What does αὐλίζομαι (aulízomai) mean in the Bible?
αὐλίζομαι (aulízomai) is a Greek word meaning "to pass the night (properly, in the open air)".
Greek · G835
αὐλίζομαι
To pass the night (properly, in the open air)
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αὐλίζομαιG835
Pronunciationaulízomai
What does αὐλίζομαι (aulízomai) mean in the Bible?
αὐλίζομαι (aulízomai) is a Greek word meaning "to pass the night (properly, in the open air)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G835?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include to spend the night (1), where He spent the night (1).
Where does αὐλίζομαι (aulízomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 21:17. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itto spend the night1×Luke 21:37
where He spent the night1×Matthew 21:17
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 21:17
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Luke1
Source forms
ηὐλίζετο1xēulizetoLuke 21:37
ηὐλίσθη1xēulisthēMatthew 21:17
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular1xMatthew 21:17
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular1xLuke 21:37
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to pass the night (properly, in the open air)
Strong'sG835
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
to pass the night (properly, in the open air)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 21:17Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Passive Deponent Indicative
ηὐλίσθηhulisqh
I lodge, pass the night
Read verseLuke 21:37Verb Third Person Singular Imperfect Middle or Passive Deponent Indicative
ηὐλίζετοhulizeto
I lodge, pass the night
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups1Aligned forms2TensesAorist, ImperfectVoicesPassive, Middle
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicativestates a fact or reality2×
Aorist PassiveMatt 21:171×
Imperfect MiddleLuke 21:371×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
imperfect1aorist1
Voice
middle1passive1
Mood
indicative2
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
αὐλίζομαι is built from this root:
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