- πύλη
- one wing of a pair of double gates
- πύλη
- a door, gate
- a gate.
- πύλη
- a gate, i.e. the leaf or wing of a folding entrance (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: apparently a primary word;KJV Usage: gate.
- πύλη
- gate
- G:N-F
- πύλη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly and very freq. for שַׁעַר sometimes for דֶּלֶת, פֶּתַח ;]
a gate:; ἡ Ὡραία Π. τ. ἱεροῦ, Act.3:10. Metaph., Mat.7:13-14; πύλαι ᾅδου (Refs
Luk.7:12, Act.9:24 12:10 16:13, Heb.13:12, and cf. κλαῖς ᾅδουRefs
Wis.16:13, 3Ma.5:51.†Refs
Rev.1:18): Mat.16:18
(AS)
1) a gate
1a) of the larger sort
1a1) in the wall of either a city
1a2) a palace
1a3) a town
1a4) the temple
1a5) a prison
2) the gates of hell (likened to a vast prison)
3) metaph. the access or entrance into any state
1a) of the larger sort
1a1) in the wall of either a city
1a2) a palace
1a3) a town
1a4) the temple
1a5) a prison
2) the gates of hell (likened to a vast prison)
3) metaph. the access or entrance into any state
πύλη
pulē
poo'-lay
Apparently a primary word; a gate, that is, the leaf or wing of a folding entrance (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: gate.