αὐλή, αὐλῆς, ἡ (ἄω to blow; hence) properly, a place open to the air (διαπνεόμενος τόπος αὐλή λέγεται, Athen. 5, 15, p. 189 b.); 1. among the Greeks in Homers time an uncovered space around the house, enclosed by a wall, in which the stables stood (Homer, Odyssey 9, 185; Iliad 4, 433); hence, among the Orientals that roofless enclosure in the open country in which flocks were herded at night, a sheepfold: Joh_10:1; Joh_10:16. 2. the uncovered court-yard of the house, Hebrew ηΘφΕψ, the Sept. αὐλή, Vulg.atrium. In the O. T. particularly of the courts of the tabernacle and of the temple at Jerusalem; so in the N. T. once: Rev_11:2 (τήν αὐλήν τήν ἔξωθεν (Rec.st ἔσωθεν) τοῦ ναοῦ). The dwellings of the higher classes usually had two αὐλαί, one exterior, between the door and the street, called also προαύλιον (which see); the other interior, surrounded by the buildings of the dwelling itself. The latter is mentioned Mat_26:69 (where ἔξω is opposed to the room in which the judges were sitting); Mar_14:66; Luk_22:55. Cf. Winers RWB under the word Häuser; (B. D. American edition under the word ; BB. DD. under the word ). 3. the house itself a palace: Mat_26:3; Mat_26:58; Mar_14:54; Mar_15:16; Luk_11:21; Joh_18:15, and so very often in Greek writings from Homer, Odyssey 4, 74 down (cf. Eustathius 1483, 39 τῷ τῆς αὐλῆς ὀνόματι τά δώματα δηλοῖ, Suidas col. 652 c. αὐλή. ἡ τοῦ βασιλέως οἰκία. Yet this sense is denied to the N. T. by Meyer et al.; see Meyer on Matthew, the passage cited).

αὐλή aulē 12x pr. an unroofed enclosure; court-yard; sheepfold, Joh_10:1 ; Joh_10:16 ; an exterior court, i.q. προαύλιον , an enclosed place between the door and the street, Rev_11:2 ; an interior court, q uadrangle, the open court in the middle of Oriental houses, which are commonly built in the form of a square enclosing this court, Mat_26:58 ; Mat_26:69 ; by synec. a house, mansion, palace, Mat_26:3 ; Luk_11:21 courtyard; palace.

αὐλή , -ῆς , ἡ , [in LXX chiefly for H2691 ;] 1. in Hom ., an open courtyard before a house, hence, an enclosure in the open, a sheepfold: Joh_10:1 ; Joh_10:16 2. the court, courtyard, round which a house is built: Mat_26:3 ; Mat_26:58 ; Mat_26:69 , Mar_14:54 ; Mar_14:66 ; Mar_15:16 Luk_11:21 ; Luk_22:55 , Joh_18:15 ; τ . ναοῦ ,, Rev_11:2 . a dwelling, a palace (so, acc to Grimm- Th ., s.v. ): Mat_26:3 ; Mat_26:58 , Mar_14:54 ; Mar_15:16 , Luk_11:21 , Joh_18:15 (but v. MM , s.v. ; cf. also DB , ii, 25, 287).†

αὐλή [page 91] A Cairo papyrus (iii/B.C.), Chrest. I. 224 b. .11 , has ἀπογεγράμμεθα τὴν [ὑ ]πάρχουσα ( l. -αν ) ἡμῖν οἰκίαν [κ ]αὶ αὐλὴν καὶ ἄλλο [ο ]ἴκημα . P Lond 45 .15 (B.C. 160 59) (= I. p. 36) has a complaint against marauders who had not only sacked a house, but had appropriated to their own uses τὴν προσοῦσαν αὐλὴν καὶ τὸν τῆς οἰκίας τόπον ψιλόν . These will serve as good specimens of the normal use in the papyri, where the word is extremely common, denoting the court attached to a house : cf. BGU I. 275 .6 f. (A.D. 215) αὐλῇ προσκυρούσῃ οἰκίᾳ μου . It could be used for lumber : see the ostracon from Syene, Archiv v. p. 179, no. 34 .5 τὸ ξύλον το̣̣ [μυρί ]κινον τὸ ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ . Note that οἶκος could include both : P Fay 31 .16 ( c. A.D. 129) πέμπτον μέρος ὅλνς τῆς οἰκίας καὶ αὐλῆς καὶ τοῦ ὅλου οἴκου the fifth part of the whole house and court and of the whole tenement. So far as we have observed, there is nothing in the Κοινή to support the contention that in the NT αὐλή ever means the house itself : see Meyer on Mat_26:3 . The plural is used of guest-chambers, as in the interesting P Tebt I. 33 .8 (B.C. 112) (= Selections , p. 28) where, amongst the preparations for a Roman visitor, we read φρόντισον ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν καθηκόντων τόπων αἵ τε αὐλαὶ κατασκ̣ευα̣σ̣[θ ]η̣σ̣[ο ]ν̣ται . Like the Latin aula and our own court , the word readily comes to denote a Royal entourage , e.g. P Par 49 .17 (B.C. 164 58) (= Witkowski .2 , p. 70) δόξαντα ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ εἶναι , since he has a brother at Court ; OGIS 735 .4 (ii/B.C.) τῶν περὶ αὐλὴν δια [δόχων ], referring to certain officials attached to the court of Ptolemy Philometor; Vettius, p. 89 .15 , ἐν βασιλικαῖς αὐλαῖς : so also Preisigke 1568 (B.C. 146 17) πρῶτοι φίλοι καὶ χιλίαρχοι καὶ ἄλλοι οἱ περὶ αὐλήν . When, therefore, Suidas defined αὐλή as ἡ τοῦ βασιλέως οἰκία , he was not far out, though αὐλή seemingly cannot mean an ordinary house. BGU IV. 1098 .1 ( c. B.C. 17) τῷ δεῖν ]ι τῶι ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐν τῆι αὐλῆι κριτηρίου presents a court sitting in the αὐλή , as against Mar_14:66 , where the αὐλή is clearly outside the room where the Sanhedrists were in session. Syll 192 .28 (B.C. 290 87) ἐν τῆι αὐλεῖ τοῦ ἱεροῦ ( al. ) illustrates Psa. 83꞉ 11 [MT Psa_84:2 ]; Psa. 83꞉ 10 [MT Psa_84:11 ] : cf. also ib. 734 .34 (Cos), where it is forbidden ἀποθήκηι χρᾶσθαι τ [ῆι αὐλ ]ῆι τῆι ἐν τῶι ἱερῶι μηδ᾽ ἐν τῶι περιπάτω [ι , ἂ ]μ μὴ πόλεμος ἦι . In MGr = court.

αὐλή [Etym: prob. from ἄημι (ἄϝημι) "to blow", for the αὐλή was open to the air] in Hom. "the court-yard", surrounded with out-buildings, and having the altar of Ζεὺς Ἑρκεῖος in the middle, so that it was at once the meeting-place of the family, and the cattle-yard, Il. : it had two doors, viz. the house-door (cf. αὔλειος), and another leading through the αἴθουσα into the πρόδομος, Od. "the wall of the court-yard", Il. after Hom. , the αὐλή was "the court or quadrangle", round which the house itself was built, having a corridor (περιστύλιον), from which were doors leading into the men's apartments; opposite the house-door (cf. αὔλειος) was the μέσαυλος or μέταυλος (q.v.), leading into the women's part of the house, Hdt. , attic generally, "any court or hall", Hom. , Trag.

αὐλή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for חָצֵר ;] __1. in Hom., an open courtyard before a house, hence, an enclosure in the open, a sheepfold: Jhn.10:1, 16 __2. the court, courtyard, round which a house is built: Mat.26:3, 58 26:69, Mrk.14:54, 66 15:16 Luk.11:21 22:55, Jhn.18:15; τ. ναοῦ, Rev.11:2. a dwelling, a palace (so, accusative to Grimm-Th., see word): Mat.26:3, 58, Mrk.14:54 15:16, Luk.11:21, Jhn.18:15 (but see MM, see word; cf. also DB, ii, 25, 287).† (AS)