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Lexicon :: Strong's G4439 - pylē

Aa
πύλη
Transliteration
pylē (Key)
Pronunciation
poo'-lay
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:921,974

Strong’s Definitions

πύλη pýlē, poo'-lay; apparently a primary word; a gate, i.e. the leaf or wing of a folding entrance (literally or figuratively):—gate.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G4439 in the following manner: gate (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G4439 in the following manner: gate (10x).

  1. a gate

    1. of the larger sort

      1. in the wall of either a city

      2. a palace

      3. a town

      4. the temple

      5. a prison

  2. the gates of hell (likened to a vast prison)

  3. metaph. the access or entrance into any state

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πύλη pýlē, poo'-lay; apparently a primary word; a gate, i.e. the leaf or wing of a folding entrance (literally or figuratively):—gate.
STRONGS G4439:
πύλη, πύλης, ἡ (perhaps feminine of πόλος (cf. English pole i. e. axis) from the root πελῶ, to turn (Curtius, p. 715)), from Homer down; the Sept. very often for שַׁעַר, occasionally for דְּלֵת, sometimes for פֶּתַח; a gate (of the larger sort, in the wall either of a city or a palace; Thomas Magister (p. 292, 4) πύλαι ἐπί τείχους. θύραι ἐπί οἰκίας): of a town, Luke 7:12; Acts 9:24; Acts 16:13 L T Tr WH; Hebrews 13:12; of the temple, Acts 3:10; in the wall of a prison, Acts 12:10; πύλαι ᾅδου, the gates of Hades (likened to a vast prison; hence, the 'keys' of Hades, Revelation 1:18), Matthew 16:18 (on which see κατισχύω); Wis. 16:13; 3Macc. 5:51, and often by secular writings; see Grimm on 3Macc. 5:51. in figurative discourse equivalent to access or entrance into any state: Matthew 7:13{a},13{b} R G T brackets Tr WH marginal reading, 14 R G L brackets T brackets Tr WH; Luke 13:24 R L marginal reading (On its omission see προβατικός.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
7:13; 16:18
Luke
7:12; 13:24
Acts
3:10; 9:24; 12:10; 16:13
Hebrews
13:12
Revelation
1:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4439 matches the Greek πύλη (pylē),
which occurs 10 times in 9 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:13 - Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:14 - For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:18 - And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:12 - Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:10 - And they saw that it was the man who made requests for money at the door of the Temple, and they were full of wonder and surprise at what had taken place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:24 - But Saul got knowledge of their design. And they kept watch day and night on the roads out of the town, so that they might put him to death:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:10 - And when they had gone past the first and second watchmen they came to the iron door into the town, which came open by itself: and they went out and down one street; and then the angel went away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:13 - And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer; and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:12 - For this reason Jesus was put to death outside the walls, so that he might make the people holy by his blood.
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