A yard (as open to the wind); by implication, a mansion
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Aule names an enclosed court, courtyard, hall, household enclosure, or sheepfold, and the New Testament uses it in both narrative and figurative settings. It can describe the courtyard of the high priest where leaders gather and where Peter warms himself during Jesus' trial.
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Aule names an enclosed court, courtyard, hall, household enclosure, or sheepfold, and the New Testament uses it in both narrative and figurative settings. It can describe the courtyard of the high priest where leaders gather and where Peter warms himself during Jesus' trial.
The BSB source-word alignment has 12 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include courtyard (8), fold (1), house (1), palace (1), vvv (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 26:3. Its strongest book concentrations include John (3), Mark (3), Matthew (3), Luke (2).
Aule names an enclosed court, courtyard, hall, household enclosure, or sheepfold, and the New Testament uses it in both narrative and figurative settings. It can describe the courtyard of the high priest where leaders gather and where Peter warms himself during Jesus' trial. It can describe a guarded house in Jesus' saying about the strong man. In John 10, it names the sheepfold from which the shepherd gathers sheep and beyond which Jesus has other sheep who will become one flock under one shepherd.
Revelation uses the term for the outer temple courtyard given over to the nations. Aule should be taught as enclosed space whose significance depends on the scene: opposition, fear, protection, shepherding, or measured judgment.
Aule names an enclosed court, courtyard, household enclosure, or sheepfold. The New Testament uses it for trial settings, guarded space, shepherd imagery, and the temple courtyard in Revelation.
At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
The leaders assemble in the courtyard of Caiaphas as the passion narrative intensifies.
Peter followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he sat with the officers and warmed himself by the fire.
Peter follows Jesus into the high priest's courtyard and warms himself among the officers.
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.
Jesus speaks of a strong man guarding his house and keeping his possessions secure.
“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
Jesus contrasts true entry into the sheepfold with climbing in another way.
I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
Jesus says He has other sheep not of this fold and will bring them into one flock under one shepherd.
But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
Revelation excludes the outer courtyard because it has been given over to the nations.
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Greek word. Open courtyard of a house, often metonymically representing the entire dwelling or palace itself.
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
12 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
court-yard, fore-court, palace, house
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How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
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Aule teaches readers to notice how enclosed spaces can reveal spiritual realities without all meaning the same thing. The high priest's courtyard becomes a place of opposition and exposed fear as Jesus is tried and Peter follows at a distance. In Luke, the guarded house image speaks about security before a stronger one overcomes. In John 10, the sheepfold language belongs to Jesus' shepherd discourse, where true entry, His voice, and the gathering of other sheep matter more than the enclosure itself.
Revelation's outer courtyard belongs to a vision of measurement, exclusion, and trampling. The word helps teachers read spatial boundaries carefully: sometimes they expose danger, sometimes they picture protection, and sometimes they mark judgment. The passage decides the claim.
John.10.16
Aule has a range that includes courtyard, enclosure, palace court, household yard, and sheepfold. English renderings shift because the physical setting shifts.
Courts, gates, folds, and temple spaces carry boundary language throughout Scripture. Aule participates in that pattern, but teachers should distinguish legal trial space, domestic security, shepherd imagery, and apocalyptic temple vision.