αὐλή, -ῆς, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly for חָצֵר;]
1. in Hom., an open courtyard before a house, hence, an enclosure in the open, a sheepfold: Jo 10:1, 16.
2. the court, courtyard, round which a house is built: Mt 26:3, 58, 69, Mk 14:54, 6615:16, Lk 11:2122:55, Jo 18:15; τ. ναοῦ, Re 11:2.
3 a dwelling, a palace (so, acc. to Grimm-Th., s.v.): Mt 26:3, 58, Mk 14:5415:16, Lk 11:21, Jo 18:15 (but v. MM, s.v.; cf. also DB, ii, 25, 287).†