Strongs Number: G833
- Greek Word
- αὐλή
- Transliteration
- aulē
- Phonetic
- ow-lay'
- Part of Speech
- Noun Feminine
- Strongs Definition
-
a yard (as open to the wind); by implication a mansion
- Thayers Definition
-
1. among the Greeks in Homer's time, an uncovered space around the house, enclosed by a wall, in which the stables stood, hence among the Orientals that roofless enclosure by a wall, in the open country in which the flocks were herded at night, a sheepfold
2. the uncovered courtyard of the house. In the O.T. particularly of the courts of the tabernacle and of the temple in Jerusalem. The dwellings of the higher classes usually had two, one exterior, between the door and the street; the other interior, surrounded by the buildings of the dwelling itself. The latter is mentioned Mat. 26:69.
3. the house itself, a palace
- Origin
- From the same as G109
- Bible Usage
- court ([sheep-]) fold hall palace.