Strong's Greek · G3624
οἶκος
oîkos
home, house(-hold), temple
Definition
a dwelling (more or less extensive, literal or figurative); by implication, a family (more or less related, literally or figuratively)
Derivation
of uncertain affinity;
Appears 113 times in Scripture
“He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.””
“Look, your house is left to you desolate.”
“And the man got up and went home.”
“He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.”
“Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.”
“When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly.”
“And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’””
“Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing are found in kings’ palaces.”
“But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.””
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).