bah'-yith
probably from 1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest
variation of applications, especially family, etc.):--court,
daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as
would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold),
inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet,
temple, web, + within(-out).
see Hebrew for [01129]
But I will send [07971] a fire [0784] into the house [01004] of Hazael [02371], which shall devour [0398] the palaces [0759] of Ben–hadad [01130].
I will break [07665] also the bar [01280] of Damascus [01834], and cut off [03772] the inhabitant [03427] from the plain [01237] of Aven [0206], and him that holdeth [08551] the sceptre [07626] from the house [01004] of Eden [01040] [05731]: and the people [05971] of Syria [0758] shall go into captivity [01540] unto Kir [07024], saith [0559] the Lord [03068].the plain…: or, Bikathaventhe house…: or, Beth–eden
And they lay themselves down [05186] upon clothes [0899] laid to pledge [02254] by [0681] every altar [04196], and they drink [08354] the wine [03196] of the condemned [06064] in the house [01004] of their god [0430].the condemned: or, such as have fined, or, mulcted
Hear [08085] ye, and testify [05749] in the house [01004] of Jacob [03290], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] God [03069], the God [0430] of hosts [06635],
And I will smite [05221] the winter [02779] house [01004] with the summer [07019] house [01004]; and the houses [01004] of ivory [08127] shall perish [06], and the great [07227] houses [01004] shall have an end [05486], saith [05002] the Lord [03068].
Hear [08085] ye this word [01697] which I take up [05375] against you, even a lamentation [07015], O house [01004] of Israel [03478].
For thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] God [03069]; The city [05892] that went out [03318] by a thousand [0505] shall leave [07604] an hundred [03967], and that which went forth [03318] by an hundred [03967] shall leave [07604] ten [06235], to the house [01004] of Israel [03478].
For thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] unto the house [01004] of Israel [03478], Seek [01875] ye me, and ye shall live [02421]:
Seek [01875] the Lord [03068], and ye shall live [02421]; lest he break out [06743] like fire [0784] in the house [01004] of Joseph [03130], and devour [0398] it, and there be none to quench [03518] it in Beth–el [01008].
Forasmuch [03282] therefore as your treading [01318] is upon the poor [01800], and ye take [03947] from him burdens [04864] of wheat [01250]: ye have built [01129] houses [01004] of hewn stone [01496], but ye shall not dwell [03427] in them; ye have planted [05193] pleasant [02531] vineyards [03754], but ye shall not drink [08354] wine [03196] of them.pleasant…: Heb. vineyards of desire
As if a man [0376] did flee [05127] from [06440] a lion [0738], and a bear [01677] met [06293] him; or went [0935] into the house [01004], and leaned [05564] his hand [03027] on the wall [07023], and a serpent [05175] bit [05391] him.
Have ye offered [05066] unto me sacrifices [02077] and offerings [04503] in the wilderness [04057] forty [0705] years [08141], O house [01004] of Israel [03478]?
Woe [01945] to them that are at ease [07600] in Zion [06726], and trust [0982] in the mountain [02022] of Samaria [08111], which are named [05344] chief [07225] of the nations [01471], to whom the house [01004] of Israel [03478] came [0935]!are at…: or, are securechief: or, firstfruits
And it shall come to pass, if there remain [03498] ten [06235] men [0582] in one [0259] house [01004], that they shall die [04191].
And a man's uncle [01730] shall take him up [05375], and he that burneth [05635] him, to bring out [03318] the bones [06106] out of the house [01004], and shall say [0559] unto him that is by the sides [03411] of the house [01004], Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say [0559], No [0657]. Then shall he say [0559], Hold thy tongue [02013]: for we may not make mention [02142] of the name [08034] of the Lord [03068].we…: or, they will not, or, have not
For, behold, the Lord [03068] commandeth [06680], and he will smite [05221] the great [01419] house [01004] with breaches [07447], and the little [06996] house [01004] with clefts [01233].breaches: or, droppings
But, behold, I will raise up [06965] against you a nation [01471], O house [01004] of Israel [03478], saith [05002] the Lord [03068] the God [0430] of hosts [06635]; and they shall afflict [03905] you from the entering in [0935] of Hemath [02574] unto the river [05158] of the wilderness [06160].river: or, valley
And the high places [01116] of Isaac [03446] shall be desolate [08074], and the sanctuaries [04720] of Israel [03478] shall be laid waste [02717]; and I will rise [06965] against the house [01004] of Jeroboam [03379] with the sword [02719].
Then Amaziah [0558] the priest [03548] of Beth–el [01008] sent [07971] to Jeroboam [03379] king [04428] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Amos [05986] hath conspired [07194] against thee in the midst [07130] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478]: the land [0776] is not able [03201] to bear [03557] all his words [01697].
But prophesy [05012] not again [03254] any more at Beth–el [01008]: for it is the king's [04428] chapel [04720], and it is the king's [04467] court [01004].chapel: or, sanctuaryking's court: Heb. house of the kingdom
Now therefore hear [08085] thou the word [01697] of the Lord [03068]: Thou sayest [0559], Prophesy [05012] not against Israel [03478], and drop [05197] not thy word against the house [01004] of Isaac [03446].
Behold, the eyes [05869] of the Lord [0136] God [03069] are upon the sinful [02403] kingdom [04467], and I will destroy [08045] it from off the face [06440] of the earth [0127]; saving [0657] that I will not utterly [08045] destroy [08045] the house [01004] of Jacob [03290], saith [05002] the Lord [03068].
For, lo, I will command [06680], and I will sift [05128] the house [01004] of Israel [03478] among all nations [01471], like as corn is sifted [05128] in a sieve [03531], yet shall not the least grain [06872] fall [05307] upon the earth [0776].sift: Heb. cause to movegrain: Heb. stone