Quick Definition
αὐλή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. court-yard, fore-court, palace, house
Strong's Definition
from the same as 109; a yard (as open to the wind); by implication, a mansion
KJV Usage: court, (sheep-)fold, hall, palace
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς | αὐλίζομαι
7.56 · Constructions · Open Constructions
courtyard, sheepfold a walled enclosure either to enclose human activity or to protect livestock A sheepfold may be described in some languages as ‘a place for sheep with a wall built around it’ or ‘a corral for sheep’ or ‘a place for protecting sheep.’
7.6 · Constructions · Buildings
courtyard, dwelling, palace, mansion an open area enclosed by structures within a building complex, such as the temple, a palace, or a house; or any dwelling having such an enclosed open area (often a relatively elaborate structure)
MAT 26:3 · MAT 26:58 · MAT 26:69 · MRK 14:54 · MRK 14:66 · MRK 15:16 · LUK 11:21 · LUK 22:55 · JHN 18:15 · REV 11:2
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
αὐλή, -ῆς, ἡ, (dw to blow; hence) prop. a place open to the air (διαπνεύμενος τόπος αὐλὴ λέγεται, Athen. 5, 15 p. 189 b.); 1. among the Greeks in Homer’s time an uncovered space around the house, enclosed by a wall, in which the stables stood (Hom. Od. 9, 185; Il. 4, 433); hence among the Orientals that roofless enclosure in the open country in which flocks were herded at night, a sheepfold: Jn. x. 1, 16. 2. the uncovered court-yard of the house, Hebr. 131, Sept. addy, 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. xi. 2 (τὴν αὐλὴν τὴν ἔξωθεν [Rec ἔσωθεν] rod ναοῦ). The dwellings of the higher classes usually had two αὐλαί, one exterior, between the door and the street, called also προαύλιον (q. v.); the other interior, surrounded by the buildings of the dwelling itself. The latter is mentioned Mt. xxvi. 69 (where ἔξω is opp. to the room in which the judges were sitting); Mk. xiv. 66; Lk. xxii.55. Cf. Win. RWB. s. v. Hauser ; [B. D. Am. ed. s. ν. Court; BB.DD. s. v. House]. 3. the house itself, a palace: Mt. xxvi. 8, 58; Mk. xiv. 54; xv. 16; Lk. xi. 21; Jn. xviii. 15, and so very often in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. Od. 4, 74 down [cf. Eustath. 1483, 39 τῷ τῆς αὐλῆς ὀνόματι τὰ δώματα δηλοῖ, Suid. col. 652 6. αὐλή - ἡ τοῦ βασιλέως οἰκία. Yet this sense is denied to the N. T. by Meyer et al.; see Mey. on Mt. eae
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
αὐλή aulē 12x
pr. an unroofed enclosure; court-yard; sheepfold, Jn. 10:1, 16; an exterior court, i.q. προαύλιον, an enclosed place between the door and the street, Rev. 11:2; an interior court, quadrangle, the open court in the middle of Oriental houses, which are commonly built in the form of a square enclosing this court, Mt. 26:58, 69; by synec. a house, mansion, palace, Mt. 26:3; Lk. 11:21
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
αὐλή, -ῆς, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly for חָצֵר;]
in Hom., an open courtyard before a house, hence, an enclosure in the open, a sheepfold: Jo 10:1, 16.
the court, courtyard, round which a house is built: Mt 26:3, 58, 69, Mk 14:54, 66 15:16, Lk 11:21 22:55, Jo 18:15; τ. ναοῦ, Re 11:2.
a dwelling, a palace (so, acc. to Grimm-Th., s.v.): Mt 26:3, 58, Mk 14:54 15:16, Lk 11:21, Jo 18:15 (but v. MM, s.v.; cf. also DB, ii, 25, 287).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
αὐλή. A Cairo papyrus (iii/B.c.), Chest, I. 224.11, has ἀπογεγράμμεθα τὴν [ὑἸπάρχουσα (/.-av) ἡμῖν οἰκίαν [κ]αὶ αὐλὴν καὶ ἄλλο [ο]ΐκημα. P Lond 4515 (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. 2758 (Α.}. 215) αὐλῇ προσκυρούσῃ οἰκίᾳ pov. It could be used for *: see the ostracon from Syene, A7chiv v. p. 179, “lumber "”: no. 34° τὸ ξύλον τὸ [μυρί]κινον τὸ ἐν TH αὐλῇ. Note that
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
αὐλή (aulē) — palace/courtyard. αὐλή, ἡ, open court before the house, courtyard, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. steading for cattle, αὐλῆς ὑπεράλμενον[Refs 8th c.BC+]
II. later, court or quadrangle, round which the house was built, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. generally, court, hall, Ζηνὸς αὐ.[Refs 8th c.BC+]; court of a temple, ἱεροῦ[LXX+3rd c.BC+]; any dwelling, abode, chamber, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; of a cave, [Refs]; ἀγρόνομοι αὐλαί homes of dwellers in the wild, [Refs]; later, country-house, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
IV. ἡ αὐλή the Court, αὐλὰς θεραπεύειν[Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ περὶ τὴν αὐλήν the courtiers,[Refs 2nd c.BC+]