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Smith's Bible Dictionary

Porch

Ulam , or ulam . (1 Chronicles 28:11)
Misderon ulam , (Judges 3:23) strictly a vestibule, was probably a sort of veranda chamber in the works of Solomon, open in front and at the sides, but capable of being enclosed with awnings or curtains. The porch, (Matthew 26:71) may have been the passage from the street into the first court of the house, in which, in eastern houses, is the mastabah or stone bench, for the porter or persons waiting, and where also the master of the house often receives visitors and transacts business.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Porch

See HOUSE and TEMPLE.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Porch, Solomon's

A colonnade on the east of the temple, so called from a tradition that it was a relic of Solomon's temple left standing after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians. (Comp. 1 Kings 7:6.) The word "porch" is in the New Testament the rendering of three different Greek words:

(1.) Stoa, meaning a portico or veranda (John 5:2; 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12).

(2.) Pulon, a gateway (Matthew 26:71).

(3.) Proaulion, the entrance to the inner court (Mark 14:68).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A covered and enclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See Loggia.

2. (n.) A portico; a covered walk.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

PORCH

porch: Chiefly in the Old Testament 'alam, used of the temples of Solomon and Ezekiel (see TEMPLE); once micderon, a "vestibule," in Judges 3:23. In the New Testament, the word occurs in connection with the high priest's palace (Matthew 26:71, pulon; Mark 14:68, proaulion), and as the rendering of stoa, a "portico," in John 5:2 (pool of Bethesda); and John 10:23 Acts 3:11; Acts 5:12.

See PORCH, PORTICO, SOLOMON'S.

PORCH, PORTICO, SOLOMON'S

por'-ti-ko, (he stoa he kaloumene Solomontos): This important element of Herod's temple, preserving in its name a traditional connection with Solomon, is thrice referred to in the New Testament, namely, in John 10:23 Acts 3:11, "the porch that is called Solomon's"; and Acts 5:12. In these passages the Greek word stoa is translated "porch" but in the Revised Version margin of Acts 3:11 more correctly "portico". In architecture a "porch" is strictly an exterior structure forming a covered approach to the entrance of a building; a "portico" is an ambulatory, consisting of a roof supported by columns placed at regular intervals-a roofed colonnade. The portico bearing Solomon's name was that running along the eastern wall in the Court of the Gentiles of Herod's temple. It had double columns, while that on the South known as the Royal Portico had four rows (compare Josephus, Ant, XV, xi, 3; BJ, V, v, and see TEMPLE, HEROD'S). The portico was the scene of Christ's teaching at the Feast of the Dedication (John 10:23), and was flocked to by the multitude after the healing of the lame man (Acts 3:11). There the apostles preached and wrought other miracles (Acts 5:12).

W. Shaw Caldecott

SOLOMON'S PORCH

See PORCH, PORTICO, SOLOMON'S.

Greek

4440. pulon -- a porch, gateway
... a porch, gateway. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: pulon Phonetic
Spelling: (poo-lone') Short Definition: a large gate, a gateway, porch ...
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4259. proaulion -- a vestibule
... a vestibule. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: proaulion Phonetic Spelling:
(pro-ow'-lee-on) Short Definition: a porch Definition: a porch, court ...
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4745. stoa -- a portico
... word Definition a portico NASB Word Usage portico (3), porticoes (1). porch, colonnade.
Probably from histemi; a colonnade or interior piazza -- porch. ...
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4439. pule -- a gate
... a gate, porch. Apparently a primary word; a gate, ie The leaf or wing of a folding
entrance (literally or figuratively) -- gate. (pulai) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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4770. Stoikos -- a Stoic
... a Stoic. From stoa; a "Stoic" (as occupying a particular porch in Athens),
ie Adherent of a certin philosophy -- Stoick. see GREEK stoa. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

197. ulam -- a porch
... 196, 197. ulam. 198 . a porch. Transliteration: ulam Phonetic Spelling:
(oo-lawm') Short Definition: porch. Word Origin from the ...
/hebrew/197.htm - 6k

4528. misderon -- a porch, colonnade
... 4527, 4528. misderon. 4529 . a porch, colonnade. Transliteration: misderon
Phonetic Spelling: (mis-der-ohn') Short Definition: vestibule. ... porch. ...
/hebrew/4528.htm - 6k

361. elam -- a porch
... 360, 361. elam. 362 . a porch. Transliteration: elam Phonetic Spelling:
(ay-lawm') Short Definition: porches. Word Origin from ayil ...
/hebrew/361.htm - 6k

863b. attiq -- a gallery, porch
... 863a, 863b. attiq. 864 . a gallery, porch. Transliteration: attiq Short
Definition: galleries. Word Origin from the same as attuq ...
/hebrew/863b.htm - 5k

862a. attuq -- a gallery, porch
... a gallery, porch. Transliteration: attuq Short Definition: gallery. Word Origin
of uncertain derivation Definition a gallery, porch NASB Word Usage gallery (1). ...
/hebrew/862a.htm - 5k

862. attuwq -- a gallery, porch
... 861, 862. attuwq. 862a . a gallery, porch. Transliteration: attuwq Phonetic
Spelling: (at-tooke') Short Definition: gallery. gallery ...
/hebrew/862.htm - 5k

Library

Ash Wednesday. Gather the People . . And Let the Priests, the ...
... and let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the alter,
and let them say, Spare Thy people, O Lord. Gather the people . . ...
/.../winkworth/lyra germanica the christian year/ash wednesday gather the people.htm

In the Next Place, when the Philosophers of the Porch...
... Chapter XLVIII. In the next place, when the philosophers of the Porch?
In the next place, when the philosophers of the Porch, who ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xlviii in the next 2.htm

False Profession.
... The porch [Footnote: This passage is from "The House of the Forest of Lebanon,"
which Bunyan regarded as a type of the church in her persecuted state.] is but ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the riches of bunyan/xx false profession.htm

Jesus Heals a Paralytic at Capernaum.
... They have one door which opens from the street into an open space called
the porch, and this porch in turn opens upon the court. ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xxxv jesus heals a paralytic.htm

The Altar. The Rings. The Laver.
... There was a laver or cistern between the porch and the altar, and it lay a little
to the south. "Ben Kattin made twelve cocks for it, which before had but two. ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 34 the altar the.htm

St. Ambrose Shows by Instances that the Places in which those ...
... John in Solomon's porch, by which is signified the mind of a wise man, for he says
that Christ would not have uttered this saying in the heart of a foolish or ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xvii st ambrose shows.htm

The Story of the Man at the Beautiful Gate
... Gentiles, which was a large, open square paved with marble, having on its eastern
side a double row of pillars with a roof above them, called Solomon's Porch. ...
/.../marshall/the wonder book of bible stories/the story of the man.htm

Thus the Future of which we Spoke at the Beginning Has in England ...
... As he entered the gloomy porch of Puritanism, so he entered the gloomy porch of
Industrialism, being told that each of them was the gate of the future. ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 11 thus the future.htm

The Good Shepherd: a Farewell Sermon
... Our Lord always made the best of every opportunity; and we are told, he walked in
the temple in Solomon's porch.' One would have thought the scribes and ...
/.../selected sermons of george whitefield/the good shepherd a farewell.htm

Chapter twenty-eight
... He had one foot on the porch and another on the steps just below. He took another
step down, still sweeping. ... The Bishop went out on the porch. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sheldon/in his steps/chapter twenty-eight.htm

Thesaurus

Porch (37 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Porch, Solomon's. ... (Comp. 1 Kings 7:6.) The word "porch"
is in the New Testament the rendering of three different Greek words: ...
/p/porch.htm - 22k

Vestibule (36 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or
antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall. Multi-Version Concordance ...
/v/vestibule.htm - 16k

Portico (37 Occurrences)
...PORCH, PORTICO, SOLOMON'S. ... In these passages the Greek word stoa is translated "porch"
but in the Revised Version margin of Acts 3:11 more correctly "portico". ...
/p/portico.htm - 19k

Solomon's (56 Occurrences)
... Solomon's Porch. ... It is not mentioned in connection with the first temple, but Josephus
mentions a porch, so called, in Herod's temple (qv). Int. ...
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Jambs (19 Occurrences)
... 40:7 And every lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad; and the space between
the lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the ...
/j/jambs.htm - 11k

Measureth (24 Occurrences)
... broad, (YLT). Ezekiel 40:8 And he measureth the porch of the gate from within
one reed, (YLT). Ezekiel 40:9 and he measureth the porch...
/m/measureth.htm - 13k

Gateway (40 Occurrences)
... Mark 14:68 But he denied it, saying, "I neither know, nor understand what you are
saying." He went out on the porch, and the rooster crowed. (See RSV). ...
/g/gateway.htm - 18k

Beams (28 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 7:6 And he made the porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits,
and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars ...
/b/beams.htm - 14k

Nave (19 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 6:3 The porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was its length,
according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was its breadth ...
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Threshold (28 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 7:6 He made the porch of pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth
thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and a threshold ...
/t/threshold.htm - 18k

Resources

What was Solomon's Porch? | GotQuestions.org

Questions about Places in the Bible (All) | GotQuestions.org

Who was Ehud? | GotQuestions.org

Porch: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Porch (37 Occurrences)

Matthew 26:71
When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him, and said to those who were there, "This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth."
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT RSV)

Mark 14:68
But he denied it, saying, "I neither know, nor understand what you are saying." He went out on the porch, and the rooster crowed.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS)

Luke 16:20
and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,
(YLT)

John 10:23
It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's porch.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Acts 3:11
As the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Acts 5:12
By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. They were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Acts 12:13
And Peter having knocked at the door of the porch, there came a damsel to hearken, by name Rhoda,
(YLT)

Acts 12:14
and having known the voice of Peter, from the joy she did not open the porch, but having run in, told of the standing of Peter before the porch,
(YLT)

Judges 3:23
Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NIV)

1 Kings 6:3
The porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was its length, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was its breadth before the house.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

1 Kings 7:6
He made the porch of pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and a threshold before them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Kings 7:7
He made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

1 Kings 7:8
His house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter (whom Solomon had taken as wife), like this porch.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

1 Kings 7:12
The great court around had three courses of cut stone, and a course of cedar beams; like as the inner court of the house of Yahweh, and the porch of the house.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

1 Kings 7:19
The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four cubits.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

1 Kings 7:21
He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called its name Boaz.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

1 Chronicles 28:11
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch of the temple, and of its houses, and of its treasuries, and of the upper rooms of it, and of the inner chambers of it, and of the place of the mercy seat;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

2 Chronicles 3:4
The porch that was before the house, its length, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height one hundred twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

2 Chronicles 8:12
Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar of Yahweh, which he had built before the porch,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

2 Chronicles 15:8
When Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of Yahweh, that was before the porch of Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

2 Chronicles 29:7
Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

2 Chronicles 29:17
Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of Yahweh; and they sanctified the house of Yahweh in eight days: and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Ezekiel 8:16
He brought me into the inner court of Yahweh's house; and see, at the door of the temple of Yahweh, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs toward the temple of Yahweh, and their faces toward the east; and they were worshipping the sun toward the east.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 40:7
Every lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad; and the space between the lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Ezekiel 40:8
He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Ezekiel 40:9
Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its posts, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Ezekiel 40:15
From the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Ezekiel 40:39
In the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to kill thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Ezekiel 40:40
On the one side outside, as one goes up to the entry of the gate toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side, which belonged to the porch of the gate, were two tables.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Ezekiel 40:48
Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Ezekiel 40:49
The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; even by the steps by which they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Ezekiel 41:25
There were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubim and palm trees, like as were made on the walls; and there was a threshold of wood on the face of the porch outside.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Ezekiel 41:26
There were closed windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch: thus were the side chambers of the house, and the thresholds.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Ezekiel 44:3
As for the prince, he shall sit therein as prince to eat bread before Yahweh; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Ezekiel 46:2
The prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate outside, and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Ezekiel 46:8
When the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and he shall go forth by its way.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Joel 2:17
Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, "Spare your people, Yahweh, and don't give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples,'Where is their God?'"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Porch

Related Terms

Vestibule (36 Occurrences)

Portico (37 Occurrences)

Solomon's (56 Occurrences)

Jambs (19 Occurrences)

Measureth (24 Occurrences)

Gateway (40 Occurrences)

Beams (28 Occurrences)

Nave (19 Occurrences)

Threshold (28 Occurrences)