The Definition of the word Gabbatha

Gabbatha

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)."