Gabbatha
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Gabbatha (1 Occurrence)

John 19:13 When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called "The Pavement," but in Hebrew, "Gabbatha." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Thesaurus
Gabbatha (1 Occurrence)
... 13). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. GABBATHA. gab ... ft. x 3 1/2 ft. and 2
ft. thick, near the "Ecce Homo Arch," as the Gabbatha. This ...
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Pavement (9 Occurrences)
... It was probably a place thus prepared in front of the "judgment hall." (see GABBATHA.). ...
Its Hebrew (Aramaic) equivalent is declared to be GABBATHA (which see). ...
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Gab'batha (1 Occurrence)
Gab'batha. << Gabbatha, Gab'batha. Gabbe >>. Multi-Version Concordance Gab'batha
(1 Occurrence). ... << Gabbatha, Gab'batha. Gabbe >>. Reference Bible.
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Seat (256 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. JUDGMENT SEAT. (bema, "a raised place," "platform,"
"tribune," Matthew 27:19 John 19:13; see GABBATHA; Acts 12:21 margin (text ...
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Judgment (430 Occurrences)
... In this case it was placed on a tesselated pavement, probably in front of the
procurator's residence. (see GABBATHA.). Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
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Judgment-seat (10 Occurrences)
... 19:13 When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down
on the judgment-seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. ...
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Judge's (8 Occurrences)
... (BBE NIV). John 19:13 On hearing this, Pilate brought Jesus out, and sat down on
the judge's seat in a place called the Pavement--or in Hebrew, Gabbatha. ...
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Gabba'i (1 Occurrence)
Gabba'i. << Gabbai, Gabba'i. Gabbatha >>. Multi-Version Concordance Gabba'i (1
Occurrence). ... (See RSV). << Gabbai, Gabba'i. Gabbatha >>. Reference Bible.
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Floor (69 Occurrences)
... John 19:13 So when these words came to Pilate's ear, he took Jesus out, seating
himself in the judge's seat in a place named in Hebrew, Gabbatha, or the Stone ...
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Tribunal (11 Occurrences)
... therefore, having heard this word, brought Jesus without -- and he sat down upon
the tribunal -- to a place called, 'Pavement,' and in Hebrew, Gabbatha; (YLT). ...
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Greek
1042. Gabbatha -- stone pavement
... << 1041, 1042. Gabbatha. 1043 >>. stone pavement. Part of Speech: Proper Noun,
Indeclinable Transliteration: Gabbatha Phonetic Spelling ...
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Hitchcock's Bible Names
Gabbatha

high; elevated

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Gabbatha

(elevated; a platform) the Hebrew or Chaldee appellation of a place, also called "Pavement," where the judgment-seat or bema was planted, from his place on which Pilate delivered our Lord to death. (John 19:13) It was a tessellated platform outside the praetorium, on the western hill of Jerusalem, for Pilate brought Jesus forth from thence to it.

ATS Bible Dictionary
Gabbatha

An elevated place, the name of a place in front of Pilate's palace, whence he pronounced sentence against our Savior, John 19:13. In Greek it was called the pavement. It was not the usual judgment hall, which the Jews could not then enter, but some palace in the vicinity of the crowd without, John 18:28; 19:4,9,13. It appears to have been a checkered marble pavement, or mosaic floor, on which his seat of judgment was erected. Such ornamented pavements had become common at that day among the wealthy Romans.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
GABBATHA

gab'-a-tha: Given (John 19:13) as the name of a special pavement (to lithostroton), and is probably a transcription in Greek of the Aramaic gabhetha', meaning "height" or "ridge."

Tradition which now locates the Pretorium at the Antonia and associates the triple Roman arch near there with the "Ecce Homo" scene, naturally identifies an extensive area of massive Roman pavement, with blocks 4 ft. x 3 1/2 ft. and 2 ft. thick, near the "Ecce Homo Arch," as the Gabbatha.

This paved area is in places roughened for a roadway, and in other places is marked with incised designs for Roman games of chance. The site is a lofty one, the ground falling away rapidly to the East and West, and it must have been close to, or perhaps included in, the Antonia. But apart from the fact that it is quite improbable that the Pretorium was here (see PRAETORIUM), it is almost certain that the lithostroton was a mosaic pavement (compare Esther 1:6), such as was very common in those days, and the site is irretrievably lost.

E. W. G. Masterman

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Gab Baitha, i.e., "the ridge of the house" = "the temple-mound," on a part of which the fortress of Antonia was built. This "temple-mound" was covered with a tesselated "pavement" (Gr. lithostroton, i.e., "stone-paved"). A judgement-seat (bema) was placed on this "pavement" outside the hall of the "praetorium" (q.v.), the judgment-hall (John 18:28; 19:13).

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