Dictionary of Bible Themes
The place where someone lives. Its extended use includes a household and dynasty and its figurative use includes the house of God and heaven.
1 Kings 5:17The construction of houses
Ezra 6:3-4Foundations
Jeremiah 51:26Ezekiel 41:8Genesis 11:3-4Exodus 1:11-14Building materials
Leviticus 14:40-451 Kings 5:18; 7:9-12Songs 1:17
Isaiah 9:10Genesis 43:30Judges 3:20,23-25Rooms and decoration
1 Kings 7:61 Kings 17:19Solomon's palace
1 Kings 22:252 Kings 1:2; 4:10Elijah stays with the widow at Zarephath
Nehemiah 8:16Jeremiah 22:14Elisha's room at the Shunammite's house
Ezekiel 8:10Daniel 5:5Amos 3:15Acts 20:8-9Joshua 2:61 Samuel 9:25-26Roofs
Mark 2:4pp Lk 5:19
Leviticus 14:33-53; 25:29-34; 27:14-15Regulations regarding houses
Deuteronomy 22:8Jeremiah 37:15Various uses for houses
See also
House arrest
Genesis 40:2-32 Samuel 20:3Acts 28:16,30-31Colossians 4:15See also
Church gatherings
Acts 1:13-14; 2:1-2; 5:42; 12:12Romans 16:51 Corinthians 16:19Philemon 1:1-2Proverbs 21:20Parables and proverbs about houses
See also
Proverbs 9:1-4Proverbs 9:13-18the house of wisdom
Proverbs 14:1; 17:13; 21:9; 24:27; 25:17Ecclesiastes 10:18the house of folly
Songs 8:7
Matthew 12:29pp Mk 3:27
Matthew 12:43-45pp Lk 11:21-22
plundering the strong man's house
Matthew 13:52; 24:42-51pp Lk 11:24-26
the return of evil spirits to an unoccupied house
pp Lk 12:39-46
Isaiah 66:1-2The house of God
See also
God's heavenly dwelling
1 Kings 8:301 Kings 8:39pp 2Ch 6:21
1 Kings 8:43pp 2Ch 6:30
1 Kings 8:49-50pp 2Ch 6:33
Isaiah 57:15John 14:2pp 2Ch 6:39
Exodus 25:8See also
The earthly tabernacle and temple
Exodus 15:17; 29:44-46Deuteronomy 12:5,112 Samuel 7:1-7the Tent of Meeting
Ezra 5:13-16pp 1Ch 17:1-6
Psalms 23:6; 26:8; 27:4; 84:1-4,10
David's desire to build a permanent house for God to dwell in
Haggai 1:2-3,8-9,142 Samuel 17:23The household
See also
Household affairs
2 Kings 20:1Proverbs 31:21,271 Timothy 3:4-5,12pp Isa 38:1
Genesis 17:12-14,23-27Leviticus 16:6,11,17Examples of how God relates to households
Numbers 16:31-33John 4:53Acts 16:15,31-341 Corinthians 16:15Ephesians 2:19-22See also
The church as God's household
Numbers 12:71 Timothy 3:14-15Hebrews 3:1-61 Peter 2:4-52 Samuel 7:16House in the sense of a dynasty
See also
pp 1Ch 17:14
Exodus 40:38"house" is used here in the sense of "royal house" or "dynasty".
Joshua 21:43-451 Samuel 2:27-36; 3:11-14The house of Eli:
2 Samuel 3:1; 9:12 Samuel 3:28-29The house of Saul:
2 Samuel 7:25-29The house of David:
1 Kings 2:31-331 Kings 21:21-22,28-29pp 1Ch 17:23-27
Zechariah 12:10-14See also
5240 building5269 cornerstone5318 fraud5339 home5480 protection7020 church, the7382 house of God7386 incense7459 tabernacle, in OT7467 temple, Solomon's8626 worship, places 
