Word Study

The meaning of בַּיִת

Understanding bayith reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

H1004
Hebrew Text
Strong's Concordance

בַּיִת

Phoneticbah'-yith
Transliterationbayith
Grammar Code
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Strong's Definition
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

probably from בָּנָה abbreviated 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). - a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) nm 1) house 1a) house, dwelling habitation 1b) shelter or abode of animals 1c) human bodies (fig.) 1d) of Sheol 1e) of abode of light and darkness 1f) of land of Ephraim 2) place 3) receptacle 4) home, house as containing a family 5) household, family 5a) those belonging to the same household 5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body 6) household affairs 7) inwards (metaph.) 8) (TWOT) temple adv 9) on the inside prep 10) within

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

1710 total references
ReferenceText
Genesis 36:6

And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.

Ruth 2:7

And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.

Ezra 6:22

And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

Song of Solomon 3:4

It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

Joel 1:16

Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

Usage Statistics

Total Occurrences
1710x
Most Frequent Book
2 Chronicles
Book Distribution
Genesis93
Exodus50
Leviticus40
Numbers56
Deuteronomy42
Joshua20
Judges66
Ruth5
1 Samuel57
2 Samuel95
1 Kings145
2 Kings111
1 Chronicles92
2 Chronicles170
Ezra26
Nehemiah46
Esther22
Job26
Psalms50
Proverbs37
Ecclesiastes8
Song of Solomon5
Isaiah65
Jeremiah119
Lamentations3
Ezekiel159
Daniel1
Hosea13
Joel6
Amos23
Obadiah2
Micah14
Nahum1
Habakkuk3
Zephaniah3
Haggai8
Zechariah27
Malachi1

Devotional Reflection

How does the original Hebrew meaning of 'בַּיִת' deepen your understanding of Genesis 36:6?