G4439: πύλη
pýlē · “gate”
Definition
a gate, i.e. the leaf or wing of a folding entrance (literally or figuratively)
KJV translates it as: gate
Word origin: apparently a primary word;
Extended definition
[in LXX chiefly and very frequently for שַׁעַר sometimes for דֶּלֶת, פֶּתַח ;]
a gate: Luk.7:12, Act.9:24 12:10 16:13, Heb.13:12; ἡ Ὡραία Π. τ. ἱεροῦ, Act.3:10. Metaphorical, Mat.7:13-14; πύλαι ᾅδου (Wis.16:13, 3Ma.5:51, and cf. κλαῖς ᾅδου Rev.1:18): Mat.16:18.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4439 is translated
- gate ×7
- gate, ×1
- the gates ×1
- gates ×1
Bible verses with G4439 (pýlē)
Pýlē appears in 9 verses.
- Matthew 7:13
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
- Matthew 7:14
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
- Matthew 16:18
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
- Luke 7:12
Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
- Acts 3:10
And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
- Acts 9:24
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
- Acts 12:10
When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.
- Acts 16:13
And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
- Hebrews 13:12
Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.