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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 1–10 of 17 · 17 word occurrences in this result

Job 1:10
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 1:10 · retained source text

Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on euery side? thou hast blessed the worke of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

1611 marginal noteOr, cattell.

Job 1:13
¶ And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 1:13 · retained source text

¶ And there was a day, when his sonnes and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house:

Job 1:18
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 1:18 · retained source text

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, & said, Thy sonnes, and thy daughters, were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house.

Job 1:19
And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 1:19 · retained source text

And beholde, there came a great winde from the wildernes, and smote the foure corners of the house, and it fell vpon the yong men, and they are dead, and I onely am escaped alone to tell thee.

1611 marginal noteHeb from a side, &c.

Job 7:10
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 7:10 · retained source text

Hee shall returne no more to his house: neither shall his place know him any more.

Job 8:15
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 8:15 · retained source text

He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shal hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

Job 17:13
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 17:13 · retained source text

If I waite, the graue is mine house: I haue made my bedde in the darknesse.

Job 19:15
They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 19:15 · retained source text

They that dwell in mine house, and my maides count me for a stranger: I am an aliant in their sight.

Job 20:19
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 20:19 · retained source text

Because hee hath oppressed, and hath forsaken the poore; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not:

1611 marginal noteHebr. crushed.

1611 marginal noteEccles. 5.12.

Job 20:28
The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 20:28 · retained source text

The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

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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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