Topic
Porch
8 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Judges 3:23Smith · ISBE
Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
- Matthew 26:71Smith · ISBE
And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.
- 1 Chronicles 28:11Smith
¶ Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
- Mark 14:68ISBE
But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.
- John 5:2ISBE
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
- John 10:23ISBE
And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.
- Acts 3:11ISBE
And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.
- Acts 5:12ISBE
¶ And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 3 references
- 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.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 7 references
porch: Chiefly in the Old Testament 'alam, used of the temples of Solomon and Ezekiel (see TEMPLE); once micderon, a "vestibule," in Jud 3:23. In the New Testament, the word occurs in connection with the high priest's palace (Mt 26:71, pulon; Mr 14:68, proaulion), and as the rendering of stoa, a "portico," in Joh 5:2 (pool of Bethesda); and Joh 10:23; Ac 3:11; 5:12.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 0 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → See TEMPLE
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.