'House' in the Bible

I purchased male and female slaves, and I owned slaves who were born in my house; I also possessed more livestock -- both herds and flocks -- than any of my predecessors in Jerusalem.

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of merrymaking.

Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of idle hands the house leaks.

when those who keep watch over the house begin to tremble, and the virile men begin to stoop over, and the grinders begin to cease because they grow few, and those who look through the windows grow dim,