greek #4439 - πύλη, ης, ἡ pulé (a gate)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance a gate, porch Apparently a primary word; a gate, i.e. The leaf or wing of a folding entrance (literally or figuratively) -- gate. Thayer's Greek LexiconStrong's 4439: πύληπύλη, 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) πύλαιἐπίτείχους. θύραιἐπίοἰκίας): 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; πύλαιᾅδου, 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.)Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Greek: 4439. πύλη (pulé) — 10 OccurrencesMatthew 7:13 - N-GFS Matthew 7:13 - Noun-NFS Matthew 7:14 - N-NFS Matthew 16:18 - N-NFP Luke 7:12 - N-DFS Acts 3:10 - N-DFS Acts 9:24 - N-AFP Acts 12:10 - N-AFS Acts 16:13 - N-GFS Hebrews 13:12 - N-GFS |