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.) |