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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 327 times in 253 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 19:1–2Ki 7:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:1 - The two angels came to Sodom in the evening; and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and bowed himself with his face to the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:17 - And he was afraid, and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20 - So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24 - And all who went out of the gate of his city hearkened to Hamor and his son Shechem; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:14 - she put off her widow's garments, and put on a veil, wrapping herself up, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she had not been given to him in marriage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework; it shall have four pillars and with them four bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:26 - then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Who is on the LORD's side? Come to me." And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - And he said to them, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'Put every man his sword on his side, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:34 - And he overlaid the frames with gold, and made their rings of gold for holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - And so for the other side; on this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - And the screen for the gate of the court was embroidered with needlework in blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen; it was twenty cubits long and five cubits high in its breadth, corresponding to the hangings of the court.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:31 - the bases round about the court, and the bases of the gate of the court, all the pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs round about the court.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:26 - the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords; all the service pertaining to these.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:32 - and the pillars of the court round about with their bases, pegs, and cords, with all their equipment and all their accessories; and you shall assign by name the objects which they are required to carry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:5 - All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides very many unwalled villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:9 - And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:20 - And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and upon your gates,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:12 - And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your menservants and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your towns, since he has no portion or inheritance with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:19 - then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:15 - then the father of the young woman and her mother shall take and bring out the tokens of her virginity to the elders of the city in the gate;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24 - then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry for help though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbor's wife; so you shall purge the evil from the midst of you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - And if the man does not wish to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, 'My husband's brother refuses to perpetuate his brother's name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - and when the gate was to be closed, at dark, the men went out; where the men went I do not know; pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:7 - So the men pursued after them on the way to the Jordan as far as the fords; and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 - Joshua laid an oath upon them at that time, saying, "Cursed before the LORD be the man that rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho. At the cost of his first-born shall he lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son shall he set up its gates."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:5 - and the men of Ai killed about thirty-six men of them, and chased them before the gate as far as Sheb'arim, and slew them at the descent. And the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35 - And Ga'al the son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city; and Abim'elech and the men that were with him rose from the ambush.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44 - Abim'elech and the company that was with him rushed forward and stood at the entrance of the gate of the city, while the two companies rushed upon all who were in the fields and slew them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2 - The Gazites were told, "Samson has come here," and they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They kept quiet all night, saying, "Let us wait till the light of the morning; then we will kill him."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3 - But Samson lay till midnight, and at midnight he arose and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two posts, and pulled them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that is before Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:1 - And Bo'az went up to the gate and sat down there; and behold, the next of kin, of whom Bo'az had spoken, came by. So Bo'az said, "Turn aside, friend; sit down here"; and he turned aside and sat down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - Then all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, "We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you prosper in Eph'rathah and be renowned in Bethlehem;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:13 - When he arrived, Eli was sitting upon his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told the news, all the city cried out.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate; and his neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man, and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:52 - And the men of Israel and Judah rose with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as Gath and the gates of Ekron, so that the wounded Philistines fell on the way from Sha-ara'im as far as Gath and Ekron.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:13 - So he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and made marks on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle run down his beard.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - And when Abner returned to Hebron, Jo'ab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he smote him in the belly, so that he died, for the blood of As'ahel his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:8 - And the Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the gate; and the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Ma'acah, were by themselves in the open country.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:23 - The messenger said to David, "The men gained an advantage over us, and came out against us in the field; but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - And Ab'salom used to rise early and stand beside the way of the gate; and when any man had a suit to come before the king for judgment, Ab'salom would call to him, and say, "From what city are you?" And when he said, "Your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel,"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:4 - The king said to them, "Whatever seems best to you I will do." So the king stood at the side of the gate, while all the army marched out by hundreds and by thousands.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:24 - Now David was sitting between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the wall, and when he lifted up his eyes and looked, he saw a man running alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:26 - And the watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the gate and said, "See, another man running alone!" The king said, "He also brings tidings."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:33 - And the king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept; and as he went, he said, "O my son Ab'salom, my son, my son Ab'salom! Would I had died instead of you, O Ab'salom, my son, my son!"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:8 - Then the king arose, and took his seat in the gate. And the people were all told, "Behold, the king is sitting in the gate"; and all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his own home.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:15 - And David said longingly, "O that some one would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - Then the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took and brought it to David. But he would not drink of it; he poured it out to the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10 - Now the king of Israel and Jehosh'aphat the king of Judah were sitting on their thrones, arrayed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Sama'ria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 - But Eli'sha said, "Hear the word of the LORD: thus says the LORD, Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine meal shall be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Sama'ria."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:10 - So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and told them, "We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was no one to be seen or heard there, nothing but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were."

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