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בַּיִת

bayith · Hebrew · Strong's H1004 · 2054 occurrences

What it means

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

probably from H1129 (בָּנָה) abbreviated;

How the KJV renders it

court, daughter, door, family, hangings, home, house, inside, palace, place, temple, web

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

Questions this word decides

• Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
• Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
• Does scripture permit divorce and remarriage?
• Are head coverings commanded in worship?
• Is tithing required for Christians?
• What does Malachi 3:10 mean about the tithe?

Where it appears

2054 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.