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household

Meaning of “household”

Sense 1: The persons belonging to a house, family, or domestic establishment, including those under its head or charge. Sense 2: The goods, effects, or affairs belonging to such a house.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
61 occurrences60 verses24 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 18:19

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Job 1:3
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His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 1:3 · retained source text

His substance also was seuen thousand sheepe, and three thousand camels, and fiue hundred yoke of oxen, and fiue hundred shee asses, and a very great houshold; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the East.

1611 marginal noteOr, cattell.

1611 marginal noteOr, husbandrie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. sonnes of the East.

Complete reference index — all 60 verses
Genesis 18:19Genesis 31:37Genesis 35:2Genesis 45:11Genesis 47:12Exodus 1:1Exodus 12:4Leviticus 16:17Deuteronomy 6:22Deuteronomy 14:26Deuteronomy 15:20Joshua 2:18Joshua 6:25Joshua 7:14Joshua 7:18Judges 6:27Judges 18:251 Samuel 25:171 Samuel 27:32 Samuel 2:32 Samuel 6:112 Samuel 6:202 Samuel 15:162 Samuel 16:22 Samuel 17:232 Samuel 19:182 Samuel 19:411 Kings 4:61 Kings 4:71 Kings 5:91 Kings 5:111 Kings 11:202 Kings 7:92 Kings 8:12 Kings 8:22 Kings 18:182 Kings 18:372 Kings 19:21 Chronicles 24:6Nehemiah 13:8Job 1:3Proverbs 27:27Proverbs 31:15Proverbs 31:21Proverbs 31:27Isaiah 36:22Isaiah 37:2Matthew 10:25Matthew 10:36Matthew 24:45Luke 12:42Acts 10:7Acts 16:15Romans 16:10Romans 16:111 Corinthians 1:16Galatians 6:10Ephesians 2:19Philippians 4:222 Timothy 4:19

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Genesis5 occurrences
5 versesExodus2 occurrences
2 versesLeviticus1 occurrence
1 verseDeuteronomy3 occurrences
3 versesJoshua4 occurrences
4 versesJudges2 occurrences
2 verses1 Samuel2 occurrences
2 verses2 Samuel8 occurrences
8 verses1 Kings5 occurrences
5 verses2 Kings6 occurrences
6 verses1 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verseNehemiah1 occurrence
1 verseJob1 occurrence
1 verseProverbs5 occurrences
4 versesIsaiah2 occurrences
2 versesMatthew3 occurrences
3 versesLuke1 occurrence
1 verseActs2 occurrences
2 versesRomans2 occurrences
2 verses1 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 verseGalatians1 occurrence
1 verseEphesians1 occurrence
1 versePhilippians1 occurrence
1 verse2 Timothy1 occurrence
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Webster 1828

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Belonging to the house and family; domestic.

volume 1, leaf 925, column 2 (main_dictionary)