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hōm ( בּית , bayith , "house," מקום , māḳōm , "place," אהל , 'ōhel , "tent" (Judges 19:9 ), שׁוּב , shūbh , "to cause to turn back," תּוך , tāwekh , תּוך , tokh , "middle," "midst" (Deuteronomy 21:12 ); οῖκος , oı́kos , "house," "household," ἐνδημέω , endēméō , "to be among one's people," oı́kos ı́dios , "one's own proper (house)"): This term in Scripture does not stand for a single specific word of the original, but for a variety of phrases. Most commonly it is a translation of the Hebrew bayith , Greek οἶκος , "house," which means either the building or the persons occupying it. In Genesis 43:26 "home" and "into the house" represent the same phase, "to the house" ( ha -bayethāh ). In Rth 1:21, "hath brought me home again" means "has caused me to return." In 2 Chronicles 25:10 "home again" means "to their place." In Ecclesiastes 12:5 "long home," the Revised Version (British and American) "everlasting home," means "eternal house." In John 19:27 "unto his own home " means "unto his own things" (so John 1:11 ). In 2 Corinthians 5:6 (and the Revised Version (British and American) 2 Corinthians 5:8 , 2 Corinthians 5:9 ) "be at home" is a translation of endēmeō , "to be among one's own people," as opposed to ekdēméō , "to be or live abroad."
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Home'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/h/home.html. 1915.
