Words the Bible translates as house
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- oikosοἶκοςa house: the building a family lives in, and by extension the people who belong to it, from a single household to a whole family line
- bayitבַּיִתhouse: a bounded, enclosed space and, by extension, the people, the family line, the temple, or the place it holds together.
- oikiaοἰκίαhouse: a dwelling, and by extension the people who live in it and the property it represents.
- aulēαὐλήan enclosed open-air space: the walled yard of a house, the court around a temple, or a pen that holds sheep.
+1 more meaning
- a large walled residence taken as a whole: a great house, a palace, or an official's headquarters, and not merely its yard.
- bayitבַּיִתa house: a building where someone lives or where something is kept
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