αὐλή
courtyard
‘courtyard’ is one of 3 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Case
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
4 distinct verses where G833 appears in the Genitive case, across 4 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Matthew 1 verse
Mark 1 verse
Luke 1 verse
John 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, αυλη (aulḗ) means “courtyard.” Older and newer Bibles part ways — “palace” in the King James Version, “courtyard” (Berean Standard Bible) in modern versions. See the renderings breakdown. It appears 12 verses across 5 books of the Greek New Testament, among its uncommon vocabulary. The word gravitates to Matthew (25%), then Mark and John. Ranging over 3 senses, it is not a single-sense word. Dig into 12-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G833 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 12
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 12 distinct verses.
- 5 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 5 of 27 New Testament books.
- #904
- by frequency
- Top 1000 most frequent Greek words (rank 904 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 12 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 12 distinct verses.
- Gospels 11 verses · 92%
- Johannine 4 verses · 33%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 2 verses · 17%
- Revelation 1 verse · 8%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Palace 6×, Hall 2×
- American Standard Version: Court 8×, Fold 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Courtyard 8×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Courtyard 10×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G833 across 11 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G833 across 11 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G833 across 11 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G833 across 12 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 3 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- among the Greeks in Homer's time…
- the uncovered courtyard of the house. In the O.T. particularly of the courts of the tabernacle and of the temple in…
- the house itself, a palace
Word origin
Derived from αηρ (aḗr) (G109) — air.
From the same as G109 ; a yard (as open to the wind ); by implication a mansion : - court ([sheep-]) fold hall palace.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 4 distinct written forms G833 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| αὐλὴν aulḕn | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine | Matthew 26:3 | 5 |
| αὐλῆς aulē̂s | Noun, Genitive, Singular, Feminine | Matthew 26:58 | 4 |
| αὐλῇ aulē̂ | Noun, Dative, Singular, Feminine | Matthew 26:69 | 2 |
| αὐλήν aulḗn | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine | Luke 11:21 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G833, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- αετος aetós G105 eagle
- ανεμος ánemos G417 wind
- ατμις atmís G822 vapour
- αυλος aulós G836 pipe
- αυριον aúrion G839 tomorrow
- αυστηρος austērós G840 harsh
- αυτος autós G846 he
- αυχμηρος auchmērós G850 squalid
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 11 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word αυλη appears 166 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 140 verses in 16 books.
- 166
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 140
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 16 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 16 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Exodus 27:9 αὐλή
- Leviticus 6:9 αὐλή
- Numbers 3:26 αὐλή
- 2 Samuel 17:18 αὐλή
- 1 Kings 2:35 αὐλή
- 2 Kings 20:4 αὐλή
- 1 Chronicles 9:22 αὐλή
- 2 Chronicles 4:9 αὐλή
- Ezra 13:25 αὐλή
- Esther 1:5 αὐλή
- Psalms 28:2 αὐλή
- Isaiah 1:12 αὐλή
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G833) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 140. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Exodus 27:9 αὐλή "You shall make the court of the tent: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long for one side:
- Exodus 27:12 αὐλή For the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
- Exodus 27:13 αὐλή The breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
- Exodus 27:16 αὐλή For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
- Exodus 27:17 αὐλή All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.
- Exodus 27:18 αὐλή The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
- Exodus 27:19 αὐλή All the instruments of the tent in all its service, and all the pins of it, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
- Exodus 35:12 αὐλή the ark, and its poles, the mercy seat, the veil of the screen;
- Exodus 37:7 αὐλή He made two cherubim of gold. He made them of beaten work them, at the two ends of the mercy seat;
- Exodus 37:13 αὐλή He cast four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that were on its four feet.
- Exodus 37:14 αὐλή The rings were close by the border, the places for the poles to carry the table.
- Exodus 37:15 αὐλή He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
- Exodus 37:16 αὐλή He made the vessels which were on the table, its dishes, its spoons, its bowls, and its pitchers with which to pour out, of pure gold.
- Exodus 37:18 αὐλή There were six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of its one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side:
- Exodus 38:19 αὐλή Their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of brass; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals, and their fillets, of silver.
- Exodus 38:20 αὐλή All the pins of the tent, and around the court, were of brass.
- Exodus 38:21 αὐλή This is the amount of material used for the tent, even the Tent of the Testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
- Exodus 39:8 αὐλή He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman, like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
- Exodus 39:19 αὐλή They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which was toward the side of the ephod inward.
- Exodus 40:30 αὐλή He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water therein, with which to wash.
- Leviticus 6:9 αὐλή "Command Aaron and his sons, saying, 'This is the law of the burnt offering: the burnt offering shall be on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning; and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it.
- Leviticus 6:19 αὐλή Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 8:31 αὐλή Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, "Boil the flesh at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons shall eat it.'
- Numbers 3:26 αὐλή and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service.
- Numbers 3:37 αὐλή the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.
- Numbers 4:26 αὐλή and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatever shall be done with them. Therein shall they serve.
- Numbers 4:32 αὐλή and the pillars of the court around it, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you shall appoint the instruments of the charge of their burden.
- 2 Samuel 17:18 αὐλή But a boy saw them, and told Absalom: and they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
- 1 Kings 2:35 αὐλή The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host; and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
- 1 Kings 6:36 αὐλή He built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams.
- 1 Kings 7:45 αὐλή and the pots, and the shovels, and the basins: even all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, in the house of Yahweh, were of burnished brass.
- 1 Kings 7:46 αὐλή In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
- 1 Kings 7:49 αὐλή and the lampstands, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of pure gold; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;
- 1 Kings 8:64 αὐλή The same day did the king make the middle of the court holy that was before the house of Yahweh; for there he offered the burnt offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar that was before Yahweh was too little to receive the burnt offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings.
- 2 Kings 20:4 αὐλή It happened, before Isaiah was gone out into the middle part of the city, that the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
- 2 Kings 21:5 αὐλή He built altars for all the host of the sky in the two courts of the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 23:12 αὐλή The altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Yahweh, did the king break down, and beat [them] down from there, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
- 1 Chronicles 9:22 αὐλή All these who were chosen to be porters in the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their office of trust.
- 1 Chronicles 9:25 αὐλή Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:
- 1 Chronicles 16:29 αὐλή Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name: Bring an offering, and come before him: Worship Yahweh in holy array.
- 1 Chronicles 23:28 αὐλή For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Yahweh, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;
- 1 Chronicles 28:6 αὐλή He said to me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
- 2 Chronicles 4:9 αὐλή Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
- 2 Chronicles 6:13 αὐλή (for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and on it he stood, and kneeled down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;)
- 2 Chronicles 7:7 αὐλή Moreover Solomon made the middle of the court holy that was before the house of Yahweh; for there he offered the burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat.
- 2 Chronicles 20:5 αὐλή Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Yahweh, before the new court;
- 2 Chronicles 23:5 αὐλή and a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 24:21 αὐλή They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 29:16 αὐλή The priests went in to the inner part of the house of Yahweh, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Yahweh into the court of the house of Yahweh. The Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron.
- 2 Chronicles 31:2 αὐλή Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of Yahweh.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G833) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
