33 occurrences

'House' in the Bible

And year by year, whenever she went up to the house of the Lord, she kept on attacking her, so that Hannah gave herself up to weeping and would take no food.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Reasons ForFasting, Nature OfdiseasesSuffering, Nature OfProvokingLost Appetite

And early in the morning they got up, and after worshipping before the Lord they went back to Ramah, to their house: and Elkanah had connection with his wife; and the Lord kept her in mind.

Verse ConceptsMorning DevotionsOne FleshRising EarlyMarital SexGod Remembering His PeopleMarital Sex BetweenThose Who Rose EarlyIndividuals going homeEarly Rising

Then when she had done so, she took him with her, with a three-year old ox and an ephah of meal and a skin full of wine, and took him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh: now the child was still very young.

Verse ConceptsInfantsBottle, UsesWineWineskinChildren, Should Be TreatedLimitations Of YouthQuantities Of WineAnimals At Specific AgesEphah [Ten Omers]The House Of God At Shiloh

Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals going home

And every year Eli gave Elkanah and his wife a blessing, saying, May the Lord give you offspring by this woman in exchange for the child you have given to the Lord. And they went back to their house.

Verse ConceptsBenedictionsIndividuals going homeExchange Of IndividualsPeople Who Blessed Otherslent

And a man of God came to Eli and said to him, The Lord says, Did I let myself be seen by your father's people when they were in Egypt, servants in Pharaoh's house?

Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfAnonymityUnnamed Prophets Of The LordMan Of GodRelationships And Dating

And Samuel kept where he was, not moving till the time came for opening the doors of the house of God in the morning. And fear kept him from giving Eli an account of his vision.

Verse ConceptsFear, Of UnknownThe Act Of OpeningOpening The TempleLying Down To RestThose Who Did Not TellFear Of Individuals

They took the ark of God into the house of Dagon and put it by the side of Dagon.

Verse Conceptsstatues

So to this day no priest of Dagon, or any who come into Dagon's house, will put his foot on the doorstep of the house of Dagon in Ashdod.

So the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the Lord to the house of Abinadab in Gibeah, and they made his son Eleazar holy and put the ark in his care.

Verse ConceptsHoliness, As Set Apart For GodArk Of The Covenant, EventsThe Ark Moved Around

And his base was at Ramah, where his house was; there he was judge of Israel and there he made an altar to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsHomeAltars, Built ByAltars To The LordBuilding Altars

Then Saul came up to Samuel in the doorway of the town and said, Give me directions, if you will be so good, to the house of the seer.

Verse ConceptsWhere Are Things?

Then going away from the prophets, he came to the house.

Verse ConceptsLast Words

Then Samuel gave the people the laws of the kingdom, writing them in a book which he put in a safe place before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

Verse ConceptsExplanationsBooksBook of the Law

And Saul went to Gibeah, to his house; and with him went the men of war whose hearts had been touched by God.

Verse ConceptsHuman WillHeart, Human

Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah, in the land of Saul.

And that day Saul took David and would not let him go back to his father's house.

Verse ConceptsPeople not returning

Now on the day after, an evil spirit from God came on Saul with great force and he was acting like a prophet among the men of his house, while David was making music for him, as he did day by day: and Saul had his spear in his hand.

Verse ConceptsDavid, Abilities Ofevil, victory overHarpsMedicineProphecy, Methods Of OtSpiritsInstrumentalistsMental Illness

And an evil spirit from the Lord came on Saul, when he was seated in his house with his spear in his hand; and David made music for him.

Verse ConceptsAlertevil, victory overSpiritsInstrumentalistsMental Illness

Then in that night Saul sent men to David's house to keep watch on him so as to put him to death in the morning: and David's wife Michal said to him, If you do not go away to a safe place tonight you will be put to death in the morning.

Verse ConceptsDawnWatchfulness, Of BelieversDuring One Night

Are there not enough unbalanced men about me, that you have let this person come and do such tricks before me? is such a man to come into my house?

Verse ConceptsMadmen

Then Ahimelech answering said to the king, Who among all your servants is so true to you as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is a captain of your armed men, and has a place of honour in your house?

Verse ConceptsCaptainsGuardsLoyaltySons In Law

And the two of them made an agreement before the Lord: and David went on living in Horesh, and Jonathan went back to his house.

Verse ConceptsTreaty

And David gave Saul his oath. And Saul went back to his house; but David and his men went up to their safe place.

And death came to Samuel; and all Israel came together, weeping for him, and put his body in its resting-place in his house at Ramah. Then David went down to the waste land of Maon.

Verse ConceptsCemeteryMournersMourning The Death Of Others

And say this to my brother, May all be well for you: peace be to you and your house and all you have.

Verse ConceptsHealthSalutationsFamily First

So now, give thought to what you are going to do; for evil is in store for our master and all his house: for he is such a good-for-nothing person that it is not possible to say anything to him.

Verse ConceptsTemperament

For truly, by the living Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept me from doing you evil, if you had not been so quick in coming to me and meeting me, by dawn there would not have been in Nabal's house so much as one male living.

Verse ConceptsUrinatingDeath Of All Males

Then David took from her hands her offering: and he said to her, Go back to your house in peace; see, I have given ear to your voice, and taken your offering with respect.

Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of Gifts

And Abigail went back to Nabal; and he was feasting in his house like a king; and Nabal's heart was full of joy, for he had taken much wine; so she said nothing to him till dawn came.

Verse ConceptsDawnGluttonyFeastingExcessdrinking, abstention fromBanquets, ActivitiesDrunkenness, Examples OfMerrinessRevelryDrunk IndividualsThose Who Did Not Tell

And the woman had in the house a young cow, made fat for food; and she put it to death straight away; and she took meal and got it mixed and made unleavened bread;

Verse ConceptsFlourFoodCooking, MethodsBakingKilling Domesticated AnimalsEating CattleBaking BreadKneading Dough

His war-dress they put in the house of Astarte; and his body was fixed on the wall of Beth-shan.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsFalse GodsWallsServing Asherah

Bible Theasaurus

Folly (74 instances)
Forbears (1 instance)
Forefathers (101 instances)
Genealogy (28 instances)
Household (360 instances)
Lineage (13 instances)
Lodge (69 instances)
Mansion (2 instances)
Theater (2 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain