Words the Bible translates as palace
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- aulēαὐλήa large walled residence taken as a whole: a great house, a palace, or an official's headquarters, and not merely its yard.
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- an enclosed open-air space: the walled yard of a house, the court around a temple, or a pen that holds sheep.
- hekhalהֵיכָלthe great house of a sovereign: the grand residence of a king or a god, and the imposing main hall at its heart
- bayitבַּיִתa house: a building where someone lives or where something is kept
- armonאַרְמוֹןa fortified great house: the citadel or palace of a king or the powerful, at once a grand residence and a defensible stronghold
- basileionβασίλειονpalacenot studied yet
- birahבִּירָהa fortified citadel or palace-complex: the walled royal and administrative stronghold at the center of a capital
- hekhalהֵיכַלa grand house: the palace of a king or the temple of a god
- praitōrionπραιτώριονthe Roman governor's official headquarters in a province: the building he lived and worked in, with its soldiers, its holding cells, and the seat where he tried cases.
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- the emperor's own guard: the elite body of soldiers stationed at imperial headquarters, spoken of as a group of men rather than a place.
- bitanבִּיתָןpalacenot studied yet
- appedenאַפֶּדֶןpalacenot studied yet
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