UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: ἔπαυλις; -εως

Related lemmas: αὐλίζομαι

Sense 1: homestead, house, residence

Semantic entry: 7.4

Semantic domains: Constructions

Subdomains: Buildings

Definition: property in which a person was expected to reside, either as the result of ownership or legal contract

Notes: In the NT ἔπαυλις occurs only in RV ACT 1:20 · LV ACT 1:20 · Read together ACT 1:20 as a quotation of RV PSA 69:24 · LV PSA 69:25 · Read together PSA 69:24. The immediate reference is to a person’s traditional residence, but the entire passage must be interpreted figuratively as a reference to a person’s expected position or place of service. The phrase γενηθήτω ἡ ἔπαυλις αὐτοῦ ἔρημος may be rendered as ‘may his house become empty’ or ‘may his home be deserted.’

ACT 1:20: RV ACT 1:20 · LV ACT 1:20 · Read together ACT 1:20

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OET-RV ACT 1:20

20 Now it was written in the scroll of songs:
⇔ ‘Let his place become deserted with no one living there,’
§ and
⇔ ‘Let another person take his position.’

OET-LV ACT 1:20

20 For/Because it _has _been _written in scroll of _psalms, the the_homestead of _him Let _be _become desolate, and let_ not _be the one dwelling in it, and:
let_ another _take The overseeing of _him.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἔπαυλις

Form 1

Sense 1: homestead, house, residence