Built of
Stone
Leviticus 14:40-45; Isaiah 9:10; Amos 5:11
Brick
Genesis 11:3; Exodus 1:11-14; Isaiah 9:10
Wood
Song of Solomon 1:17; Isaiah 9:10
Built into city walls
Joshua 2:15
Used for worship
Acts 1:13,14; 12:12; Romans 16:5; 1 Corinthians 16:19; Colossians 4:15; Philippians 1:2
“A man’s castle,”
Deuteronomy 24:10,11
ARCHITECTURE OF
Foundations of stone
1 Kings 5:17; 7:9; Ezra 6:3; Jeremiah 51:26
Figurative
Psalms 87:1; Isaiah 28:16; 48:13; Romans 15:20; 1 Corinthians 3:11; Ephesians 2:20; 1 Timothy 6:19; Hebrews 6:1; Revelation 21:14
Cornerstone
Job 38:6; Psalms 144:12
Figurative
Psalms 118:22; Isaiah 28:16; Ephesians 2:20; 1 Peter 2:6
Porches
Judges 3:23; 1 Kings 7:6,7
Courts
Esther 1:5
Summer apartment
Judges 3:20; Amos 3:15; 1 Kings 17:19
Inner chamber
1 Kings 22:25
Chambers
Genesis 43:30; 2 Samuel 18:33; 2 Kings 1:2; 4:10; Acts 1:13; 9:37; 20:8
Guest chamber
Mark 14:14
Pillars
Proverbs 9:1
With courts
Nehemiah 8:16
Lattice
Judges 5:28
Windows
Judges 5:28; Proverbs 7:6
Ceiled and plastered
Daniel 5:5
Hinges
Proverbs 26:14
Roofs, flat
Joshua 2:6; Judges 16:27; 1 Samuel 9:25; 2 Samuel 11:2; 16:22; Isaiah 15:3; 22:1; Matthew 24:17; Luke 12:3
Battlements required in Mosaic law
Deuteronomy 22:8
Prayer on
Acts 10:9
Altars on
2 Kings 23:12; Jeremiah 19:13; 32:29; Zephaniah 1:5
Booths on
Nehemiah 8:16
Used as a place to sleep
Joshua 2:8; Acts 10:9
Used as a dwelling place
Proverbs 21:9; 25:24
Painted
Jeremiah 22:14; Ezekiel 8:10,12
Chimneys of
Hosea 13:3
Texts of Scripture on doorposts of
Deuteronomy 6:9
Laws regarding the sale of
Leviticus 25:29-33; Nehemiah 5:3
Dedicated
Deuteronomy 20:5; Psalms 30
Figurative
2 Samuel 7:18; Psalms 23:6; 36:8; John 14:2; 2 Corinthians 5:1; 1 Timothy 3:15; Hebrews 3:2
