ἔπαυλ-ις G1886
dwelling place, habitation, farmstead
A noun denoting a dwelling, habitation, or rural estate. Classical usage included farm buildings, country houses, military quarters, or unwalled villages. Acts 1:20 quotes Psalm 69:25, applying it to Judas: 'Let his habitation (ἔπαυλις) become desolate.' The term suggests a fixed dwelling or settled estate, now cursed with emptiness due to Judas's betrayal.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Peter applies the psalmist's imprecation to Judas's fate. The multilingual evidence (Spanish 'morada,' French 'demeure') converges on habitation or dwelling. The curse of desolation transforms the traitor's residence into a vacant ruin, symbolizing divine judgment. This sets the stage for choosing a replacement apostle to fill the vacant 'place of ministry' that Judas abandoned. 1×
AR["دَارُهُ"]·ben["তাহার"]·DE["ἔπαυλις"]·EN["habitation"]·FR["demeure"]·heb["טִירָה"]·HI["उजाड़"]·ID["tempat-tinggal"]·IT["dimora"]·jav["papan-panggènan"]·KO["거처-가"]·PT["habitação"]·RU["двор"]·ES["morada"]·SW["makao"]·TR["yeri"]·urd["رہائش"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἔπαυλ-ις, εως, ἡ, steading, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 farm-building, country house, Refs 1st c.BC+ __3 in military language, quarters, ἔ. ποιεῖσθαι encamp, Refs 5th c.BC+ __4 unwalled village, LXX