Bible Dictionaries
Palace

From Easton: Palace, Used now only of royal dwellings, although originally meaning simply (as the Latin word palatium, from which it is derived, shows) a building surrounded by a fence or a paling. In the Authorized Version there are many different words so rendered, presenting different ideas, such as that of citadel or lofty fortress or royal residence (Nehemiah 1:1; Daniel 8:2). It is the name given to the temple fortress (Nehemiah 2:8) and to the temple itself (1 Chronicles 29:1). It denotes also a spacious building or a great house (Daniel 1:4; Daniel 4:4, Daniel 4:29: Esther 1:5; Esther 7:7), and a fortified place or an enclosure (Ezekiel 25:4). Solomon's palace is described in 1 Kings 7:1-12 as a series of buildings rather than a single great structure. Thirteen years were spent in their erection. This palace stood on the eastern hill, adjoining the temple on the south.

In the New Testament it designates the official residence of Pilate or that of the high priest (Matthew 26:3, Matthew 26:58, Matthew 26:69; Mark 14:54, Mark 14:66; John 18:15). In Philippians 1:13 this word is the rendering of the Greek praitorion, meaning the praetorian cohorts at Rome (the life-guard of the Caesars). Paul was continually chained to a soldier of that corps (Acts 28:16), and hence his name and sufferings became known in all the praetorium. The "soldiers that kept" him would, on relieving one another on guard, naturally spread the tidings regarding him among their comrades. Some, however, regard the praetroium (q.v.) as the barrack within the palace (the palatium) of the Caesars in Rome where a detachment of these praetorian guards was stationed, or as the camp of the guards placed outside the eastern walls of Rome.

"In the chambers which were occupied as guard-rooms," says Dr. Manning, "by the praetorian troops on duty in the palace, a number of rude caricatures are found roughly scratched upon the walls, just such as may be See n upon barrack walls in every part of the world. Amongst these is one of a human figure nailed upon a cross. To add to the 'offence of the cross,' the crucified one is represented with the head of an animal, probably that of an ass. Before it stands the figure of a Roman legionary with one hand upraised in the attitude of worship. Underneath is the rude, misspelt, ungrammatical inscription, Alexamenos worships his god. It can scarcely be doubted that we have here a contemporary caricature, executed by one of the praetorian guard, ridiculing the faith of a Christian comrade."

Verses:

• Genesis 12:15
• Genesis 47:14
• Exodus 7:23
• Exodus 8:3
• Exodus 8:24
• 2 Samuel 5:8
• 2 Samuel 5:11
• 2 Samuel 7:1
• 2 Samuel 11:2
• 2 Samuel 11:8
• 2 Samuel 11:9
• 2 Samuel 13:7
• 2 Samuel 15:16
• 2 Samuel 15:35
• 2 Samuel 16:21
• 2 Samuel 19:11
• 2 Samuel 20:3
• 1 Kings 3:1
• 1 Kings 4:6
• 1 Kings 7:1
• 1 Kings 7:8
• 1 Kings 9:1
• 1 Kings 9:10
• 1 Kings 9:15
• 1 Kings 9:24
• 1 Kings 10:4
• 1 Kings 10:12
• 1 Kings 11:20
• 1 Kings 14:26
• 1 Kings 14:27
• 1 Kings 15:18
• 1 Kings 16:18
• 1 Kings 18:3
• 1 Kings 20:6
• 1 Kings 21:1
• 1 Kings 21:2
• 1 Kings 21:4
• 1 Kings 22:39
• 2 Kings 10:5
• 2 Kings 11:5
• 2 Kings 11:16
• 2 Kings 11:19
• 2 Kings 11:20
• 2 Kings 12:18
• 2 Kings 14:14
• 2 Kings 15:5
• 2 Kings 15:25
• 2 Kings 16:8
• 2 Kings 18:15
• 2 Kings 18:18
• 2 Kings 18:37
• 2 Kings 19:2
• 2 Kings 20:13
• 2 Kings 20:15
• 2 Kings 20:17
• 2 Kings 20:18
• 2 Kings 21:18
• 2 Kings 21:23
• 2 Kings 24:13
• 2 Kings 25:9
• 1 Chronicles 14:1
• 1 Chronicles 17:1
• 1 Chronicles 29:1
• 1 Chronicles 29:19
• 2 Chronicles 2:1
• 2 Chronicles 2:12
• 2 Chronicles 7:11
• 2 Chronicles 8:1
• 2 Chronicles 8:11
• 2 Chronicles 9:3
• 2 Chronicles 9:11
• 2 Chronicles 12:9
• 2 Chronicles 12:10
• 2 Chronicles 16:2
• 2 Chronicles 21:17
• 2 Chronicles 23:5
• 2 Chronicles 23:15
• 2 Chronicles 23:20
• 2 Chronicles 25:24
• 2 Chronicles 26:21
• 2 Chronicles 28:7
• 2 Chronicles 28:21
• 2 Chronicles 33:20
• 2 Chronicles 33:24
• 2 Chronicles 36:19
• Ezra 4:14
• Nehemiah 3:25
• Esther 1:5
• Esther 1:9
• Esther 2:8
• Esther 2:9
• Esther 2:13
• Esther 2:16
• Esther 4:13
• Esther 5:1
• Esther 6:4
• Esther 7:7
• Esther 7:8
• Esther 9:4
• Psalms 45:8
• Psalms 45:15
• Psalms 144:12
• Proverbs 30:28
• Isaiah 13:22
• Isaiah 22:15
• Isaiah 23:13
• Isaiah 32:14
• Isaiah 36:3
• Isaiah 36:22
• Isaiah 37:2
• Isaiah 39:2
• Isaiah 39:4
• Isaiah 39:6
• Isaiah 39:7
• Jeremiah 22:1
• Jeremiah 22:4
• Jeremiah 22:13
• Jeremiah 22:14
• Jeremiah 26:10
• Jeremiah 27:18
• Jeremiah 27:21
• Jeremiah 30:18
• Jeremiah 32:2
• Jeremiah 33:4
• Jeremiah 36:12
• Jeremiah 37:17
• Jeremiah 38:7
• Jeremiah 38:8
• Jeremiah 38:11
• Jeremiah 38:22
• Jeremiah 39:8
• Jeremiah 43:9
• Jeremiah 52:13
• Lamentations 2:5
• Lamentations 2:7
• Daniel 1:4
• Daniel 4:4
• Daniel 4:29
• Daniel 5:5
• Daniel 6:18
• Hosea 8:14
• Nahum 2:6
• Matthew 11:8
• Mark 15:16
• Luke 7:25
• Philippians 1:13