Lexical Definition
Strong's Greek G4232
the prætorium or governor's courtroom (sometimes including the whole edifice and camp)
KJV usage: :--(common, judgment) hall (of judgment), palace, prætorium.
Etymology: of Latin origin;
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
when used in reference to a camp, the tent of the general or commander-in-chief; hence, in reference to a province, the palace in which the governor of the province resided, Mt. 27:27; Mk. 15:16; Acts 23:35; the camp occupied by the praetorian cohorts at Rome, the praetorian camp, or, the Roman emperor’s palace, Phil. 1:13
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