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houses

Meaning of “houses”

Buildings or dwelling places; by extension, the families, households, estates, possessions, royal lines, or bodies of people associated with them.

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136 occurrences125 verses36 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 42:19

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Genesis 42:19
If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 42:19 · retained source text

If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: goe ye, carry corne for the famine of your houses.

Exodus 1:21
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 1:21 · retained source text

And it came to passe, because the midwiues feared God, that hee made them houses.

Exodus 6:14
¶ These be the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 6:14 · retained source text

¶ These be the heads of their fathers houses: The sonnes of Reuben the first borne of Israel, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.

1611 marginal noteGen. 46.9. 1.Chro. 5.3.

Exodus 8:9
And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 8:9 · retained source text

And Moses saide vnto Pharaoh, Glory ouer mee: when shall I entreat for thee, and for thy seruants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogges from thee, and thy houses, that they may remaine in the riuer onely?

1611 marginal noteOr haue this honour ouer me, &c.

1611 marginal noteOr, against when.

1611 marginal noteHebr. to cut off.

Exodus 8:11
And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 8:11 · retained source text

And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy seruants, and from thy people; they shall remaine in the riuer onely.

Exodus 8:13
And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 8:13 · retained source text

And the LORD did according to the word of Moses: and the frogges died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.

Exodus 8:21
Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 8:21 · retained source text

Els, if thou wilt not let my people goe, beholde, I will send swarmes of flies vpon thee, and vpon thy seruants, and vpon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall bee full of swarmes of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.

1611 marginal noteOr, a mixture of noysome beasts, &c.

Exodus 8:24
And the Lord did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 8:24 · retained source text

And the LORD did so: and there came a grieuous swarme of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his seruants houses, and into all the lande of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarme of flies.

1611 marginal noteOr, destroyed.

1611 marginal noteWisd. 16.9.

Exodus 9:20
He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 9:20 · retained source text

Hee that feared the word of the LORD amongst the seruants of Pharaoh, made his seruants and his cattell flee into the houses.

Exodus 10:6
And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 10:6 · retained source text

And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy seruants, and the houses of all the Egyptians, which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers fathers haue seene, since the day that they were vpon the earth, vnto this day. And he turned himselfe, and went out from Pharaoh.

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