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- Antiquity of
Genesis 12:1; 19:3 - Deep and solid foundations required for
Matthew 7:24; Luke 6:48 - Sometimes built without foundation
Matthew 7:26; Luke 6:49 - BUILT OF
- Clay
Job 4:19
- Bricks
Exodus 1:11-14; Isaiah 9:10
- Stone and wood
Leviticus 14:40,42; Habakkuk 2:11
- Hewn or cut stone
Isaiah 9:10; Amos 5:11
- Clay
- In cities, built in streets
Genesis 19:2; Joshua 2:19 - Often built on city walls
Joshua 2:15; 2 Corinthians 11:33 - THE FLAT ROOFS OF
- Surrounded with battlements
Deuteronomy 22:8
- Had often booths on them
2 Samuel 16:22; Nehemiah 8:16; Proverbs 2:19
- Had often idolatrous altars on them
2 Kings 23:12; Jeremiah 19:13; Zephaniah 1:5
- Used for drying flax
Joshua 2:6
- Used for exercise
2 Samuel 11:2; Daniel 4:29
- Used for devotion
Acts 10:9
- Used for making proclamations
Luke 12:3
- Used for secret conference
1 Samuel 9:25,26
- Resorted to in grief
Isaiah 15:3; Jeremiah 48:38
- Often covered with week grass
Psalm 129:6,7
- Surrounded with battlements
- Accessible from the outside
Matthew 24:17 - The courts of, large and used as apartments
Esther 1:5; Luke 5:19 - Entered by a gate or door
Genesis 43:19; Exodus 12:22; Luke 16:20; Acts 10:17 - Doors of, low and small for safety
Proverbs 17:19 - Doors of, how fastened
2 Samuel 13:18; Song of Solomon 5:5; Luke 11:7 - Admission to, gained by knocking at the door
Acts 12:13; Revelation 3:20 - Walls of, plastered
Leviticus 14:42,43 - Serpents often lodged in walls of
Amos 5:19 - Custom of fastening nails, &c, in walls of, alluded to
Ecclesiastes 12:11; Isaiah 22:23 - Had often several stories
Ezekiel 41:16; Acts 20:9 - Divided into apartments
Genesis 43:30; Isaiah 26:20 - APARTMENTS OF, WERE OFTEN
- Large and airy
Jeremiah 22:14
- Ceiled and painted
Jeremiah 22:14; Haggai 1:4
- Inlaid with ivory
1 Kings 22:39; Amos 3:15
- Hung with rich tapestries
Esther 1:6
- Warmed with fires
Jeremiah 36:22; John 18:18
- Large and airy
- Upper apartments of, the best, and used for entertainments
Mark 14:15 - Had often detached apartments for secrecy and for strangers
Judges 3:20-23; 2 Kings 4:10,11; 9:2,3 - Lighted by windows
1 Kings 7:4 - Street windows of, high and dangerous
2 Kings 1:2; 9:30,33; Acts 20:9 - OF THE RICH
- Great
Isaiah 5:9; Amos 6:11; 2 Timothy 2:20
- Goodly
Deuteronomy 8:12
- Pleasant
Ezekiel 26:12; Micah 2:9
- Great
- OF BRICK OR CLAY
- Plastered
Ezekiel 13:10,11
- Easily broken through
Job 24:16; Ezekiel 12:5
- Often swept away by torrents
Ezekiel 13:13,14
- Plastered
- When finished were usually dedicated
Deuteronomy 20:5; Psalm 30:1 - For summer residence
Amos 3:15 - Liable to leprosy
Leviticus 14:34-53 - Not to be coveted
Exodus 20:17; Micah 2:2 - Were hired
Acts 28:30 - Were mortgaged
Nehemiah 5:3 - Were sold
Acts 4:34 - Law respecting the sale of
Leviticus 25:29-33 - Of criminals, desolated
Daniel 2:5; 3:29 - Desolation of, threatened as a punishment
Isaiah 5:9; 13:16,21,22; Ezekiel 16:41; 26:12 - Often broken down to repair city walls before sieges
Isaiah 22:10 - ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of the body
Job 4:19; 2 Corinthians 5:1
- Of the grave
Job 30:23
- Of the church
Hebrews 3:6; 1 Peter 2:5
- Of saints' inheritance
John 14:2; 2 Corinthians 5:1
- (On sand,) of the delusive hope of hypocrites
Matthew 7:24,25
- (On a rock,) of the hope of saints
Matthew 7:24,25
- (Insecurity of,) of earthly trust
Matthew 6:19,20
- (Building of,) of great prosperity
Isaiah 65:21; Ezekiel 28:26
- (Built and not inhabited,) of calamity
Deuteronomy 28:30; Amos 5:11; Zephaniah 1:13
- (To inhabit those, built by others,) of abundant feelings
Deuteronomy 6:10,11
- Of the body
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Bibliography Information
Torrey, Reuben Archer. Entry for 'Houses'. Torrey's Topical Textbook. https://www.studylight.org/concordances/eng/ttt/h/houses.html. 1897.
Torrey, Reuben Archer. Entry for 'Houses'. Torrey's Topical Textbook. https://www.studylight.org/concordances/eng/ttt/h/houses.html. 1897.
