Some very common [metonymies](../figs-metonymy/01.md) from the Bible are listed below in alphabetical order. The word in all capital letters identifies an Image that represents an Idea. The specific word of the Image may not appear in every verse that uses the Image, but the text will communicate somehow the concept of the Image.
> Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Go from your country, and from your relatives, and from your father’s ***household***, to the land that I will show you. (Genesis 12:1 ULT)
> They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your ***household***.” 32 They spoke the word of the Lord to him, together with everyone in his house. 33 Then the jailer took them at the same hour of the night, and washed their wounds, and he and those in his entire house were baptized immediately. (Acts 16:31-33 ULT)
In the original languages (Hebrew and Greek), the words translated here as "household" literally mean "house". The word "house" is a metonym for the people who live in the house. This is a very common metonym in the Bible.
#### A LOCATION (city, nation, etc.) represents the people who live in or near that place
> Then Mordecai went out from before the face of the king in a garment of royalty of blue and white, with a great crown of gold and a robe of fine linen and purple, and ***the city of Susa*** cheered and rejoiced. (Esther 8:15 ULT)
> So as for me, should I not feel troubled about ***Nineveh, the great city***… (Jonah 4:11a ULT)
The memory of a person represents his descendants, because they are the ones who should remember and honor him. When the Bible says that someone’s memory dies, it means that either he will not have any descendants, or his descendants will all die.