KJV dictionary & concordance
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
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 18:19
Complete exact-word concordance
And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
And thou shalt haue goats milke enough for thy food, for the food of thy houshold, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
1611 marginal noteHebr. life.
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
Shee riseth also while it is yet night, and giueth meate to her household, and a portion to her maydens.
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
She is not afraid of the snow for her houshold: for all her houshold are cloathed with scarlet.
1611 marginal noteOr, double garments.
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
She looketh well to the wayes of her housholde, and eateth not the bread of idlenesse.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Belonging to the house and family; domestic.
