ἔπαυλις
épaulis · G1886 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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homestead, house, residence
Property in which a person was expected to reside, either as the result of ownership or legal contract
ExamplesActs 1:20 “For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘MAY HIS RESIDENCE BE MADE DESOLATE, AND MAY THERE BE NONE LIVING IN IT’; and, ‘MAY ANOTHER TAKE HIS OFFICE.’
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔρημοςwilderness, desert, deserted 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 4 words
- οἰκία oikía · G3614 · house, home, dwelling
- The most common Greek word for house or dwelling, broader in scope than ἔπαυλις but semantically overlapping as both refer to residential structures where people live.
- οἶκος oîkos · G3624 · house, temple, sanctuary
- Standard Greek word for house or dwelling, closely synonymous with ἔπαυλις in denoting a residential structure, though more common and general in usage.
- κατοικία katoikía · G2733 · dwelling place, dwelling
- Greek noun denoting a dwelling place or habitation, directly synonymous with ἔπαυλις in referring to a place where one resides.
- σκηνή skēnḗ · G4633 · tent, tabernacle tent
- Greek word for tent or temporary dwelling structure, sharing with ἔπαυλις the sense of a dwelling place, though typically more portable or temporary in nature.
In the other Testament 3 words
- נָוֶה nâveh · H5116 · dweller, habitation, abode
- Standard Hebrew term for a dwelling place or habitation, particularly used for pastoral dwellings and homesteads, matching the core sense of ἔπαυλις as a dwelling structure.
- מָעוֹן mâʻôwn · H4583 · dwelling place, den, lair
- Common Hebrew word for dwelling or habitation, used for both human dwellings and animal dens, semantically equivalent to ἔπαυλις as a place of residence.
- מִשְׁכָּן mishkân · H4908 · dwelling-place, home, tent
- Hebrew term for dwelling place or residence, though often with religious connotations (tabernacle); the root sense of 'dwelling' makes it a potential translation equivalent for ἔπαυλις.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Homestead, house, residence7.4
- This noun denotes a dwelling place or residence, used of Peter's citation of the psalm concerning Judas, that his residence should be made desolate — "MAY HIS RESIDENCE BE MADE DESOLATE, AND MAY THERE BE NONE LIVING IN IT" (Acts 1:20).
Word family 15 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐπαυλισεως, ἡ (ἐπί and αὖλις tent, place to pass the night in; hence, a country-house,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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