Original Language Studio
1 Kings 9:8
“And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?” (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
- וְ — conjunction
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- בַּ֤יִת — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- 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.