Strong H1004H1004Kבַּ֫יִת

House (of the Forests of Lebanon)

Transliteration: bayith
Pronunciation: bah'-yith
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

Probably from H1129 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).

Detailed definition

means: house, dwelling, household

In the biblical story

House of the Forest

A building in Solomon's palace complex

The House of the Forest of Lebanon, a building in Solomon's palace.

In the Bible

Strong H1004K appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

house5

First verses

1 Kings 7:2
He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
1 Kings 10:17
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
1 Kings 10:21
And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
2 Chronicles 9:16
And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
2 Chronicles 9:20
And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.