Discovery Box| (0.50) | (Gen 15:2) | 4 tn Heb “the son of the acquisition of my house.” |
| (0.49) | (Act 17:5) | 5 sn The attack took place at Jason’s house because this was probably the location of the new house church. |
| (0.49) | (Pro 14:11) | 1 tn Heb “house.” The term “house” is a metonymy of subject, referring to their contents: families and family life. |
| (0.49) | (2Ch 2:1) | 2 tn Heb “and Solomon said to build a house for the name of the Lord and house for his kingship.” |
| (0.49) | (2Sa 6:15) | 1 tc Heb “all the house of Israel.” A few medieval Hebrew mss and the Syriac Peshitta lack the words “the house.” |
| (0.49) | (2Sa 5:8) | 3 tn Heb “the house.” TEV takes this as a reference to the temple (“the Lord’s house”). |
| (0.43) | (Luk 10:5) | 2 tn Grk “Into whatever house you enter.” This acts as a distributive, meaning every house they enter; this is expressed more naturally in English as “whenever you enter a house.” |
| (0.43) | (Dan 5:3) | 2 tn Aram “the temple of the house of God.” The phrase seems rather awkward. The Vulgate lacks “of the house of God,” while Theodotion and the Syriac lack “of the house.” |
| (0.43) | (Jer 31:33) | 1 tn Heb “with the house of Israel.” All commentators agree that the term here refers to both the whole nation, which was divided into the house of Israel and the house of Judah in v. 30. |
| (0.43) | (2Ch 23:10) | 1 tn Heb “and he stationed all the people, each with his weapon in his hand, from the south shoulder of the house to the north shoulder of the house, at the altar and at the house, near the king all around.” |
| (0.43) | (2Ki 11:11) | 2 tn Heb “and the runners stood, each with his weapons in his hand, from the south shoulder of the house to the north shoulder of the house, at the altar and at the house, near the king all around.” |
| (0.43) | (Jdg 19:18) | 3 tn Heb “I went to Bethlehem in Judah, but [to] the house of the Lord I am going.” The Hebrew text has “house of the Lord,” which might refer to the shrine at Shiloh. The LXX reads “to my house.” |
| (0.42) | (Col 4:15) | 3 tn Grk “the church in her house.” The meaning is that Paul sends greetings to the church that meets at Nympha’s house. |
| (0.42) | (Luk 11:51) | 4 tn Or “and the temple”; Grk “and the house,” but in this context a reference to the house of God as a place of sanctuary. |
| (0.42) | (Hag 1:4) | 2 tn Heb “Is it time for you, [yes] you, to live in paneled houses, while this house is in ruins”; NASB “lies desolate”; NIV “remains a ruin.” |
| (0.42) | (Oba 1:17) | 2 tn Heb “house” (so most English versions); cf. NCV, TEV “the people of Jacob.” The word “house” also occurs four times in v. 18. |
| (0.42) | (Hos 4:15) | 1 sn Beth Aven means “house of wickedness” in Hebrew; it is a polemic reference to “Bethel,” which means “house of God” (cf. CEV “at sinful Bethel”). |
| (0.42) | (Jer 35:2) | 1 tn Heb “the house of the Rechabites.” “House” is used here in terms of “household” or “family” (cf. BDB 109 s.v. בַּיִת 5.a, b). |
| (0.42) | (Job 19:15) | 1 tn The Hebrew גָּרֵי בֵיתִי (gare veti, “the guests of my house”) refers to those who sojourned in Job’s house—not residents, but guests. |
| (0.42) | (Ezr 2:24) | 1 tn Heb “the men of the house of Azmaveth”; some regard בֵּית (bet, “house of”) as a part of the place name: NAB, NLT “Beth Azmaveth.” |
