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ἔπαυλις
epaulis
G1886
G:N-F Greek

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epaulis denotes a place of dwelling that, in Acts 1:20, is called to become deserted and uninhabited.

The attested use denotes a dwelling place in a statement calling for that place to become deserted and for no one to live there.

Senses in use

  1. Dwelling place left deserted · dominant

    In Acts 1:20, the nominative singular feminine form occurs in the clause about a place becoming deserted and having no one live in it; the APB renders the clause, “May his place become deserted; let no one live in it.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 1:20, the APB presents the clause as “May his place become deserted; let no one live in it.” It cannot establish which individual English word corresponds to the lemma.

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