GABBATHA. There is mention in the John xix. 13.Gospel of a place in Pilate’s Palace, from whence this President pronounced sentence of death against Jesus Christ, and that the Hebrew name of it was Gabbatha, which is of the same import as Lithostrotos in Greek; that is to say, a stone-pavement. It was probably an eminence, or terrass, or a gallery, or balcony, paved with stone or marble, and pretty high; for Gabbatha signifies principally elevation.
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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Gabbatha,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/g/gabbatha/.