Words the Bible translates as sheepfold
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 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.
- gederahגְּדֵרָהa wall of piled stones fencing in a piece of ground, and so the pen it makes for a flock
- mishpatמִשְׁפְּתַיִםsheepfoldnot studied yet
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