Strong’s H1005 · Hebrew

בַּיִת
bayith
bah-yith

Definition

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

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H1004 (בַּיִת)

Where the KJV renders it

  • house

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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