), temple (11x), prison (16x), place (16x), family (3x), families (with H1) (2x), dungeon (2x), miscellaneous (23x).

  1. house

    1. house, dwelling habitation

    2. shelter or abode of animals

    3. human bodies (fig.)

    4. of Sheol

    5. of abode of light and darkness

    6. of land of Ephraim

  2. place

  3. receptacle

  4. home, house as containing a family

  5. household, family

    1. those belonging to the same household

    2. family of descendants, descendants as organized body

  6. household affairs

  7. inwards (metaph.)

  8. (TWOT) temple

    adverb

  9. on the inside

    preposition

  10. within

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בַּיִת bayith, bah'-yith; probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.):—court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, × great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
STRONGS H1004: Abbreviations
בַּ֫יִת 2034 noun masculineDeuteronomy 8:12 house (Phoenician בת, MI בת, suffix ביתה, Arabic بَيْتُ, Aramaic H1005 בַּיְתָא, Atxyfb Assyrian bîtu, COTGloss, Sabean בית, בת, fortress DHMZMG 1883, 387; temple Hal257 DHMZMG 1876, 697, Ethiopic ቤት፡ Palmyrene in בת עלמא, בת מקברתא sepulchre Vog32, 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 MeArchaeology 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,
a. as dwelling habitation Genesis 19:2, 3, 4, 11; Genesis 27:15; Genesis 33:17 (object of בָּנָה) Exodus 12:7 + often; מוֺשַׁב בּ׳ Leviticus 25:29 (compare בַּיִת לְשִׁבְתִּי 2 Samuel 7:5); בֵּית = in the house of, when modifying word follows, compare DrSm 29, n. 2 (after stative construct מוֺלֶדֶת בַּיִת אוֺ מוֺלֶדֶת חוּץ Leviticus 19:9); e.g. אָבִיךָ בּ׳ Genesis 24:23; אִישָׁהּ בּ׳ Numbers 30:11 יהוה בּ׳ 2 Kings 23:24; so in proper name ביתאל Amos 7:13; (ה)בַּ֫יְתָה into the house, home Exodus 9:19 (of man & beast) compare, Judges 19:18; 1 Samuel 6:7 (compare 1 Samuel 6:10) 1 Kings 13:7, 15; Psalm 68:7; Isaiah 14:17 etc.; compare below 7 below; partic
(α) in J occasionally of tent Genesis 27:15; compare Genesis 33:17 (with בנה; here of nomad's hut); usually
(β) house of solid materials, with doorposts, etc. Exodus 12:7; Deuteronomy 6:9; Deuteronomy 11:20, walls Leviticus 14:37, 39, of stones, timber & mortar Leviticus 14:45 (compare Leviticus 14:40; Leviticus 14:42; Leviticus 14:43); so also Joshua 2:15; supported by pillars Judges 16:26f.; with roof on which one could walk 2 Samuel 11:12 etc.; see especially temple and king's house in Jerusalem 1 Kings 5-7 etc.; compare Songs 1:7; Jeremiah 22:14; of Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40f.; בָּֽתֵּכֶם סְפוּנִים of luxurious houses Haggai 1:4; בנה בָּֽתִּים טֹבִים Deuteronomy 8:12; בּנה בַּיִת־חָדָשׁ Deuteronomy 20:5; compare Deuteronomy 22:8; also with בנה Deuteronomy 28:30 + often;
(γ) construct before word of material, אֲרָזִים בּ׳ 2 Samuel 7:2, 7 = 1 Chronicles 17:1 (הַא׳ בּ׳) 1 Chronicles 17:6; הַשֵּׁן בּ׳ 1 Kings 22:39 compare Amos 3:15; גָּזִית בּ׳ house of hewn stone Amos 5:11; compare בֵּית יַעַר הַלְּבָנוֺן 1 Kings 7:2; 2 Chronicles 9:20, בֵּית הַיַּעַר Isaiah 22:8;
(δ) also before word of quality or characteristic, בֵּית אֵבֶל Ecclesiastes 7:2 || מִשְׁתֶּה בּ׳ Ecclesiastes 7:4 || שִׂמְחָה בּ׳; מַרְזֵחַ בּ׳ Jeremiah 16:5; מִשְׁתֶּה בּ׳ Jeremiah 16:8; בָּֽתֵּי חֶמְדָּתֵךְ Ezekiel 26:12; בֵּית תַּעֲנֻגֶי֑הָ Micah 2:9; compare מְרִי בּ׳ rebellious house below 5. d below;
(ε) in combinations, of structures for various purposes: —
(1) בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ = palace 1 Kings 9:1, 10; 1 Kings 10:12 +, etc.; בֵּית מַמְלָכָה Amos 7:13 compare below 2 below; הַמַּלְכוּת בּ׳ Esther 5:1; compare Esther 2:16; לְמַלְכוּתוֺ בּ׳ 2 Chronicles 1:18;
(2) בֵּית הַסֹּהַר = the prison Genesis 39:20 (twice in verse); Genesis 39:21, 22 (twice in verse); Genesis 39:23; Genesis 40:3, 5; compare מִשְׁמַרְכֶם בּ׳ Genesis 42:19; מִשְׁמֶרֶת בּ׳ 2 Samuel 20:3; בּ׳ הָאָסוּר Jeremiah 37:15; הָאֲסיּרים בּ׳ Judges 16:21, 25; הָסֿוּרִים בּ׳ Ecclesiastes 4:14; הַכֶּלֶא בּ׳ 1 Kings 22:27; 2 Kings 17:4; 2 Chronicles 18:26; Jeremiah 37:15, 18 compare Isaiah 42:7; כֶּלֶא בּ׳ 2 Kings 25:27; הַמַּהְפֶּכֶת בּ׳ 2 Chronicles 16:10; הַכְּליּ֯א בּ׳ Jeremiah 37:4; Jeremiah 52:31; בָּֽתֵּי כְלָאִים Isaiah 42:22; בֵּית־הַבּוֺר Jeremiah 37:16; הַפְּקֻדּוֹת בּ׳ Jeremiah 52:31;
(3) בֵּית הַנָּשִׁים house of the women, harem Esther 2:9, 11, 13, 14;
(4) מִשְׁתֵּה הַיַּיִן בּ׳ Esther 7:8; הַיָּ֑יִן בּ׳ Songs 2:4; compare בָּֽתֵּי מָשׂוֺשׂ Isaiah 32:13;
(5) בֵּית הַחֹרֶף Amos 3:15; Jeremiah 36:22; הַקָּ֑יִץ בּ׳ Amos 3:15;
(6) בֵּית נְכֹתֹה & בֵּית כֵּלָיו 2 Kings 20:13 = Isaiah 39:2;
(7) בֵּית הַגָּן garden-h. (or proper name? compare p. III) 2 Kings 9:27;
(8) בֵּית־עֵקֶד binding-h. (or proper name?) 2 Kings 10:12, 14;
(9) בֵּיתעֲבָדִים h. of slaves (where slaves live), only figurative of Egypt Exodus 13:3, 14; Exodus 20:2; Deuteronomy 5:6; Deuteronomy 6:12; Deuteronomy 7:8; Deuteronomy 8:14; Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 13:11; Joshua 24:17; Judges 6:8; Micah 6:4; Jeremiah 34:13; — on הַחָפְשִׁית בּ׳ 2 Kings 15:5 2 Chronicles 26:21 compare חפשׁית; especially.
(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 Greek Version of the LXX 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 Greek Version of the LXX χεττιεῖν (כתנות ?); LXX of Lucian (Lag.) στολάς; compare EwH 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.
b. as shelter or abode of animals 1 Samuel 6:7, 10 compare Exodus 9:19; בֵּית עַכָּבִישׁ Job 8:14 spider's web (compare בָּנָה כָעָשׁ בֵּיתוֺ Job 27:18); of wild ass Job 39:6 שַׂמְתִּי עֲרָבָה בֵיתוֺ; בַּיִת מָֽצְאָה צִפּוֹר Psalm 84:4 (|| קֵן); חֲסִידָה בְּרוֺשִׁים בֵּיתָהּ Psalm 104:17 (compare || & Che); Proverbs 30:26 (of the שְׁפַנִּים 'conies').
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.
d. of She’ôl, שְׁאוֺל בֵּיתִי Job 17:13, compare בֵּית מוֺעֵד לְכָל־חָ֑י Job 30:23 (|| מָוֶת); בֵּית עוֺלָמוֺ Ecclesiastes 12:5 (perhaps = tomb, see De).
e. of abode of light & darkness Job 38:20.
f. of land of Ephraim as יהוה בּ׳ Hosea 8:1; Hosea 9:15 (compare אֶרֶץ י׳ Hosea 9:3).
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.
† 3. receptacle, תְּעָלָה כְּבֵית סָאתַיִם 1 Kings 18:32 a trench like a receptacle of two seahs; בָּֽתֵּי נֶפֶשׁ Isaiah 3:20 i.e. vials of perfume; especially בָּֽתִּים לְבַדִּים Exodus 25:27 holders for the staves, i.e. rings, טַבָּעֹת ib.; so Exodus 37:14, 27; Exodus 38:5; compare בָּֽתִּים לַבְּרִיחִם Exodus 26:29; Exodus 36:34 holders for the bars (all P, & all explained by טבעת); בֵּית־לָהּ סָבִיב Ezekiel 1:27 (si vera lectio) its [construct as Psalm 58:5] house (= enclosing cage) was round about (strike out B Hi Co).
4. of house as containing a family, hence in phrase of slaves belonging to household יְלִידֵי בֵיתוֺ Genesis 14:14; compare Genesis 17:12 (opposed to מִקְנַת־כֶּסֶף) Genesis 17:13 (all || id.) figurative of Israel Jeremiah 2:14 (|| עֶבֶד); compare בֶּן־בֵּיתִי Genesis 15:3; בְּנֵי־בַיִת הָיָה לִי Ecclesiastes 2:7 (as token of wealth & prosperity); also of one's sister מוֺלֶדֶת בַּיִת Leviticus 18:19 (|| חוּץ מ׳ compare below); אַנְשֵׁי בֵיתוֺ Genesis 17:27; נַפְשׁוֺת בּ׳ Genesis 36:6; כָּל־הַנֶּפֶשׁ לְבֵית־יַעֲקֹב Genesis 46:27. Hence
5. household, family (592 times)
a. ordinary sense, those belonging to the same household Genesis 7:1; Genesis 12:1, 17 +, Deuteronomy 6:22; Deuteronomy 11:6 +; Hexateuch mostly J D; E Genesis 35:2; Genesis 42:33; Genesis 50:22 compare Exodus 1:21 below; P Genesis 36:6; Exodus 1:1; Exodus 12:4; Leviticus 16:6, 11, 17; Numbers 16:32; Numbers 18:31; Joshua 22:15; even where expressly said to inhabit tents Numbers 16:32; Deuteronomy 11:6 אֶת־בָּֽתֵּיהֶם וְאֶת־אָהֳלֵיהֶם; specifically זְקַן־בּ׳ Genesis 24:2; compare Genesis 50:7 (of rank & dignity in household); of a family of handicraftsmen מִשְׁפְּחוֹת בֵּית־עֲבֹדַת הַבֻּץ 1 Chronicles 4:21 (see H948 בוץ); also, with figurative of house clearly in mind מִשְׁקֹלֶת בּ׳ 2 Kings 21:13; מַפְתֵּחַ בּ׳ Isaiah 22:22.
b. family of descendants, descendants as organized body Genesis 18:19 (J || בָּנִים) +, & so with בָּנָה (q. v.) אחיו יִבְנֶה בּ׳ Deuteronomy 25:9 compare Ruth 4:11 &, subject י׳, לְ בָּנָה בּ׳ 2 Samuel 7:27 = 1 Chronicles 17:10, 25; also 1 Samuel 2:35; 1 Kings 11:38 (both נֶאֱמָן בּ׳), so לְ עשׂה בּ׳ 2 Samuel 7:11; 1 Kings 2:24; also plural וַיַּעַשׂ לָהֶם בָּֽתִּים Exodus 1:21; נֶאֱמָן לְ עשׂה ב׳ 1 Samuel 25:28; compare especially with proper name, e.g.
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 Greek Version of the LXX 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:
(α) בֵּית יִשְׂחָ֑ק Amos 7:16;
(β) † עֵשָׂו בּ׳ Obadiah 18 (twice in verse);
(γ) † בֵּית יַעֲקֹב Genesis 46:27 (P) Exodus 19:3 (E) Amos 3:13; Amos 9:8; Micah 2:7; Micah 3:9; Obadiah 17,18; Isaiah 8:17; Isaiah 10:20; Isaiah 14:1; Isaiah 29:22; Isaiah 46:3; Isaiah 48:1; Isaiah 58:1; Jeremiah 2:4; Jeremiah 5:20; Psalm 114:1; also יעקב זֶרַע בּ׳ Ezekiel 20:5 (strike out Co); most frequently...
(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];
(ε) בֵּית יְהוּדָה 2 Samuel 2:4, 7, 10, 11; 1 Kings 12:21 2 Chronicles 11:1; 2 Kings 19:30 = Isaiah 37:31; Isaiah 22:21; Hosea 1:7; Hosea 5:12, 14; Zephaniah 2:7; Zechariah 8:13, 15, 19; Zechariah 10:3, 6; Zechariah 12:4, & especially Jeremiah 3:18 + 9 times Jeremiah; Ezekiel 4:6 + 4 times Ezekiel + Ezekiel 9:9 above; also יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן בּ׳ 1 Kings 12:23; † מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה בּ׳ Jeremiah 21:11; Jeremiah 22:6;
(ζ) † יוֺסֵף בּ׳ Genesis 50:8; Joshua 17:17; Joshua 18:5 (all J E) Judges 1:22, 23, 35; 2 Samuel 19:21; 1 Kings 11:28; Amos 5:6; Obadiah 18; Zechariah 10:6;
(η) † אֶפְרַיִם בּ׳ Judges 10:9;
(θ) בִּנְיָמִן בּ׳ 2 Samuel 3:19 compare 1 Kings 12:23 above;
(ι) יִשָּׂשכָר בּ׳ 1 Kings 15:27;
(κ) † לֵוִי בּ׳ Exodus 2:1 (E) Numbers 17:23 (P) Zechariah 12:13 (ל׳ משׁפחת ב׳), Psalm 135:20; &
(λ) אַהֲרֹן בּ׳ Psalm 115:10; Psalm 115:12; Psalm 118:3; Psalm 135:19.
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).
6. house, including household affairs, persons, property, etc. וַיַּפְקִדֵהוּ עַל־בֵּיתוֺ Genesis 39:4 compare בְּבֵיתוֺ Genesis 39:5; אֲשֶׁר עַל־בֵּיתוֺ Genesis 44:1, 4; hence אשׁר על הבית as title of governor of the palace (EwH iii. 269) Isaiah 22:15; Isaiah 36:3 compare 1 Kings 4:6; 2 Kings 15:5; in Israel 1 Kings 16:9; 1 Kings 18:3; 2 Kings 10:5: further 2 Samuel 17:23; 2 Kings 20:1 = Isaiah 38:1; hence of personal property 1 Kings 13:8 אִם־תִּתֶּן־לִי אֶת־חֲצִי בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ; family and property (everything on which one depends) Job 8:15.
7. בַּ֫יְתָה, בָּ֑יְתָה, literally housewards, hence metaphor inwards, † Exodus 28:26 = Exodus 39:19 (that is, of the ephod), 1 Kings 7:25 = 2 Chronicles 4:4 (that is, of the circle of oxen supporting the molten sea); 2 Samuel 5:9 מִן־הַמִּלּוֺא וָבָ֑יְתָה from the Millo and inward, Ezekiel 44:17.
8. מִבַּיִת
a. adverb on the inside (of a building, chest, etc.: opposed to מִחוּץ) † Genesis 6:14; Exodus 25:11 = Exodus 37:2; Leviticus 14:41; 1 Kings 6:15, 16; 1 Kings 7:9; 2 Kings 6:30 (of a person's clothes), Ezekiel 7:15; so with ה locative מִבֲַּ֫יְתָה † 1 Kings 6:15
b. †מִבֵּית לְ (construct Ges§ 130, 1 n.) preposition within (opposed to מִחוּץ לְ), מִבֵּית לַמָּרֹכֶת within the veil Exodus 26:33; Leviticus 16:2, 12; Numbers 18:7 לְכָל־דְּבַר הַמִּזִבֵּחַ וּלְמִבֵּית לַמָּרֹכֶת for everything of the altar, and for (that) within the veil; 1 Kings 7:8, 31; (read לַכְּתֵפֹת; see VB & StaZAW 1883, 165); אֶל־מִבֵּית לְ (after a verb of motion) in within Leviticus 16:15; 2 Kings 11:15 = 2 Chronicles 23:14.
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 LagArmen. Stud. § 339; Se i. 51; GGA 1884, 276 **on בְּ as abbreviated בית see WetzstHauran 110 KampffmeyerZPV xv (1892), 111.
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Genesis

6:14; 7:1; 7:1; 12:1; 12:15; 12:17; 14:14; 15:2; 15:3; 17:12; 17:13; 17:27; 18:19; 19:2; 19:3; 19:4; 19:10; 19:11; 24:2; 24:23; 27:15; 27:15; 28:17; 28:19; 28:22; 33:17; 33:17; 33:17; 35:2; 36:6; 36:6; 39:4; 39:5; 39:20; 39:21; 39:22; 39:23; 40:3; 40:5; 42:19; 42:19; 42:33; 44:1; 44:4; 46:27; 46:27; 50:7; 50:8; 50:22

Exodus

1:1; 1:21; 1:21; 1:21; 2:1; 6:14; 8:17; 9:19; 9:19; 10:6; 12:3; 12:3; 12:4; 12:7; 12:7; 12:27; 12:30; 13:3; 13:14; 16:31; 19:3; 20:2; 25:11; 25:27; 26:29; 26:33; 28:26; 36:34; 37:2; 37:14; 37:27; 38:5; 39:19; 40:38

Leviticus

10:6; 14:37; 14:39; 14:40; 14:41; 14:42; 14:43; 14:45; 16:2; 16:6; 16:11; 16:12; 16:15; 16:17; 17:3; 17:8; 17:10; 18:19; 19:9; 22:18; 25:29

Numbers

1:2; 1:2; 1:4; 1:18; 3:20; 3:24; 16:32; 16:32; 16:32; 18:7; 18:31; 20:29; 30:11; 34:14

Deuteronomy

5:6; 6:9; 6:12; 6:22; 7:8; 8:12; 8:12; 8:14; 11:6; 11:6; 11:20; 13:6; 13:11; 20:5; 22:8; 25:9; 28:30

Joshua

2:15; 17:17; 18:5; 21:43; 22:14; 22:15; 24:17

Judges

1:22; 1:23; 1:35; 6:8; 9:4; 10:9; 16:21; 16:25; 16:26; 18:31; 19:18; 19:18

Ruth

4:11

1 Samuel

1:7; 1:24; 2:35; 5:5; 6:7; 6:7; 6:10; 6:10; 7:2; 25:28; 31:9; 31:10

2 Samuel

2:4; 2:7; 2:10; 2:11; 3:1; 3:1; 3:6; 3:6; 3:8; 3:10; 3:19; 5:9; 7:2; 7:5; 7:7; 7:11; 7:26; 7:27; 9:1; 9:2; 9:3; 9:9; 11:12; 12:20; 16:5; 16:8; 17:23; 19:18; 19:21; 20:3; 21:1

1 Kings

2:24; 4:6; 6; 6:3; 6:15; 6:15; 6:16; 7:2; 7:8; 7:9; 7:12; 7:25; 7:31; 7:40; 7:45; 7:51; 9:1; 9:10; 10:12; 11:28; 11:38; 12:19; 12:21; 12:23; 12:23; 12:31; 13:7; 13:8; 13:15; 13:32; 13:34; 14:10; 14:13; 14:14; 15:27; 15:29; 16:3; 16:9; 18:3; 18:32; 21:22; 22:27; 22:39

2 Kings

5:18; 6:30; 8:18; 8:27; 9:7; 9:8; 9:9; 9:9; 9:27; 10:5; 10:10; 10:11; 10:12; 10:14; 10:21; 10:23; 10:25; 10:26; 10:27; 11:15; 11:18; 13:6; 15:5; 15:5; 17:4; 17:21; 17:29; 17:32; 19:30; 20:1; 20:13; 21:13; 21:13; 23:7; 23:24; 25:27

1 Chronicles

4:21; 4:38; 5:13; 7:2; 7:7; 9:11; 9:13; 9:23; 9:26; 10:9; 12:29; 17:1; 17:5; 17:6; 17:10; 17:24; 17:25; 23:11; 28:2; 28:11; 28:11; 29:3

2 Chronicles

2:3; 2:11; 3:8; 3:10; 4:4; 6:2; 7:12; 9:20; 10:19; 11:1; 13:2; 14:8; 16:10; 18:26; 21:6; 21:7; 21:13; 22:3; 22:4; 22:7; 22:8; 23:14; 26:21; 36:17

Ezra

2:59; 10:16

Nehemiah

2:3; 2:5; 7:61; 10:35

Esther

2:9; 2:11; 2:13; 2:14; 2:16; 5:1; 7:8

Job

4:19; 8:14; 8:15; 8:17; 17:13; 27:18; 30:23; 38:20; 39:6

Psalms

49:12; 58:5; 68:7; 68:7; 68:7; 84:4; 104:17; 114:1; 115:10; 115:12; 118:3; 119:54; 122:5; 135:19; 135:20

Proverbs

8:2; 30:26

Ecclesiastes

2:7; 4:14; 7:2; 7:4; 12:3; 12:5

Song of Songs

1:7; 2:4

Isaiah

3:20; 5:7; 7:2; 7:13; 8:14; 8:17; 10:20; 14:1; 14:2; 14:17; 22:8; 22:15; 22:21; 22:22; 22:22; 29:22; 32:13; 36:3; 37:31; 38:1; 39:2; 42:7; 42:22; 46:3; 46:3; 48:1; 56:7; 58:1; 60:7; 63:7; 64:10

Jeremiah

2:4; 2:4; 2:14; 2:26; 3:18; 5:20; 16:5; 16:8; 21:11; 21:12; 22:6; 22:14; 23:8; 34:13; 36:22; 37:4; 37:15; 37:15; 37:16; 37:18; 52:31; 52:31

Ezekiel

1:27; 2:5; 2:6; 2:8; 3:1; 3:4; 3:5; 3:7; 3:9; 3:17; 3:26; 3:27; 4:6; 7:15; 9:9; 9:9; 12:2; 12:2; 12:3; 12:9; 12:25; 17:12; 20:5; 24:3; 25:8; 26:12; 44:6; 44:17; 44:22; 46:24

Daniel

1:2

Hosea

1:4; 1:6; 1:7; 5:1; 5:12; 5:14; 6:10; 8:1; 9:3; 9:15; 12:1

Amos

3:13; 3:15; 3:15; 3:15; 5:1; 5:6; 5:11; 7:13; 7:13; 7:13; 7:16; 9:8

Obadiah

1:17; 1:18; 1:18

Micah

1:5; 2:7; 2:9; 3:1; 3:9; 3:9; 6:4; 6:16

Zephaniah

2:7

Haggai

1:4

Zechariah

8:13; 8:13; 8:15; 8:19; 10:3; 10:6; 10:6; 12:4; 12:7; 12:8; 12:10; 12:12; 12:13

Malachi

3:10

H1004

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Strong's Number H1004 matches the Hebrew בַּיִת (bayiṯ),
which occurs 2,056 times in 1,712 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 35 (Gen 39:5–Exo 8:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:5 - From the day Joseph was put in charge of his master’s household and property, the LORD began to bless Potiphar’s household for Joseph’s sake. All his household affairs ran smoothly, and his crops and livestock flourished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:8 - But Joseph refused. “Look,” he told her, “my master trusts me with everything in his entire household.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:9 - No one here has more authority than I do. He has held back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing? It would be a great sin against God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:11 - One day, however, no one else was around when he went in to do his work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:14 - she called out to her servants. Soon all the men came running. “Look!” she said. “My husband has brought this Hebrew slave here to make fools of us! He came into my room to rape me, but I screamed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:16 - She kept the cloak with her until her husband came home.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:20 - So he took Joseph and threw him into the prison where the king’s prisoners were held, and there he remained.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:21 - But the LORD was with Joseph in the prison and showed him his faithful love. And the LORD made Joseph a favorite with the prison warden.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:22 - Before long, the warden put Joseph in charge of all the other prisoners and over everything that happened in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:23 - The warden had no more worries, because Joseph took care of everything. The LORD was with him and caused everything he did to succeed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:3 - and he put them in the prison where Joseph was, in the palace of the captain of the guard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - While they were in prison, Pharaoh’s cup-bearer and baker each had a dream one night, and each dream had its own meaning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:7 - “Why do you look so worried today?” he asked them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:14 - And please remember me and do me a favor when things go well for you. Mention me to Pharaoh, so he might let me out of this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:10 - “Some time ago, you were angry with the chief baker and me, and you imprisoned us in the palace of the captain of the guard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:40 - You will be in charge of my court, and all my people will take orders from you. Only I, sitting on my throne, will have a rank higher than yours.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:51

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:51 - Joseph named his older son Manasseh,[fn] for he said, “God has made me forget all my troubles and everyone in my father’s family.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:19 - If you really are honest men, choose one of your brothers to remain in prison. The rest of you may go home with grain for your starving families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:33 - “Then the man who is governor of the land told us, ‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take grain for your starving families and go on home.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:16 - When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the manager of his household, “These men will eat with me this noon. Take them inside the palace. Then go slaughter an animal, and prepare a big feast.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:17 - So the man did as Joseph told him and took them into Joseph’s palace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18 - The brothers were terrified when they saw that they were being taken into Joseph’s house. “It’s because of the money someone put in our sacks last time we were here,” they said. “He plans to pretend that we stole it. Then he will seize us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:19 - The brothers approached the manager of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the palace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:24 - The manager then led the men into Joseph’s palace. He gave them water to wash their feet and provided food for their donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:26 - When Joseph came home, they gave him the gifts they had brought him, then bowed low to the ground before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:1 - When his brothers were ready to leave, Joseph gave these instructions to his palace manager: “Fill each of their sacks with as much grain as they can carry, and put each man’s money back into his sack.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4 - But when they had gone only a short distance and were barely out of the city, Joseph said to his palace manager, “Chase after them and stop them. When you catch up with them, ask them, ‘Why have you repaid my kindness with such evil?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8 - Didn’t we return the money we found in our sacks? We brought it back all the way from the land of Canaan. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:14 - Joseph was still in his palace when Judah and his brothers arrived, and they fell to the ground before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:2 - Then he broke down and wept. He wept so loudly the Egyptians could hear him, and word of it quickly carried to Pharaoh’s palace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:8 - So it was God who sent me here, not you! And he is the one who made me an adviser[fn] to Pharaoh—the manager of his entire palace and the governor of all Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:11 - I will take care of you there, for there are still five years of famine ahead of us. Otherwise you, your household, and all your animals will starve.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:16 - The news soon reached Pharaoh’s palace: “Joseph’s brothers have arrived!” Pharaoh and his officials were all delighted to hear this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:18 - Then get your father and all of your families, and return here to me. I will give you the very best land in Egypt, and you will eat from the best that the land produces.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:27 - In addition, Joseph had two sons[fn] who were born in Egypt. So altogether, there were seventy[fn] members of Jacob’s family in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:31 - And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s entire family, “I will go to Pharaoh and tell him, ‘My brothers and my father’s entire family have come to me from the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:12 - And Joseph provided food for his father and his brothers in amounts appropriate to the number of their dependents, including the smallest children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:14 - By selling grain to the people, Joseph eventually collected all the money in Egypt and Canaan, and he put the money in Pharaoh’s treasury.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:24 - Then when you harvest it, one-fifth of your crop will belong to Pharaoh. You may keep the remaining four-fifths as seed for your fields and as food for you, your households, and your little ones.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:4 - When the period of mourning was over, Joseph approached Pharaoh’s advisers and said, “Please do me this favor and speak to Pharaoh on my behalf.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:7 - So Joseph went up to bury his father. He was accompanied by all of Pharaoh’s officials, all the senior members of Pharaoh’s household, and all the senior officers of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:8 - Joseph also took his entire household and his brothers and their households. But they left their little children and flocks and herds in the land of Goshen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:22 - So Joseph and his brothers and their families continued to live in Egypt. Joseph lived to the age of 110.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:1 - These are the names of the sons of Israel (that is, Jacob) who moved to Egypt with their father, each with his family:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:21 - And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:1 - About this time, a man and woman from the tribe of Levi got married.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:22 - Every Israelite woman will ask for articles of silver and gold and fine clothing from her Egyptian neighbors and from the foreign women in their houses. You will dress your sons and daughters with these, stripping the Egyptians of their wealth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:14 - These are the ancestors of some of the clans of Israel: The sons of Reuben, Israel’s oldest son, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. Their descendants became the clans of Reuben.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:23 - Pharaoh returned to his palace and put the whole thing out of his mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - The Nile River will swarm with frogs. They will come up out of the river and into your palace, even into your bedroom and onto your bed! They will enter the houses of your officials and your people. They will even jump into your ovens and your kneading bowls.

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