γαββαθά

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This is the name of the place Gabbatha: Raised stone platform in Jerusalem; location of Jesus' trial.

Definition

Γαββαθα (Rec. -θᾶ), ἡ, indecl.,

Gabbatha, the Greek transliteration of an uncertain Aramaic word (DB, see word; Dalman, Words, 7), used as the equivalent of λιθόστρωτον, stone pavement: John 19:13.

Glossary entries

Gabbatha Pavement

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

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  1. John 19:13Γαββαθα · [is] Gabbatha
    When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, which in Hebrew is Gabbatha.