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Strong's G1886 ἔπαυλις (epaulis)

Epaulis means “habitation” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1886 — dothan in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1886
Language Greek
Linked Usages 38
Books 13

Strong's G1886 Quick Answer

Strong's G1886 ἔπαυλις (epaulis) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. epaulis (ep'-au-lis) n. 1. a hut over the head, i.e. a dwelling [from G1909 and an equivalent of G833] It has 38 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include dwell. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
epaulis (ep'-au-lis) n. 1. a hut over the head, i.e. a dwelling [from G1909 and an equivalent of G833]
Usage
38 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
dwell

Meaning and Definition

epaulis (ep'-au-lis) n. 1. a hut over the head, i.e. a dwelling [from G1909 and an equivalent of G833] KJV: habitation Root(s): G1909, G833

Original Word
ἔπαυλις
Transliteration
epaulis
Derivation
Root: αὐλή R1: 1909 R2: 833
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1886. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

residence

Usage: ἔπ-αυλις, -εως, ἡ (αὐλή), [in LXX for חָצֵר, טִירָה, (l.with), etc. ;] a dwelling, habitation: Act.1:20 (LXX).† (AS)

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How Strong's G1886 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render epaulis, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

dwell Acts 1:20

How Strong's G1886 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 35 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1886 (ἔπαυλις) appears 39 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1886 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1886 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Acts 1:20 KJV

For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

Strong's G1886 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

35 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 25:16 Septuagint / Brenton

These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names in their tents and in their dwellings, twelve princes according to their nations.

Exodus 8:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And the frogs shall be removed away from thee, and from your houses and from the villages, and from thy servants, and from thy people, only in the river they shall be left.

Exodus 8:9 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord did as Moses said, and the frogs died out of the houses, and out of the villages, and out of the fields.

Strong's G1886 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 3:3 Septuagint / Brenton

Behold, our houses, and all our places, and all our fields of wheat, and flocks, and herds, and all the lodges of our tents, lie before thy face; use them as it pleaseth thee.

Judith 15:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And the children of Israel that returned from the slaughter had that which remained; and the villages and the cities, that were in the mountains and in the plain, got many spoils: for the multitude was very great.

Usage Excerpts

First 38 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1886.

Genesis 25:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names in their tents and in their dwellings, twelve princes according to their nations.
Exodus 8:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the frogs shall be removed away from thee, and from your houses and from the villages, and from thy servants, and from thy people, only in the river they shall be left.
Exodus 8:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord did as Moses said, and the frogs died out of the houses, and out of the villages, and out of the fields.
Exodus 14:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak to the children of Israel, and let them turn and encamp before the village, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal-zephon: before them shalt thou encamp by the sea.
Exodus 14:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Egyptians pursued after them, and found them encamped by the sea; and all the cavalry and the chariots of Pharaoh, and the horsemen, and his host were before the village, over against Baal-zephon.
Leviticus 25:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the houses in the villages which have not a wall round about them, shall be reckoned as the fields of the country: they shall always be redeemable, and they shall go out in the release.
Numbers 22:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to the cities of streets.
Numbers 31:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they burned with fire all their cities in the places of their habitation, and they burned their villages with fire.
Numbers 32:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they came to him, and said, We will build here folds for our cattle, and cities for our possessions;
Numbers 32:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall build for yourselves cities for your store, and folds for your cattle; and ye shall do that which proceeds out of your mouth.
Numbers 32:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Nimrah, and Beth-haran, strong cities, and folds for sheep.
Numbers 32:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took their villages, and called them the villages of Jair.
Numbers 34:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And your border shall go round you from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and shall proceed by Ennac, and the going forth of it shall be southward to Kadesh-barnea, and it shall go forth to the village of Addar, and shall proceed by Azmon.
Joshua 13:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders of Reuben were—even Jordan was the boundary; this is the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, these were their cities and their villages.
Joshua 13:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families and according to their cities: according to their families they will turn their backs before their enemies, because their cities and their villages were according to their families.
Joshua 15:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Cholaseola, and Beersheba; and their villages, and their hamlets,
Joshua 15:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Shaaraim and Gederah, and its villages; fourteen cities, and their villages;
Joshua 15:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ekron and her villages, and their hamlets:
Joshua 15:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ashdod, and her villages, and her hamlets; Gaza, and its villages and its hamlets as far as the river of Egypt, and the great sea is the boundary.
Joshua 15:54 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Humtah, and the city Arba, this is Hebron, and Zior: nine cities, and their villages:
Joshua 15:60 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
is the city of Jearim, and Sotheba: two cities, and their villages:
Judges 10:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he had thirty-two sons riding on thirty-two colts, and they had thirty-two cities; and they called them Jair’s towns until this day in the land of Gilead.
1 Chronicles 4:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities.
1 Chronicles 4:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all their villages were round about these cities, as far as Baal: this was their possession, and their distribution.
Nehemiah 11:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,
Nehemiah 11:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
Nehemiah 12:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
Nehemiah 12:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
Psalms 68:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let their habitation be made desolate; And let there be no inhabitant in their tents:
Proverbs 3:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the habitations of the just are blessed.
Isaiah 34:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thorns shall spring up in their cities, and in her strongholds: and they shall be habitations of monsters, and a court for ostriches.
Isaiah 35:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the dry land shall become pools, and a fountain of water shall be poured into the thirsty land; there shall there be a joy of birds, ready habitations and marshes.
Isaiah 42:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Rejoice, thou wilderness, and the villages thereof, the hamlets, and the dwellers in Kedar: the inhabitants of the rock shall rejoice, they shall shout from the top of the mountains.
Isaiah 62:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But they that have gathered them shall eat them, and they shall praise the Lord; and they that have gathered the grapes shall drink thereof in my holy courts.
Isaiah 65:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there shall be in the forest folds of flocks, and the Valley of Achor shall be for a resting place of herds for my people, who have sought me.
Acts 1:20 New Testament, KJV
For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
Judith 3:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, our houses, and all our places, and all our fields of wheat, and flocks, and herds, and all the lodges of our tents, lie before thy face; use them as it pleaseth thee.
Judith 15:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel that returned from the slaughter had that which remained; and the villages and the cities, that were in the mountains and in the plain, got many spoils: for the multitude was very great.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1886, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G1886 FAQ

What does epaulis (ἔπαυλις) mean?

Epaulis (Strong's G1886) is a Greek word most simply glossed "habitation". epaulis (ep'-au-lis) n. 1. a hut over the head, i.e. a dwelling [from G1909 and an equivalent of G833]

How many times is epaulis (ἔπαυλις) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 38 linked usages for Strong's G1886 across 13 books.

Where can I study epaulis (ἔπαυλις) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1886 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate epaulis (ἔπαυλις)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as dwell. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1886 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 35 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1886, with linked reader references where each row is available.