Topic
Houses
115 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 12:1Torrey Antiquity of
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
- Genesis 19:2Torrey In cities, built in streets
And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
- Genesis 19:3Torrey Antiquity of
And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
- Genesis 43:19Torrey Entered by a gate or door
And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,
- Genesis 43:30Torrey Divided into apartments
And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
- Exodus 1:11–14Torrey BUILT OF — Bricks
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the…
- Exodus 12:22Torrey Entered by a gate or door
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
- Exodus 20:17Torrey Not to be coveted
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
- Leviticus 14:34–53Torrey Liable to leprosy
When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession; And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it…
- Leviticus 14:40Torrey BUILT OF — Stone and wood
Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:
- Leviticus 14:42Torrey BUILT OF — Stone and wood
And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.
- Leviticus 14:43Torrey Walls of, plastered
And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered;
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- Leviticus 25:29–33 Torrey Law respecting the sale of
- Deuteronomy 6:10 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (To inhabit those, built by others,) of abundant feelings
- Deuteronomy 6:11 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (To inhabit those, built by others,) of abundant feelings
- Deuteronomy 8:12 Torrey OF THE RICH — Goodly
- Deuteronomy 20:5 Torrey When finished were usually dedicated
- Deuteronomy 22:8 Torrey THE FLAT ROOFS OF — Surrounded with battlements
- Deuteronomy 28:30 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Built and not inhabited,) of calamity
- Joshua 2:6 Torrey THE FLAT ROOFS OF — Used for drying flax
- Joshua 2:15 Torrey Often built on city walls
- Joshua 2:19 Torrey In cities, built in streets
- Judges 3:20–23 Torrey Had often detached apartments for secrecy and for strangers
- 1 Samuel 9:25 Torrey THE FLAT ROOFS OF — Used for secret conference
- 1 Samuel 9:26 Torrey THE FLAT ROOFS OF — Used for secret conference
- 2 Samuel 11:2 Torrey THE FLAT ROOFS OF — Used for exercise
- 2 Samuel 13:18 Torrey Doors of, how fastened
- 2 Samuel 16:22 Torrey THE FLAT ROOFS OF — Had often booths on them
- 1 Kings 7:4 Torrey Lighted by windows
- 1 Kings 22:39 Torrey APARTMENTS OF, WERE OFTEN — Inlaid with ivory
- 2 Kings 1:2 Torrey Street windows of, high and dangerous
- 2 Kings 4:10 Torrey Had often detached apartments for secrecy and for strangers
- 2 Kings 4:11 Torrey Had often detached apartments for secrecy and for strangers
- 2 Kings 9:2 Torrey Had often detached apartments for secrecy and for strangers
- 2 Kings 9:3 Torrey Had often detached apartments for secrecy and for strangers
- 2 Kings 9:30 Torrey Street windows of, high and dangerous
- 2 Kings 9:33 Torrey Street windows of, high and dangerous
- 2 Kings 23:12 Torrey THE FLAT ROOFS OF — Had often idolatrous altars on them
- Nehemiah 5:3 Torrey Were mortgaged
- Nehemiah 8:16 Torrey THE FLAT ROOFS OF — Had often booths on them
- Esther 1:5 Torrey The courts of, large and used as apartments
- Esther 1:6 Torrey APARTMENTS OF, WERE OFTEN — Hung with rich tapestries
- Job 4:19 Torrey BUILT OF — Clay
- Job 24:16 Torrey OF BRICK OR CLAY — Easily broken through
- Job 30:23 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the grave
- Psalms 30:1 Torrey When finished were usually dedicated
- Psalms 129:6 Torrey THE FLAT ROOFS OF — Often covered with week grass
- Psalms 129:7 Torrey THE FLAT ROOFS OF — Often covered with week grass
- Proverbs 2:19 Torrey THE FLAT ROOFS OF — Had often booths on them
- Proverbs 17:19 Torrey Doors of, low and small for safety
- Ecclesiastes 12:11 Torrey Custom of fastening nails, &c, in walls of, alluded to
- Song of Songs 5:5 Torrey Doors of, how fastened
- Isaiah 5:9 Torrey OF THE RICH — Great
- Isaiah 9:10 Torrey BUILT OF — Bricks
- Isaiah 13:16 Torrey Desolation of, threatened as a punishment
- Isaiah 13:21 Torrey Desolation of, threatened as a punishment
- Isaiah 13:22 Torrey Desolation of, threatened as a punishment
- Isaiah 15:3 Torrey THE FLAT ROOFS OF — Resorted to in grief
- Isaiah 22:10 Torrey Often broken down to repair city walls before sieges
- Isaiah 22:23 Torrey Custom of fastening nails, &c, in walls of, alluded to
- Isaiah 26:20 Torrey Divided into apartments
- Isaiah 65:21 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Building of,) of great prosperity
- Jeremiah 19:13 Torrey THE FLAT ROOFS OF — Had often idolatrous altars on them
- Jeremiah 22:14 Torrey APARTMENTS OF, WERE OFTEN — Large and airy
- Jeremiah 36:22 Torrey APARTMENTS OF, WERE OFTEN — Warmed with fires
- Jeremiah 48:38 Torrey THE FLAT ROOFS OF — Resorted to in grief
- Ezekiel 12:5 Torrey OF BRICK OR CLAY — Easily broken through
- Ezekiel 13:10 Torrey OF BRICK OR CLAY — Plastered
- Ezekiel 13:11 Torrey OF BRICK OR CLAY — Plastered
- Ezekiel 13:13 Torrey OF BRICK OR CLAY — Often swept away by torrents
- Ezekiel 13:14 Torrey OF BRICK OR CLAY — Often swept away by torrents
- Ezekiel 16:41 Torrey Desolation of, threatened as a punishment
- Ezekiel 26:12 Torrey OF THE RICH — Pleasant
- Ezekiel 28:26 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Building of,) of great prosperity
- Ezekiel 41:16 Torrey Had often several stories
- Daniel 2:5 Torrey Of criminals, desolated
- Daniel 3:29 Torrey Of criminals, desolated
- Daniel 4:29 Torrey THE FLAT ROOFS OF — Used for exercise
- Amos 3:15 Torrey APARTMENTS OF, WERE OFTEN — Inlaid with ivory
- Amos 5:11 Torrey BUILT OF — Hewn or cut stone
- Amos 5:19 Torrey Serpents often lodged in walls of
- Amos 6:11 Torrey OF THE RICH — Great
- Micah 2:2 Torrey Not to be coveted
- Micah 2:9 Torrey OF THE RICH — Pleasant
- Habakkuk 2:11 Torrey BUILT OF — Stone and wood
- Zephaniah 1:5 Torrey THE FLAT ROOFS OF — Had often idolatrous altars on them
- Zephaniah 1:13 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Built and not inhabited,) of calamity
- Haggai 1:4 Torrey APARTMENTS OF, WERE OFTEN — Ceiled and painted
- Matthew 6:19 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Insecurity of,) of earthly trust
- Matthew 6:20 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Insecurity of,) of earthly trust
- Matthew 7:24 Torrey Deep and solid foundations required for
- Matthew 7:25 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (On sand,) of the delusive hope of hypocrites
- Matthew 7:26 Torrey Sometimes built without foundation
- Matthew 24:17 Torrey Accessible from the outside
- Mark 14:15 Torrey Upper apartments of, the best, and used for entertainments
- Luke 5:19 Torrey The courts of, large and used as apartments
- Luke 6:48 Torrey Deep and solid foundations required for
- Luke 6:49 Torrey Sometimes built without foundation
- Luke 11:7 Torrey Doors of, how fastened
- Luke 12:3 Torrey THE FLAT ROOFS OF — Used for making proclamations
- Luke 16:20 Torrey Entered by a gate or door
- John 14:2 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of saints' inheritance
- John 18:18 Torrey APARTMENTS OF, WERE OFTEN — Warmed with fires
- Acts 4:34 Torrey Were sold
- Acts 10:9 Torrey THE FLAT ROOFS OF — Used for devotion
- Acts 10:17 Torrey Entered by a gate or door
- Acts 12:13 Torrey Admission to, gained by knocking at the door
- Acts 20:9 Torrey Had often several stories
- Acts 28:30 Torrey Were hired
- 2 Corinthians 5:1 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the body
- 2 Corinthians 11:33 Torrey Often built on city walls
- 2 Timothy 2:20 Torrey OF THE RICH — Great
- Hebrews 3:6 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the church
- 1 Peter 2:5 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the church
- Revelation 3:20 Torrey Admission to, gained by knocking at the door
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 128 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Antiquity of Ge 12:1; 19:3
- Deep and solid foundations required for Mt 7:24; Lu 6:48
- Sometimes built without foundation Mt 7:26; Lu 6:49
- BUILT OF
- In cities, built in streets Ge 19:2; Jos 2:19
- Often built on city walls Jos 2:15; 2Co 11:33
- THE FLAT ROOFS OF
- Surrounded with battlements De 22:8
- Had often booths on them 2Sa 16:22; Ne 8:16; Pr 2:19
- Had often idolatrous altars on them 2Ki 23:12; Jer 19:13; Zep 1:5
- Used for drying flax Jos 2:6
- Used for exercise 2Sa 11:2; Da 4:29
- Used for devotion Ac 10:9
- Used for making proclamations Lu 12:3
- Used for secret conference 1Sa 9:25,26
- Resorted to in grief Isa 15:3; Jer 48:38
- Often covered with week grass Ps 129:6,7
- Accessible from the outside Mt 24:17
- The courts of, large and used as apartments Es 1:5; Lu 5:19
- Entered by a gate or door Ge 43:19; Ex 12:22; Lu 16:20; Ac 10:17
- Doors of, low and small for safety Pr 17:19
- Doors of, how fastened 2Sa 13:18; So 5:5; Lu 11:7
- Admission to, gained by knocking at the door Ac 12:13; Re 3:20
- Walls of, plastered Le 14:42,43
- Serpents often lodged in walls of Am 5:19
- Custom of fastening nails, &c, in walls of, alluded to Ec 12:11; Isa 22:23
- Had often several stories Eze 41:16; Ac 20:9
- Divided into apartments Ge 43:30; Isa 26:20
- APARTMENTS OF, WERE OFTEN
- Upper apartments of, the best, and used for entertainments Mr 14:15
- Had often detached apartments for secrecy and for strangers Jud 3:20-23; 2Ki 4:10,11; 9:2,3
- Lighted by windows 1Ki 7:4
- Street windows of, high and dangerous 2Ki 1:2; 9:30,33; Ac 20:9
- OF THE RICH
- OF BRICK OR CLAY
- When finished were usually dedicated De 20:5; Ps 30:1
- For summer residence Am 3:15
- Liable to leprosy Le 14:34-53
- Not to be coveted Ex 20:17; Mic 2:2
- Were hired Ac 28:30
- Were mortgaged Ne 5:3
- Were sold Ac 4:34
- Law respecting the sale of Le 25:29-33
- Of criminals, desolated Da 2:5; 3:29
- Desolation of, threatened as a punishment Isa 5:9; 13:16,21,22; Eze 16:41; 26:12
- Often broken down to repair city walls before sieges Isa 22:10
- ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of the body Job 4:19; 2Co 5:1
- Of the grave Job 30:23
- Of the church Heb 3:6; 1Pe 2:5
- Of saints' inheritance Joh 14:2; 2Co 5:1
- (On sand,) of the delusive hope of hypocrites Mt 7:24,25
- (On a rock,) of the hope of saints Mt 7:24,25
- (Insecurity of,) of earthly trust Mt 6:19,20
- (Building of,) of great prosperity Isa 65:21; Eze 28:26
- (Built and not inhabited,) of calamity De 28:30; Am 5:11; Zep 1:13
- (To inhabit those, built by others,) of abundant feelings De 6:10,11
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.