76 occurrences

'House' in the Bible

The families of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

Verse ConceptsScribes

The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea;

Verse ConceptsLinenOccupations

Now these are those whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord after the ark [of the covenant] rested there.

Verse ConceptsLeaders, PoliticalThe Ark In The Temple

They ministered with singing before the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon had built the Lord’s house (temple) in Jerusalem, performing their service in due order.

Verse ConceptsTent Of Meetingministering

Their relatives the Levites [who were not descended from Aaron] were appointed for all the other kinds of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

Verse ConceptsAssignment

Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Beriah (on misfortune), because tragedy had come on his house.

Verse ConceptsMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenTragedy

Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief officer of the house of God;

and their relatives, heads of their fathers’ households, 1,760—very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsThousands

Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives of his father’s house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, doorkeepers of the Tent; and their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance.

So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, that is, the house of the tabernacle, as guards.

The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides —on the east, west, north, and south.

Verse ConceptsFour CornersNorth, South, East And WestFour Sides

for these Levites, the four chief gatekeepers, had an official duty, and were in charge of the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

Verse ConceptsTreasuries

They spent the night around the house of God, for the [night] watch was theirs, and they were in charge of opening the house morning after morning.

Verse ConceptsKeysEvery MorningActing All Night

So Saul died with his three sons and all those of his house died together.

Verse ConceptsThree ChildrenDeath Of A Family MemberFamily Death

They put Saul’s armor in the house of their gods and nailed up his head in the house (temple) of Dagon.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsSkulls

and Zadok, a courageous young man, and twenty-two captains from his father’s house.

Verse ConceptsLeadership Qualities

Of the tribe of Benjamin, the relatives of [King] Saul, 3,000; for until now the majority of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

Verse ConceptsCoronationsThree Thousand And Up

They carried the ark of God on a new cart and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio [his brother] drove the cart.

Verse ConceptsCartsUnused

So David did not bring the ark with him to the City of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

So the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months; and the Lord blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that he had.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, FunctionHomeTwo To Four MonthsFamily First

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar timbers, masons and carpenters, to build a house (palace) for him.

Verse ConceptsCraftsmenCarpentersMasonsPalacesZion, As A PlaceCedar Wood

So David, with the elders of Israel and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed-edom with joy.

Verse ConceptsCommanderThe Ark In Jerusalem

Then all the people departed, each to his house, and David returned [home] to bless his household.

As David sat in his house (palace), he said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I live in a house of cedars, while the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under tent curtains.”

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, FunctionPalacesBuilding God's DwellingRoyal HousesThe Ark Moved AroundCedar WoodMoving To A New Place

“Go and tell David My servant, ‘Thus says the Lord, “You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in;

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In Life Of BelieversWord Of GodBuilding God's Dwelling

for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought Israel up [from Egypt] until this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from one dwelling place to another.

Verse ConceptsMoving To A New Place

Wherever I have walked with all Israel, did I say a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, ‘Why have you not built for Me a house of cedar?’”’

Verse ConceptsCedar Wood

since the time that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. And I will humble and subdue all your enemies.“Furthermore, I tell you that the Lord will build you a house (a blessed posterity).

He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

Verse ConceptsShrinesBuilding God's Dwelling

But I will settle him in My house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forevermore.”’”

Verse ConceptsHouses

Then David the king went in and sat before the Lord and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house and family that You have brought me this far?

Verse ConceptsPeople Sitting Down

This was a small thing in Your eyes, O God; but You have spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the standard and estate of a man of high degree (prominence), O Lord God.

Verse ConceptsFuture

“Therefore now, O Lord, let the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house endure forever, and do as You have said.

Let Your name [and the character that it denotes] endure and be magnified forever, saying, ‘The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel, yes, a God to Israel; and the house of Your servant David is established before You.’

For You, O my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build for him a house (descendants); therefore Your servant has found courage to pray before You.

Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfKnowing God, Nature Of

Therefore may it please You to bless the house (descendants) of Your servant, that it may continue before You forever; for what You bless, O Lord, is blessed forever.”

Verse ConceptsEternal BlessingFamily FirstServant Leadership

David said to God, “Is it not I who commanded the people to be counted? I am the one who has sinned and done evil; but as for these sheep [the people of Israel], what have they done? O Lord my God, please let Your hand be against me and my father’s house, but not against Your people that they should be plagued.”

Verse ConceptsNumberingLonelinessAngst

Then David said, “This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

Verse ConceptsWorship, Places OfSacred PlacesBuilding God's Dwelling

So David gave orders to gather the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and he assigned stonecutters to hew out stones to build the house of God.

Verse ConceptsForeignersSkillStonesStoneworkImmigrantsAliens

David said, “Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord shall be exceedingly magnificent, famous, and an object of glory and splendor throughout all lands [of the earth]. So now I will make preparations for it.” Therefore, David made ample preparations before his death.

Verse ConceptsFameInexperienceMiddle AgeYouthAmateursApprenticesLimitations Of Youthconstructionstructure

Then he called for Solomon his son and ordered him to build a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

Verse ConceptsSolomon's Temple

David said to Solomon, “My son, I had intended to build a house for the Name (Presence) of the Lord my God.

Verse ConceptsMan's Purposes

But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘You have shed much blood and have waged great wars; you shall not build a house for My Name, because you have shed so much blood on the earth before me.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Nature OfSheddingSolomon's Temple

He shall build a house for My Name (Presence). He shall be My son and I will be his father; and I will establish his royal throne over Israel forever.’

Verse ConceptsSons Of GodSpiritual AdoptionChrist Reigning ForeverBuilding God's Dwelling

Now, my son, may the Lord be with you so that you may be successful and build the house of the Lord your God, just as He has spoken concerning you.

Now listen, with great trouble I have prepared and provided for the house of the Lord 100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weighing, for they are great in quantity. I have also prepared and provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.

Verse ConceptsBronzeCoinageGoldSilverBrassAmassing SilverAmassing Bronze

Now set your heart and your soul to seek (inquire of, require as your vital necessity) the Lord your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy articles and utensils of God into the house built for the Name (Presence) of the Lord.”

Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritOrthodoxy, In OtSeeking GodSolomon's TempleThe Ark In The TempleBeing Devoted to GodHeartfelt Prayer To God

Of these 24,000 were to oversee and inspect the work of the house of the Lord and 6,000 were to be administrators and judges,

Verse ConceptsSix ThousandTwenty Thousand And Up

Jahath was the first and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons [not enough for a father’s house or clan], so they were [counted together] as one father’s household, one working group.

These were the Levites by their fathers’ households, the heads of the fathers’ households of those registered, according to the number of names of the individuals who were the servants of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.

Verse ConceptsMaturity, PhysicalMiddle Age

For their duty is to assist [the priests] the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the Lord, in [caring for] the courtyards, the chambers, the purifying of all holy things, and any work of the service of the house of God,

Verse Conceptsperformance

So they shall be responsible for the Tent of Meeting, the Holy Place, and the sons of Aaron their relatives, for the service of the house of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsResponsibilityPerspective

Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel the scribe, from the Levites, recorded them in the presence of the king, the officers, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar [the priest who escaped Saul’s massacre at Nob], and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites; one father’s household taken for Eleazar and one taken for Ithamar.

These were their offices and positions for their service in the house of the Lord according to the ordinance given to them by their father (ancestor) Aaron, just as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.

These also cast lots as did their relatives the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites—the head of father’s households as well as those of his younger brother.

All these were under the direction of their father to sing in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the order and direction of the king.

Verse ConceptsSingersCymbalsHarpsLyresDirection

All these were sons of Obed-edom [in whose house the ark was kept], they and their sons and relatives, strong and able men for the service—sixty-two from Obed-edom.

Verse ConceptsSixties

To these divisions of the gatekeepers, the chief men, were given duties, like their relatives, to minister in the house of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, And Worship Of GodSubdivisions

Of the Levites, Ahijah was in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, And Worship Of GodTreasurer

The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel, were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the Lord.

From spoil won in battles they dedicated gifts to maintain and repair the house of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsRepairing

Then David the king rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brothers [in arms] and my people. I had intended to build a permanent home for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and as a footstool for our God, and I prepared materials for the building.

Verse ConceptsFootstoolsPlansFear, Overcome ByThe Ark In The TempleMan's PurposesRoses

But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for My Name (Presence), because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’

Verse ConceptsSheddingSolomon's TempleWar

However, the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me from all in my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He has chosen Judah to be the leader; and in the house (tribe) of Judah he chose the house of my father; and among the sons of my father He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

Verse ConceptsDavid, Early Lifeelection, responsibilities of

He said to me, ‘Solomon your son shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be a son to Me, and I will be a father to him.

Verse Conceptselection, responsibilities ofSons Of GodSpiritual AdoptionSolomon's Temple

Consider this carefully, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be courageous and strong and do it.”

Verse Conceptselection, responsibilities ofStrength Of PeopleSolomon's Temple

and the plan of all that he had in mind, for the courts of the house of the Lord, and for all the surrounding rooms, for the storerooms of the house of God and for the storerooms for the dedicated gifts and offerings;

Verse ConceptsUnderstandingDivine PlansTreasuriesStores Of Food

the plan for the divisions of the priests and the Levites and for all the work of the service in the house of the Lord and for all the utensils for service in the house of the Lord;

Verse ConceptsSubdivisionsdivisionpriests

Then David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous, and take action; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you nor abandon you [but will guide you in the construction] until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsFailture, God Will NeverBeing AfraiddiscouragementInexperienceBraveryGod's Help In DiscouragementStrength Of PeopleGod Not ForsakingCourageCourage And StrengthStaying Strong And Not Giving UpFinishing Strongfearlessfinishing

And see, [you have] the divisions of the priests and Levites for all the service of God’s house, and every willing, skillful man will be with you in all the kinds of work for any kind of service. Also the officers and all the people will be entirely at your command.”

Verse ConceptsServants, GoodSkillWisdom, Human NatureSubdivisionsVolunteering

So with all my ability I have provided for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, silver for the things of silver, bronze for the things of bronze, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, as well as onyx stones and stones to be inlaid, stones of antimony (a brittle, silvery-white metal) and stones of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones and alabaster in abundance.

Verse ConceptsGemsIronJewelsMineralsStonesPrecious StonesColor

Moreover, because I delight in the house of my God, the [personal] treasure that I have of gold and silver, I give to the house of my God, in addition to all that I have already provided for the holy house:

Verse ConceptsDonationsAffectionconstruction

namely, 3,000 talents of gold from the gold of Ophir, and 7,000 talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings;

Verse ConceptsTalentsOverlaid With GoldOverlaid With SilverVolunteering

and gave for the service of the house of God: 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, and 10,000 talents of silver, and 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

Verse ConceptsCoinageIronSilverTalents

Whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the Lord, in the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.

O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy Name, it is from Your hand, and is all Your own.

Verse ConceptsGiving To GodRiches, Believers AttitudesGod's Provision

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
οἰκία 
Oikia 
house , at home , household , from the house
Usage: 46

οἰκοδεσπότης 
Oikodespotes 
Usage: 0

אלמנה 
'almanah 
Usage: 54

בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

בּית 
Bayith (Aramaic) 
Usage: 44

בּית לעפרה 
Beyth l@-`Aphrah 
Usage: 1

בּית עקד 
Beyth `Eqed 
Usage: 2

גּג 
Gag 
roof , housetop , top , ... house
Usage: 30

מוצאה 
Mowtsa'ah 
Usage: 2

נאה 
Na'ah 
Usage: 12

עבדּה 
`abuddah 
Usage: 2

עטרות בּית יואב 
`Atrowth beyth Yow'ab 
the house of Joab
Usage: 1

δῶμα 
Doma 
Usage: 2

θεραπεία 
therapeia 
Usage: 2

μίσθωμα 
Misthoma 
Usage: 1

οἰκεῖος 
Oikeios 
of the household , of own house
Usage: 3

οἰκέτης 
Oiketes 
Usage: 3

οἰκητήριον 
Oiketerion 
Usage: 2

οἰκιακός 
Oikiakos 
Usage: 0

οἰκοδεσποτέω 
Oikodespoteo 
guide the house
Usage: 1

οἶκος 
Oikos 
house , household , home 9 , at home ,
Usage: 77

σέ 
Se 
thee , thou , thy house , not tr
Usage: 110