Words the Bible translates as court
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- aulēαὐλήan enclosed open-air space: the walled yard of a house, the court around a temple, or a pen that holds sheep.
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- a large walled residence taken as a whole: a great house, a palace, or an official's headquarters, and not merely its yard.
- ḥatserחָצֵרan enclosed open yard belonging to a larger building, especially the walled space around the tabernacle, temple, or a palace
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- an unwalled rural settlement: a cluster of dwellings out in the open country, smaller and less defended than a walled town
- zēloōζηλόωto burn with intense feeling for someone or something: to be zealous or jealously devoted, to set your heart eagerly on it, or, on its dark side, to envy.
- sunedrionσυνέδριονcouncil: a formally seated body of leaders gathered to deliberate and judge, above all the ruling court in Jerusalem
- kritērionκριτήριονcourt/lawsuitnot studied yet
- azarahעֲזָרָהan area closed in by a firm edge: the temple's walled yard, or the ledge that runs around the altar
- dinדִּיןjudgment in a courtroom sense: the court that sits to hear a case, the sentence it hands down, and the justice behind both.
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