Original Language Studio
1 Kings 7:8
“And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H1004 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- Derivation
- probably from H1129 (בָּנָה) abbreviated;
- KJV renderings
- 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).
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- בֵית — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- וֹ֩ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 2,056 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 6:14Genesis 7:1Genesis 12:1Genesis 12:15Genesis 12:17
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בַּיִת here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.