Quick Definition
a porch
Strong's Definition
a forecourt, i.e. vestibule (alley-way)
Derivation: neuter of a presumed compound of G4253 (πρό) and G833 (αὐλή);
KJV Usage: porch
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προαύλιον, προαυλιου, τό (πρό and αὐλή), forecourt, porch: Mar_14:68 ((cf. Pollux 1, 8, 77 and see αὐλή, 2)).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προαύλιον proaulion 1x
the exterior court before an edifice, Mar_14:68
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* προ -αύλιον , -ου , τό
( < πρό , αὐλή ),
a porch, vestibule: Mar_14:68 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προαύλιον [page 537]
in Mar_14:68 , its only occurrence in the NT, denotes the vestibule leading from the street into the αὐλή or inner court. For the metaph. use of the plur. = praeludia Herwerden ( Lex. s.v. ) cites Theophyl. Sim. Hist. I. 19, 8 οὐκ ἄδοξα τὰ προαύλια τῆς ἡγεμονίας ἀπενεγκαμένοις , al.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
προαύλιον προ-αύλιον, ου, τό, [Etym: αὐλός] "a prelude on the flute", Arist.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
προ-αύλιον, -ου, τό
(πρό, αὐλή),
a porch, vestibule: Mrk.14:68.†
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