1. courtyard, court — An open courtyard or court of a building, especially the courtyard of the high priest's palace or of the temple. S63615 (courtyard, 9x) and S63617 (court, 1x) represent the same architectural space. Spanish uses 'patio' and 'atrio' (both = courtyard/court area); Arabic 'دَارِ' and 'دارَ' (dār = house/courtyard) identically; Korean '뜨락' (tteurak = courtyard) in both; Swahili 'ua' (courtyard/compound) uniformly; Hindi 'आँगन/आंगन' (āṅgan = courtyard) throughout. The single S63617 occurrence is simply a low-frequency variant in the same spatial domain. 10×
AR["الدَّارِ","دارَ","دارِ","دَارِ","ساحَةَهُ"]·ben["উঠানে","উঠানের","প্রাঙ্গণ","প্রাঙ্গণে","প্রাঙ্গণের","বাড়ি"]·DE["Hof","αὐλήν","αὐλὴν","αὐλῆς","αὐλῇ"]·EN["court","courtyard"]·FR["cour"]·heb["הַחָצֵר","חֲצַר","חָצֵר"]·HI["आँगन","आंगन"]·ID["halaman"]·IT["aulēn","cortile"]·jav["latar","latèng","plataran","plataran,","platarandalem"]·KO["뜨락","뜨락-에","뜨락에","뜨락의","뜻을","마당을","마당의"]·PT["pátio"]·RU["двор","двора","дворе"]·ES["atrio","casa","patio"]·SW["ua"]·TR["avluda","avlunun","avlusuna","avluya","avluyu","sarayını"]·urd["صحن","صحن-تک","صحن-میں"]
Matt 26:3, Matt 26:58, Matt 26:69, Mark 14:54, Mark 14:66, Mark 15:16, Luke 11:21, Luke 22:55, John 18:15, Rev 11:2
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2. sheepfold, pen — An enclosed area for keeping sheep — a fold or pen, as in John 10:1,16 where Jesus speaks of the sheep and the fold. This is a distinct sense from the architectural courtyard, confirmed across multiple languages: Spanish 'redil' (sheepfold) vs 'patio' (courtyard); Arabic 'حَظيرَة' (ḥaẓīra = enclosure/pen) vs 'دَارِ' (courtyard); Korean '우리' (uri = animal pen/cage) vs '뜨락' (courtyard); Swahili 'zizi' (animal enclosure/kraal) vs 'ua' (courtyard); Hindi 'बाड़ा/बाड़े' (bāṛā = pen/enclosure) vs 'आँगन' (courtyard). Every language distinguishes these two senses clearly. 2×
AR["حَظيرَة"]·ben["খোঁয়াড়ে","খোঁয়াড়ের"]·DE["Hof"]·EN["fold"]·FR["cour"]·heb["מִכְלָאָה"]·HI["बाड़ा","बाड़े"]·ID["kandang"]·IT["cortile"]·jav["kandhang"]·KO["우리를","우리의"]·PT["curral"]·RU["двор","двора"]·ES["redil"]·SW["zizi"]·TR["ağıldan","ağılın"]·urd["باڑے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
αὐλή, ἡ, open court before the house, courtyard, Refs 8th c.BC+ __2 steading for cattle, αὐλῆς ὑπεράλμενονRefs 8th c.BC+ __II later, court or quadrangle, round which the house was built, Refs 5th c.BC+ __III generally, court, hall, Ζηνὸς αὐ.Refs 8th c.BC+; court of a temple, ἱεροῦLXX+3rd c.BC+; any dwelling, abode, chamber, Refs 5th c.BC+, etc.; of a cave, Refs; ἀγρόνομοι αὐλαί homes of dwellers…