Know the Word.

Hebrew word

bayith

bah'-yith

בַּיִת

What it means

a house

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

Where it comes from

probably from bânâh (בָּנָה) abbreviated

How the King James translates it

  • house1677
  • houses111
  • household44
  • home23
  • within20
  • prison16
  • temple11
  • places9

Every place it appears 1944

Song of Solomon1:172:43:48:28:7
Lamentations1:202:75:2
Daniel1:2
Obadiah1:171:18
Nahum1:14
Habakkuk2:92:103:13
Zephaniah1:91:132:7
Malachi3:10