aulē · courtyard

What it means

aulē (αὐλή) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “courtyard”.

Also the palace around it.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The open space inside a large house.
2. The enclosure for the flock.
3. The residence of a king or powerful man, with its court and guard.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• courtyard ×8
• court ×1
• palace ×1
• sheepfold ×1
• this fold ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×3
• Luke×2
• John×3
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 26:3

  Then the high priests and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

• Matthew 26:58

  And Peter was following him from a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and going inside, he sat with the attendants to see the outcome.

• Matthew 26:69

  Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him, saying, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.”

• Mark 14:54

  And Peter followed him from a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the attendants and warming himself at the fire.

• Mark 14:66

  And while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest comes,

• Mark 15:16

  And the soldiers led him away inside the courtyard, which is the praetorium, and they call together the whole cohort.

• Luke 11:21

  When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are in peace;

• Luke 22:55

  And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter was sitting among them.

• John 10:1

  “Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold through the gate but climbs in another way, he is a thief and a bandit.

• John 10:16

  And I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd.

• John 18:15

  Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so was another disciple. That disciple was known to the high priest, and he entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest,

• Revelation 11:2

  And the court outside the sanctuary, leave it out, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.