בֵּית (bayit) is a Hebrew noun meaning house. It appears 2056 times in 38 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1004).

Also rendered

• bayit
• household
• temple
• place

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 241)

Root family 241: בַּיִת bayit — house, household, home, place, temple, inward, family, et al. (ASV and RSV similar generally, except that RSV renders house (hold) instead of family.)

• בֵּֽיתְ־אֵל bēyt-ʾēl — Beth-el
• בֵּית לֶחֶם bêt leḥem — Bethlehem
• בִּיתָן bîtān — house

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