2 Kings 21:5
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
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Luke 7:25
But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
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חָצֵר
châtsêr · khaw-tsare'
24 times translated as this KJV form188 total Strong's occurrences
a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
Strong's KJV usage: court, tower, village.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Kings 21:5Strong's last: Zechariah 3:7
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basíleios · bas-il'-i-os
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
kingly (in nature)
Strong's KJV usage: :--royal.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 7:25Strong's last: Luke 7:25
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H2691
When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
H2691
But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
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court
COURT, noun
1. A place in front of a house, inclosed by a wall or fence; in popular language, a court-yard.
2. A space inclosed by houses, broader than a street; or a space forming a kind of recess from a public street.
3. A palace; the place of residence of a king or sovereign prince.
4. The hall, chamber or place where justice is administered.
St. Paul was brought into the highest court in Athens.
5. Persons who compose the retinue or council of a king or emperor.
6. The persons or judges assembled for hearing and deciding causes, civil, criminal, military, naval or ecclesiastical; as a court of law; a court of chancery; a court martial; a court of admiralty; an ecclesiastical court; court baron; etc. Hence,
7. Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
8. The art of pleasing; the art of insinuation; civility; flattery; address to gain favor. Hence the phrase, to make court to attempt to please by flattery and address.
9. In scripture, an inclosed part of the entrance into a palace or house. The tabernacle had one court; the temple, three. The first was the court of the Gentiles; the second, the court of Israel, in which the people worshiped; the third was the court of the priests, where the priests and Levites exercised their ministry. Hence places of public worship are called the courts of the Lord.
10. In the United States, a legislature consisting of two houses; as the General court of Massachusetts. The original constitution of Connecticut established a General court in 1639.
11. A session of the legislature.
COURT, verb transitive
1. In a general sense, to flatter; to endeavor to please by civilities and address; a use of the word derived from the manners of a court
2. To woo; to solicit for marriage.
A thousand court you, though they court in vain.
3. To attempt to gain by address; to solicit; to seek; as, to court commendation or applause.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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