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Lexicon :: Strong's G4440 - pylōn

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πυλών
Transliteration
pylōn (Key)
Pronunciation
poo-lone'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:921,974

Strong’s Definitions

πυλών pylṓn, poo-lone'; from G4439; a gate-way, door-way of a building or city; by implication, a portal or vestibule:—gate, porch.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's G4440 in the following manner: gate (17x), porch (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's G4440 in the following manner: gate (17x), porch (1x).

  1. a large gate: of a palace

  2. the front part of a house, into which one enters through the gate, porch

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πυλών pylṓn, poo-lone'; from G4439; a gate-way, door-way of a building or city; by implication, a portal or vestibule:—gate, porch.
STRONGS G4440:
πυλών, πυλῶνος, ὁ (πύλη) (Aristotle, Polybius, others), the Sept. often for פֶּתַח, sometimes for שַׁעַר;
1. a large gate: of a palace, Luke 16:20; of a house, Acts 10:17; plural (of the gates of a city), Acts 14:13; Revelation 21:12, 13, 15, 21, 25; Revelation 22:14.
2. the anterior part of a house, into which one enters through the gate, porch: Matthew 26:71 (cf. 69 and 75); Acts 12:14; hence, ἡ θύρα τοῦ πυλῶνος, Acts 12:13.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
26:71
Luke
16:20
Acts
10:17; 12:13; 12:14; 14:13
Revelation
21:12; 21:13; 21:15; 21:21; 21:25; 22:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4440 matches the Greek πυλών (pylōn),
which occurs 18 times in 12 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:71

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:71 - And when he went out to the entrance, another servant girl saw him, and she said to the bystanders, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:20 - And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:17 - Now while Peter was inwardly perplexed as to what the vision that he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon’s house, stood at the gate

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:13 - And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:14 - Recognizing Peter’s voice, in her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and reported that Peter was standing at the gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:13 - And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:12 - It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed—

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:13 - on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:15 - And the one who spoke with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:21 - And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:25 - and its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:14 - Blessed are those who wash their robes,[fn] so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates.
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