noun · neuter
praitōriem
Greekπραιτώριον (praitōrion)
Strong’sG4232
the official residence of the procurator
stem praitōri-8 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books2 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† πραιτώριον, -ου, τό, (Lat. prætorium),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4232 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidprahee-to'-ree-on
the prætorium or governor's courtroom (sometimes including the whole edifice and camp)
Fromof Latin origin;
King James(common, judgment) hall (of judgment), palace, prætorium.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | praitōriem1×πραιτώριον | praitōrieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | praitōrieu | praitōrieiu |
| to, for dative | praitōrie2×πραιτωρίῳ | praitōriei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
praitōrie is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
praitōriem“praetorium”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Mark 15:16“praetorium”Tois de stratiōtois apagala auton esō tau aulau, hem atō praitōriem, kai sunkalalō holan tan speiran.Then the soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called the whole company together.
praitōrie“praetorium”to, fordative singular2×
Acts 23:35“praetorium”Diakouemi su, fēate, hotan kai tois katēgorois su paragineleia; keleuaratos en te praitōrie tou Hērōdou fulassirō auton.he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.
Philippians 1:13“imperial guard”hōste toin desmoin mu faneroin en Christo ginera en hole te praitōrie kai toi loipoi pantoi,As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.
praitōriem5×
Matthew 27:27“praetorium”Tote tois stratiōtois tou hēgemōnou paralambaratois ton Iēsun eis tem praitōriem sunagala epi auton holan tan speiran.Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.
John 18:28“praetorium”Agalō oun ton Iēsun apo tou Kaiafaou eis tem praitōriem; ate de prōi; kai autois ouk eiserchala eis tem praitōriem, hina mē miainileia alla esthialeia tem pascha.Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
John 18:28“headquarters”Agalō oun ton Iēsun apo tou Kaiafaou eis tem praitōriem; ate de prōi; kai autois ouk eiserchala eis tem praitōriem, hina mē miainileia alla esthialeia tem pascha.Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
John 18:33“headquarters”Eiserchata oun palin eis tem praitōriem tos Pilatos kai fōnata ton Iēsun kai legata auto; Sis asō tos basilevos toiu Ioudaioiu?Pilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned Jesus, and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
John 19:9“headquarters”kai eiserchata eis tem praitōriem palin kai legatō to Iēso; Pothen asō sis? tos de Iēsus apokrisian ouk dōata auto.and he went back into the Praetorium. “Where are You from?” he asked. But Jesus gave no answer.