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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #4232 - πραιτώριον

Transliteration

praitṓrion

Phonetics

prahee-to'-ree-on

Origin

of Latin origin

Parts of Speech

Noun Neuter

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer's

"head-quarters" in a Roman camp, the tent of the commander-in-chief
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 kings or princes; at Jerusalem it was a magnificent palace which Herod the Great had built for himself, and which the Roman procurators seemed to have occupied whenever they came from Caesarea to Jerusalem to transact public business
the camp of the Praetorian soldiers established by Tiberius

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Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (8)

Matthew

Mark

John

Acts

Philippians

NAS (9)

Matthew

Mark

John

Acts

Philippians

HCS (8)

Matthew

Mark

John

Acts

Philippians

BSB (8)

Matthew

Mark

John

Acts

Philippians

ESV (8)

Matthew

Mark

John

Acts

Philippians

WEB (8)

Matthew

Mark

John

Acts

Philippians

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πραιτώριον, τό,

= Lat. Praetorium, official residence of a governor, Ev.Matthew 27:27; later, of private residences, Just. Nov. 159 Praef.

II praetorian guard: ἔπαρχος πραιτωρίον, τοῦ π., = praefectus praetorio, OGI 707 (Tyre, ii A.D. ), IG 14.911, etc.

2. imperial household, Ep. Philippians 1:13.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

*† πραιτώριον , -ου , τό ,

(Lat. prætorium),

1. headquarters in a Roman camp,

2. The palace or official residence of the Governor of a province: Matthew 27:27, Mark 15:16 (v. Swete, in l), John 18:28; John 18:33; John 19:9; τ . Papyri τ . Ἡρώδου , Acts 23:35.

3. the Prætorian Guard: Philippians 1:13 (v. Lft., in l; ICC, 51 f.).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

πραιτωριον πραιτώριον πραιτωριω πραιτωρίω πραιτωρίῳ praitorio praitōriō praitoríoi praitōríōi praitorion praitōrion praitṓrion

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