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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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Numbers 4:22
Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 4:22 · retained source text

Take also the summe of the sonnes of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families:

Numbers 16:32
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 16:32 · retained source text

And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them vp, and their houses, and all the men that appertained vnto Korah, and all their goods.

Numbers 17:6
¶ And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
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1611 witness · Numbers 17:6 · retained source text

¶ And Moses spake vnto the children of Israel, and euery one of their Princes gaue him a rod a piece, for each Prince one, according to their fathers houses, euen twelue rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

1611 marginal noteHebr. a rod for one Prince, a rod for one Prince.

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