Strong's Lexicon
G4232 — πραιτώριον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4232 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πραιτώριον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | of Latin origin |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 8 |
| Transliteration: | praitorion |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | prai-to'-ree-on |
| Meaning: | 1. the pretorium or governor's courtroom (sometimes including the whole edifice and camp) |
| KJV Renderings: | (common, judgment) hall (of judgment), palace, praetorium |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πραιτώριον, πραιτωριου, τό, a Latin word,praetorium (neuter of the adjectivepraetorius used substantively); the word denotes
1. ’headquarters’ in a Roman camp, the tent of the commander-in-chief.
2. the palace in which the governor or procurator of a province resided, to which use the Romans were accustomed to appropriate the palaces already existing, and formerly dwelt in by the kings or princes (at Syracuse illa domus praetoria, quae regis Hieronis fuit, Cicero, Verr. 2:5, 12, 30); at Jerusalem it was that magnificent palace which Herod the Great had built for himself, and which the Roman procurators seem to have occupied whenever they came from Caesarea to Jerusalem to transact public business: Mat 27:27; Mar 15:16; Joh 18:28; Joh 18:33; Joh 19:9; cf. Philo, leg. ad Gaium, § 38; Josephus, b. j. 2, 14, 8; also the one at Caesarea, Act 23:35. Cf. Keim, iii, p. 359f. (English translation, vi., p. 79; B. D. under the word ).
3. the camp of praetorian soldiers established by Tiberius (Suetonius 37): Php 1:13. Cf. Winers RWB, under the word Richthaus; (Lightfoots Commentary on Philippians, pp. 99ff) rejects, as destitute of evidence, the various attempts to give a local sense to the word in Philippians, the passage cited, and vindicates the meaning praetorian guard (so R. V.)).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πραιτώριον ((common)
Matthew 27:27
- KJV: Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall and gathered unto him the whole band
- GK: τότε οι στρατιώται του ηγεμόνος παραλαβόντες τον Ιησούν εις το πραιτώριον συνήγαγον επ΄ αυτόν όλην την σπείραν
Mark 15:16
- KJV: And the soldiers led him away into the hall called Prætorium and they call together the whole band
- GK: οι δε στρατιώται απήγαγον αυτόν έσω της αυλής ο εστι πραιτώριον και συγκαλούσιν όλην την σπείραν
John 18:28
- KJV: Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment and it was early and they themselves went not into the judgment hall lest they should be defiled but that they might eat the passover
- GK: άγουσιν ουν τον Ιησούν από του Καϊάφα εις το πραιτώριον ην δε πρωϊα και αυτοί ουκ εισήλθον εις το πραιτώριον ίνα μη μιανθώσιν αλλ΄ ίνα φάγωσι το πάσχα
John 18:33
- KJV: Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again and called Jesus and said unto him Art thou the King of the Jews
- GK: εισήλθεν ούν εις το πραιτώριον πάλιν ο Πιλάτος και εφώνησε τον Ιησούν και είπεν αυτώ συ ει ο βασιλεύς των Ιουδαίων
John 19:9
- KJV: And went again into the judgment hall and saith unto Jesus Whence art thou But Jesus gave him no answer
- GK: και εισήλθεν εις το πραιτώριον πάλιν και λέγει τω Ιησού πόθεν ει συ ο δε Ιησούς απόκρισιν ουκ έδωκεν αυτώ
Acts 23:35
- KJV: I will hear thee said he when thine accusers are also come And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall
- GK: διακούσομαί σου έφη όταν και οι κατήγοροί σου παραγένωνται εκέλευσέ τε αυτόν εν τω πραιτωρίω Ηρώδου φυλάσσεσθαι
Philippians 1:13
- KJV: So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace and in all other
- GK: ώστε τους δεσμούς μου φανερούς εν χριστώ γενέσθαι εν όλω τω πραιτωρίω και τοις λοιποίς πάσι