What does בַּיִת · יַעַר mean in the Bible?
בַּיִת · יַעַר is a Hebrew phrase meaning "House/Palace of the Forest".
Hebrew · H1004, H3293
בֵּית יַעַר
A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) · a copse of bushes ; hence, a forest ; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
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בַּיִת H1004 a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Pronunciation bêt YHWH
Physical dwelling expands to household, dynasty, and temple—the building contains and constitutes the family unit itself.
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יַעַר H3293 a copse of bushes ; hence, a forest ; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
Pronunciation yaʿar
Dense vegetation domain: moves from bush-copse to forest to honeycomb's cellular structure via natural habitat association.
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What does בֵּית יַעַר (bêṯ yaʿar) mean in the Bible?
בַּיִת · יַעַר is a Hebrew phrase meaning "House/Palace of the Forest".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1004, H3293?
H1004, H3293 is connected to 2,115 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. House/Palace of the Forest
Strong's H1004, H3293
Lexical occurrences 2,115 verses Source Gloss
House/Palace of the Forest
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בֵּית יַעַר is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain