Quick Definition
I lodge, pass the night
Strong's Definition
to pass the night (properly, in the open air)
Derivation: middle voice from G833 (αὐλή);
KJV Usage: abide, lodge
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
αὐλίζομαι: deponent; imperfect ηὐλιζόμην; 1 aorist ηὐλίσθην (Veitch, under the word; Buttmann, 51 (44); Winer's Grammar, § 39, 2); (αὐλή); in the Sept. mostly for μεΜο;
1. properly, to lodge in the courtyard especially at night; of flocks and shepherds.
2. to pass the night in the open air, bivouac.
3. universally, to pass the night, lodge: so Mat_21:17; Luk_21:37 (ἐξερχόμενος ηὐλίζετο εἰς τό ὄρος, going out to pass the night he retired to the mountain; cf. Buttmann, § 147, 15). (In Greek writings from Homer down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
αὐλίζομαι aulizomai 2x
pr. to pass the time in a court-yard; to lodge; hence, to pass the night in any place, to lodge at night, pass or remain through the night, Mat_21:17 ; Luk_21:37
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
αὐλίζομαι
( < αὐλή ),
[in LXX chiefly for H3885 ;]
1. prop ., to lodge in a courtyard.
2. to lodge in the open.
3. to pass the night, lodge ( LXX ; MM , s.v. ): Mat_21:17 , Luk_21:37 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
αὐλίζομαι [page 92]
OGIS 730 .7 (iii/B.C.) ὥστε αὐλίσ [ασθα ]ι [αὐτόθι ἐν ἡ ]μ [έ ]ραις δυσί (ν ). We may note Didache 11 .6 , where it is laid down that a wayfaring apostle, on leaving any house where he has been entertained, is to take nothing with him except bread ἕως οὗ αὐλισθῇ , until he reach his (next night s) lodging : cf. the expressive use in LXX Psa. 29꞉ 6 [MT Psa_30:5 ] τὸ ἑσπέρας αὐλισθήσεται κλαυθμός , weeping may come in to lodge (like a passing stranger) at even, In Preisigke 1579, a bracelet of Byzantine date, we find LXX Psa_90:1 [MT Psa_91:1 ] as an amulet, with αὐλισθίσεται : there are no variants except of spelling.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
αὐλίζομαι [Etym: αὐλή] "to lie in the court-yard", of cattle, Od. ; "to pass the night, lodge", Eur. ; of soldiers, "to bivouac", Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
αὐλίζομαι
(αὐλή), [in LXX chiefly for לוּן ;]
__1. prop., to lodge in a courtyard.
__2. to lodge in the open.
__3. to pass the night, lodge (LXX; MM, see word): Mat.21:17, Luk.21:37.†
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