Strong G4439πύλη
gate
- Transliteration
- pulē
- Pronunciation
- poo'-lay
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Apparently a primary word; a gate that is the leaf or wing of a folding entrance (literally or figuratively): - gate.
Detailed definition
πύλη, -ης, ἡ
[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)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G4439 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gate9
First verses
- Matthew 7:13Enter 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 7:14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
- Matthew 16:18And 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 7:12Now 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.
- Luke 13:24Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
- Acts 3:10And 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 9:24But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
- Acts 12:10When 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.
- Hebrews 13:12Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πύλη [ῠ], ἡ,
properly one wing of a pair of double gates, ὀλίγον τι παρακλίναντες τὴν ἑτέρην π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.156)]: mostly in plural, gates of a town (whereas θύρα = house-door), Σκαιαὶ π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.145, etc.; π. εὖ ἀραρυίας 7.339; πύκα στιβαρῶς ἀραρυίας 12.454; πεπταμένας ἐν χερσὶ π. ἔχετε 21.531)]; ἄνεσάν τε π. καὶ ἀπῶσαν ὀχῆας[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 537; π. ἀνοῖξαι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 604; π. κλῇσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 560c (the _Article_ is frequently omitted even in Prose))]: plural of several gates, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 125)]; ἐν πύλαις in or at the gates, [Refs ([prev. work] 160, 213 (both Lyric poetry), +others; πρὸς πύλαις [prev. work] 377, 457)]; ἐπὶ ταῖς πύλαισιν, οὗ τὸ τάριχος ὤνιον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1247.)]
2 in Trag. sometimes of the house-door, δωμάτων πύλαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 732, compare 561)]; γυναικείους π. gate or door leading to the women's apartments,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 878; πύλαις διπλαῖς ἐνήλατο 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1261; ἐκτὸς αὐλείων πυλῶν [prev. author] “Ant.” 18)]: also in singular,[Refs ([prev. work] 1186, “El.” 818)]; of the door of a tent, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 11; πύλης ἄναξ θυρωρέ [prev. author] “fragment” 775.)]
3 πύλαι Ἀΐδαο the gates of the nether world, periphrasticfor hell, [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.646, 9.312, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.156; Ἅιδου πύλαι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1291, cf. NT.Matt.16.18, etc.; also σκότου πύλαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1; νερτέρων π. [prev. author] “Hipp.” 1447.)]
4 custom-house, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 5.34 (2nd c.BC))]; τετελώνηται διὰ πύλης has paid the customs, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“BGU” 1592 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]; τὸ σύμβολον τῆς ἱερᾶς Συηνιτικῆς π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“PStrassb.” 79.10 (1st c.BC))]; μισθωταὶ ἱερᾶς π. Σοήνης [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Ostr.” 106 (2nd c.AD), +others,compare “Ostr.Bodl.” see C 1 (2nd c.AD),)]
II generally, entrance, orifice, ἀμφὶ πύλας ἰσθμοῖο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 100.19; ἀναπεπταμένας ἔχω τῶν ὤτων τὰς π. 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 4.169a; πύλας τοῖς ὠσὶν ἐπίθεσθε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 218b)]; ἡλίου πύλαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus name for the eyes, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 8.29)]; portal fissure of the liver, π. καὶ δοχαὶ χολῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 828, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 2.4.1, “Anatomy texts” 1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 71c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 496b32, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.145)]; portal vein of the liver, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 179, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.785,5.542.)]
II.b plural, of the carceres in the circus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.124J.)]
II.c metaphorically, πύλας ὕμνων ἀναπιτνάμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.27; ἐπέων π. 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 4; ἐν πύλαις γήρως 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 57.24, compare 76.7.)]
II.2 entrance into a country through mountains, pass, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.52: hence, Πύλαι, αἱ, the common name for Θερμοπύλαι)], the Gates of Greece, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.201, etc.)]: of other passes, π. τῆς Κιλικίας καὶ τῆς Συρίας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.4.4; αἱ Σύριαι π. [prev. work] 5)]; αἱ Κάσπιαι π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 11.12.1; π. Λύδιαι [prev. author] 13.1.65)]; Ἀμανίδες π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 14.5.18, 16.2.8 (αἱ Ἀμανικαὶ καλούμεναι 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.7.1))]: these passes were sometimes really barred by gates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.176, compare 3.117, 5.52, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus [same place]: the Isthmus is called πόντοιο πύλαι, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.27; Κορίνθου π. [prev. author] “O.” 9.86; αἱ π. τῆς Πελοποννήσου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 2.17)]; Πέλοπος νάσου θεόδματοι π[Refs 1st c.AD+ (. B. p.437 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]
II.3 of narrow straits, by which one enters a broad sea, Πύλαι Γαδειρίδες the [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Straits” of Gibraltar, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 256)]; ἐπ᾽ αὐταῖς στενοπόροις λίμνης π., of the Thracian Bosporus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 729)]; ἐν πύλαις, of the Euripus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 803.)]
properly one wing of a pair of double gates, ὀλίγον τι παρακλίναντες τὴν ἑτέρην π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.156)]: mostly in plural, gates of a town (whereas θύρα = house-door), Σκαιαὶ π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.145, etc.; π. εὖ ἀραρυίας 7.339; πύκα στιβαρῶς ἀραρυίας 12.454; πεπταμένας ἐν χερσὶ π. ἔχετε 21.531)]; ἄνεσάν τε π. καὶ ἀπῶσαν ὀχῆας[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 537; π. ἀνοῖξαι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 604; π. κλῇσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 560c (the _Article_ is frequently omitted even in Prose))]: plural of several gates, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 125)]; ἐν πύλαις in or at the gates, [Refs ([prev. work] 160, 213 (both Lyric poetry), +others; πρὸς πύλαις [prev. work] 377, 457)]; ἐπὶ ταῖς πύλαισιν, οὗ τὸ τάριχος ὤνιον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1247.)]
2 in Trag. sometimes of the house-door, δωμάτων πύλαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 732, compare 561)]; γυναικείους π. gate or door leading to the women's apartments,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 878; πύλαις διπλαῖς ἐνήλατο 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1261; ἐκτὸς αὐλείων πυλῶν [prev. author] “Ant.” 18)]: also in singular,[Refs ([prev. work] 1186, “El.” 818)]; of the door of a tent, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 11; πύλης ἄναξ θυρωρέ [prev. author] “fragment” 775.)]
3 πύλαι Ἀΐδαο the gates of the nether world, periphrasticfor hell, [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.646, 9.312, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.156; Ἅιδου πύλαι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1291, cf. NT.Matt.16.18, etc.; also σκότου πύλαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1; νερτέρων π. [prev. author] “Hipp.” 1447.)]
4 custom-house, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 5.34 (2nd c.BC))]; τετελώνηται διὰ πύλης has paid the customs, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“BGU” 1592 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]; τὸ σύμβολον τῆς ἱερᾶς Συηνιτικῆς π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“PStrassb.” 79.10 (1st c.BC))]; μισθωταὶ ἱερᾶς π. Σοήνης [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Ostr.” 106 (2nd c.AD), +others,compare “Ostr.Bodl.” see C 1 (2nd c.AD),)]
II generally, entrance, orifice, ἀμφὶ πύλας ἰσθμοῖο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 100.19; ἀναπεπταμένας ἔχω τῶν ὤτων τὰς π. 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 4.169a; πύλας τοῖς ὠσὶν ἐπίθεσθε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 218b)]; ἡλίου πύλαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus name for the eyes, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 8.29)]; portal fissure of the liver, π. καὶ δοχαὶ χολῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 828, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 2.4.1, “Anatomy texts” 1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 71c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 496b32, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.145)]; portal vein of the liver, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 179, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.785,5.542.)]
II.b plural, of the carceres in the circus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.124J.)]
II.c metaphorically, πύλας ὕμνων ἀναπιτνάμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.27; ἐπέων π. 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 4; ἐν πύλαις γήρως 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 57.24, compare 76.7.)]
II.2 entrance into a country through mountains, pass, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.52: hence, Πύλαι, αἱ, the common name for Θερμοπύλαι)], the Gates of Greece, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.201, etc.)]: of other passes, π. τῆς Κιλικίας καὶ τῆς Συρίας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.4.4; αἱ Σύριαι π. [prev. work] 5)]; αἱ Κάσπιαι π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 11.12.1; π. Λύδιαι [prev. author] 13.1.65)]; Ἀμανίδες π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 14.5.18, 16.2.8 (αἱ Ἀμανικαὶ καλούμεναι 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.7.1))]: these passes were sometimes really barred by gates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.176, compare 3.117, 5.52, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus [same place]: the Isthmus is called πόντοιο πύλαι, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.27; Κορίνθου π. [prev. author] “O.” 9.86; αἱ π. τῆς Πελοποννήσου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 2.17)]; Πέλοπος νάσου θεόδματοι π[Refs 1st c.AD+ (. B. p.437 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]
II.3 of narrow straits, by which one enters a broad sea, Πύλαι Γαδειρίδες the [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Straits” of Gibraltar, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 256)]; ἐπ᾽ αὐταῖς στενοπόροις λίμνης π., of the Thracian Bosporus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 729)]; ἐν πύλαις, of the Euripus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 803.)]