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house

Meaning of “house”

Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

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2,023 occurrences1,712 verses53 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 7:1

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Showing verses 1–8 of 8 · 9 word occurrences in this result

Haggai 1:2
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Haggai 1:2 · retained source text

Thus speaketh the LORD of hostes, saying; This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORDs house should be built.

Haggai 1:4
Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Haggai 1:4 · retained source text

Is it time for you, O yee, to dwell in your sieled houses, and this house lie waste?

Haggai 1:8
Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Haggai 1:8 · retained source text

Goe vp to the mountaine, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.

Haggai 1:9
Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Haggai 1:9 · retained source text

Ye looked for much, and loe it came to litle: and when yee brought it home, I did blow vpon it: Why, saith the LORD of hostes? because of mine house that is waste, and yee runne euery man vnto his owne house.

1611 marginal noteOr, blow it away.

Haggai 1:14
And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Haggai 1:14 · retained source text

And the LORD stirred vp the spirit of Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel gouernour of Iudah, and the spirit of Iosuah the sonne of Iosedech the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, and they came and did worke in the house of the LORD of hostes their God:

Haggai 2:3
Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Haggai 2:3 · retained source text

Who is left among you that sawe this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? Is it not in your eyes in comparison of it, as nothing?

Haggai 2:7
And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Haggai 2:7 · retained source text

And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.

Haggai 2:9
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Haggai 2:9 · retained source text

The glory of this latter house shal be greater then of the former, saith the LORD of hostes: and in this place will I giue peace, saith the LORD of hostes.

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Where “house” appears

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Genesis86 occurrences
77 verses
Exodus24 occurrences
21 verses
Leviticus44 occurrences
33 verses
Numbers52 occurrences
50 verses
Deuteronomy36 occurrences
33 verses
Joshua19 occurrences
17 verses
Judges71 occurrences
63 verses
Ruth7 occurrences
5 verses
1 Samuel58 occurrences
54 verses
2 Samuel104 occurrences
89 verses
1 Kings173 occurrences
134 verses
2 Kings133 occurrences
96 verses
1 Chronicles106 occurrences
89 verses
2 Chronicles203 occurrences
160 verses
Ezra65 occurrences
55 verses
Nehemiah45 occurrences
38 verses
Esther26 occurrences
21 verses
Job17 occurrences
17 verses
Psalms48 occurrences
45 verses
Proverbs28 occurrences
28 verses
Ecclesiastes8 occurrences
6 verses
Song of Solomon5 occurrences
5 verses
Isaiah60 occurrences
53 verses
Jeremiah117 occurrences
97 verses
Lamentations1 occurrence
1 verse
Ezekiel163 occurrences
143 verses
Daniel10 occurrences
8 verses
Hosea14 occurrences
12 verses
Joel5 occurrences
5 verses
Amos24 occurrences
21 verses
Obadiah5 occurrences
2 verses
Micah14 occurrences
13 verses
Nahum1 occurrence
1 verse
Habakkuk3 occurrences
3 verses
Zephaniah1 occurrence
1 verse
Haggai9 occurrences
8 verses
Zechariah31 occurrences
26 verses
Malachi1 occurrence
1 verse
Matthew36 occurrences
33 verses
Mark30 occurrences
26 verses
Luke58 occurrences
50 verses
John10 occurrences
9 verses
Acts39 occurrences
35 verses
Romans1 occurrence
1 verse
1 Corinthians3 occurrences
3 verses
2 Corinthians3 occurrences
2 verses
Colossians1 occurrence
1 verse
1 Timothy7 occurrences
6 verses
2 Timothy2 occurrences
2 verses
Philemon1 occurrence
1 verse
Hebrews12 occurrences
9 verses
1 Peter2 occurrences
2 verses
2 John1 occurrence
1 verse

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