Dictionary of Bible Themes  »  5000 Humanity  »  5200 Human civilisation  »  5340 house

The place where someone lives. Its extended use includes a household and dynasty and its figurative use includes the house of God and heaven.

The construction of houses

Foundations

1 Kings 5:17; Ezra 6:3-4; Jeremiah 51:26; Ezekiel 41:8

Building materials

Genesis 11:3-4; Exodus 1:11-14; Leviticus 14:40-45; 1 Kings 5:18; Kings 7:9-12; Songs 1:17; Isaiah 9:10

Rooms and decoration

Genesis 43:30; Judges 3:20,23-25; 1 Kings 7:6 Solomon's palace; 1 Kings 17:19 Elijah stays with the widow at Zarephath; 1 Kings 22:25; 2 Kings 1:2; Kings 4:10 Elisha's room at the Shunammite's house; Nehemiah 8:16; Jeremiah 22:14; Ezekiel 8:10; Daniel 5:5; Amos 3:15; Acts 20:8-9

Roofs

Joshua 2:6; 1 Samuel 9:25-26; Mark 2:4 pp Luke 5:19

Regulations regarding houses

Leviticus 14:33-53; Leviticus 25:29-34; Leviticus 27:14-15; Deuteronomy 22:8

Various uses for houses

House arrest

Jeremiah 37:15 See also Genesis 40:2-3; 2 Samuel 20:3; Acts 28:16,30-31

Church gatherings

Colossians 4:15 See also Acts 1:13-14; Acts 2:1-2; Acts 5:42; Acts 12:12; Romans 16:5; 1 Corinthians 16:19; Philemon 1-2

Parables and proverbs about houses

Proverbs 21:20 See also Proverbs 9:1-4 the house of wisdom; Proverbs 9:13-18 the house of folly; Proverbs 14:1; Proverbs 17:13; Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 24:27; Proverbs 25:17; Ecclesiastes 10:18; Songs 8:7; Matthew 12:29 pp Mark 3:27 pp Luke 11:21-22 plundering the strong man's house; Matthew 12:43-45 pp Luke 11:24-26 the return of evil spirits to an unoccupied house; Matthew 13:52; Matthew 24:42-51 pp Luke 12:39-46

The house of God

God's heavenly dwelling

Isaiah 66:1-2 See also 1 Kings 8:30 pp 2 Chronicles 6:21; 1 Kings 8:39 pp 2 Chronicles 6:30; 1 Kings 8:43 pp 2 Chronicles 6:33; 1 Kings 8:49-50 pp 2 Chronicles 6:39; Isaiah 57:15; John 14:2

The earthly tabernacle and temple

Exodus 25:8 See also Exodus 15:17; Exodus 29:44-46 the Tent of Meeting; Deuteronomy 12:5,11; 2 Samuel 7:1-7 pp 1 Chronicles 17:1-6 David's desire to build a permanent house for God to dwell in; Ezra 5:13-16; Psalm 23:6; Psalm 26:8; Psalm 27:4; Psalm 84:1-4,10; Haggai 1:2-3,8-9,14

The household

Household affairs

2 Samuel 17:23 See also 2 Kings 20:1 pp Isaiah 38:1; Proverbs 31:21,27; 1 Timothy 3:4-5,12

Examples of how God relates to households

Genesis 17:12-14,23-27; Leviticus 16:6,11,17; Numbers 16:31-33; John 4:53; Acts 16:15,31-34; 1 Corinthians 16:15

The church as God's household

Ephesians 2:19-22 See also Numbers 12:7; 1 Timothy 3:14-15; Hebrews 3:1-6; 1 Peter 2:4-5

House in the sense of a dynasty

2 Samuel 7:16 pp 1 Chronicles 17:14 “house” is used here in the sense of “royal house” or “dynasty”. See also Exodus 40:38; Joshua 21:43-45

The house of Eli:

1 Samuel 2:27-36; Samuel 3:11-14

The house of Saul:

2 Samuel 3:1; Samuel 9:1 2 Samuel 3:28-29

The house of David:

2 Samuel 7:25-29 pp 1 Chronicles 17:23-27; 1 Kings 2:31-33 1 Kings 21:21-22,28-29; Zechariah 12:10-14

See also

5240  building
5269  cornerstone
5317  foundation
5339  home
5478  property, houses
7020  church, the
7382  house of God
7384  household gods
7459  tabernacle, in OT
7467  temple, Solomon's
8626  worship, places