The meaning of “בַּיִת”
Understanding bayith reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
probably from בָּנָה abbreviated court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as wo...
בַּיִת
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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 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.” Word: בַּיִת (bayith) | |
| 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.” Word: בַּיִת (bayith) | |
| 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. ” Word: בַּיִת (bayith) | |
| 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.” Word: בַּיִת (bayith) | |
| Joel 1:16 | “Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?” Word: בַּיִת (bayith) |
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