Word Summary
aulizomai: to lodge in the open, to lodge
Original Word: αὐλίζομαιTransliteration: aulizomai
Phonetic Spelling: (ow-lid'-zom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to lodge in the open, to lodge
Meaning: to lodge in the open, to lodge
Strong's Concordance
abide, lodge, spend the night
Middle voice from aule; to pass the night (properly, in the open air) -- abide, lodge.
see GREEK aule
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 835: αὐλίζομαιαὐλίζομαι: deponent; imperfect
ηὐλιζόμην; 1 aorist
ηὐλίσθην (
Veitch, under the word;
Buttmann, 51 (44);
Winer's Grammar, § 39, 2); (
αὐλή); in the
Sept. mostly for
לוּן;
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 Matthew 21:17; Luke 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.)