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Lexicon :: Strong's G4439 - pylē

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πύλη
Transliteration
pylē (Key)
Pronunciation
poo'-lay
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:921,974

Strong’s Definitions

πύλη pýlē, poo'-lay; apparently a primary word; a gate, i.e. the leaf or wing of a folding entrance (literally or figuratively):—gate.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G4439 in the following manner: gate (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G4439 in the following manner: gate (10x).

  1. a gate

    1. of the larger sort

      1. in the wall of either a city

      2. a palace

      3. a town

      4. the temple

      5. a prison

  2. the gates of hell (likened to a vast prison)

  3. metaph. the access or entrance into any state

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πύλη pýlē, poo'-lay; apparently a primary word; a gate, i.e. the leaf or wing of a folding entrance (literally or figuratively):—gate.
STRONGS G4439:
πύλη, 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) πύλαι ἐπί τείχους. θύραι ἐπί οἰκίας): 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; πύλαι ᾅδου, 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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
7:13; 16:18
Luke
7:12; 13:24
Acts
3:10; 9:24; 12:10; 16:13
Hebrews
13:12
Revelation
1:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4439 matches the Greek πύλη (pylē),
which occurs 327 times in 253 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 19:1–2Ki 7:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:1 - And the two angels came to Sodom at evening. And Lot sat by the gate of Sodom, and Lot having seen them, rose up to meet them, and he worshipped with his face to the ground, and said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:17 - And he was afraid, and said, How fearful is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20 - And Emmor and Sychem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24 - And all that went in at the gate of their city hearkened to Emmor and Sychem his son, and they were circumcised in the flesh of their foreskin every male.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:14 - And having taken off the garments of her widowhood from her, she put on a veil, and ornamented her face, and sat by the gates of Ænan, which is in the way to Thamna, for she saw that Selom was grown; but he gave her not to him for a wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - And a veil for the door of the court, the height of it of twenty cubits of blue linen, and of purple, and spun scarlet, and of fine linen spun with the art of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:26 - then stood Moses at the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side? let him come to me. Then all the sons of Levi came to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - And he says to them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every one his sword on his thigh, and go through and return from gate to gate through the camp, and slay every one his brother, and every one his neighbour, and every one him that is nearest to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:34 - (LXX 38:18) He overlaid the posts with silver, and cast for [fn]each post golden rings, and gilded the bars with gold; and he gilded the posts of the veil with gold, and made the hooks of gold. (38:19) He made also the rings of the tabernacle of gold; and the rings of the court, and the rings for drawing out the veil above of brass. (38:20) He cast the silver chapiters of the tabernacle, and the brazen chapiters of the door of the tabernacle, and the gate of the court; and he made silver hooks for the posts, he overlaid them with silver on the posts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - (LXX 37:13) And at the second back on this side and on that by the gate of the court, curtains of fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their sockets three;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - (LXX 37:16) and the veil of the gate of the court, the work of an embroiderer of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined; the length of twenty cubits, and the height and the breadth of five cubits, made equal to the curtains of the court;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:31 - (LXX 39:8) and they made of it the bases of the door of the tabernacle of witness, (39:9) and the bases of the court round about, and the bases of the gate of the court, and the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court round about;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:26 - and the curtains of the court, and the veil of the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and the remainder of all its works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:32 - And they shall bear the pillars of the court round about, and there shall be their sockets, and they shall bear the pillars of the veil of the door of the court, and their sockets and their pins, and their cords, and all their furniture, and all their instruments of service: take ye their number by name, and all the articles of the charge of the things borne by them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:5 - all strong cities, lofty walls, gates and bars; besides the very many cities of the Pherezites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:9 - And ye shall write them on the lintels of your houses and of your gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:20 - And ye shall write them on the [fn]lintels of your houses, and on your gates;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:12 - And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants and your maid-servants, and the Levite that is at your gates; because he has no portion or inheritance with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:19 - then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him forth to the elders of his city, and to the gate of the place:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:15 - then the father and the mother of the damsel shall take and bring out the damsel's tokens of virginity to the elders of the city to the gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24 - ye shall bring them both out to the gate of their city, and they shall be stoned with stones, and they shall die; the damsel, because she cried not in the city; and the man, because he humbled his neighbour's spouse: so shalt thou remove the evil one from yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - And if the man should not be willing to take his brother's wife, then shall the woman go up to the gate to the elders, and she shall say, My husband's brother will not raise up the name of his brother in Israel, my husband's brother [fn]has refused.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - but when the gate was shut in the [fn]evening, the men went out; I know not whither they are gone: follow after them, if ye [fn]may overtake them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:7 - And the men followed after them in the way to Jordan to the fords; and the gate was shut.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 - And Joshua adjured them on that day before the Lord, saying, Cursed be the man who shall build that city: he shall lay the foundation of it in his first-born, and he shall set up the gates of it in his youngest son. And so did Hozan of Bæthel; he laid the foundation in Abiron his first-born, and set up the gates of it in his youngest [fn]surviving son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:5 - And the men of Gai slew of them to the number of thirty-six men, and they pursued them from the gate, and destroyed them from the steep hill; and the heart of the people was alarmed and became as water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35 - And Gaal the son of Jobel went forth, and stood by the door of the gate of the city: and Abimelech and the people with him rose up from the ambuscade.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44 - And Abimelech and the chiefs of companies that were with him rushed forward, and stood by the door of the gate of the city; and the two other companies rushed forward upon all that were in the field, and smote them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2 - And it was reported to the Gazites, saying, Sampson is come hither: and they compassed him and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and they were quiet all the night, saying, Let us wait till the dawn appear, and we will slay him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3 - And Sampson slept till midnight, and rose up at midnight, and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city with the two posts, and lifted them up with the bar, and laid them on his shoulders, and he went up to the top of the mountain that is before Chebron, and laid them there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:1 - And Booz went up to the gate, and sat there; and behold, the relative passed by, of whom Booz spoke: and Booz said to him, Turn aside, sit down here, such a one: and he turned aside and sat down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - And all the people who were in the gate said, We are witnesses: and the elders said, The Lord make thy wife who goes into thy house, as Rachel and as Lia, who both together built the house of Israel, and wrought mightily in Ephratha, and there shall be a name to thee in Bethleem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:13 - And he came, and behold, Heli was upon the seat by the gate looking along the way, for his heart was greatly alarmed for the ark of God: and the man entered into the city to bring tidings; and the city cried out.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - And it came to pass, when he mentioned the ark of God, that he fell from the seat backward near the gate, and his back was broken, and he died, for he was an old man and heavy: and he judged Israel twenty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:52 - And the men of Israel and Juda [fn]arose, and shouted and pursued them as far as the entrance to [fn]Geth, and as far as the gate of Ascalon: and the slain men of the Philistines fell in the way of the [fn]gates, both to Geth, and to Accaron.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:13 - (LXX 21:14) And he changed his appearance before him, and feigned himself a false character in that day; and drummed upon the doors of the city, and used extravagant gestures with his hands, and fell against the doors of the gate, and his spittle ran down upon his beard.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - And he brought back Abenner to Chebron, and Joab caused him to turn aside from the gate to speak to him, laying wait for him: and he smote him there in the loins, and he died for the blood of Asael the brother of Joab.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:8 - And the children of Ammon went forth, and set the battle in array by the door of the gate: those of Syria, Suba, and Roob, and Istob, and Amalec, being by themselves in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:23 - And the messenger said to David, The men prevailed against us, and they came out against us into the field, and we came upon them even to the door of the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - And Abessalom rose early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate: and it came to pass that every man who had a cause, came to the king for judgment, and Abessalom cried to him, and said to him, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:4 - And the king said to them, Whatsoever shall seem good in your eyes I will do. And the king stood by the [fn]side of the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:24 - And David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up on the top of the gate of the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:26 - And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman cried at the gate, and said, And look, another man running alone. And the king said, He also brings glad tidings.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:33 - (LXX 19:1) And the king was troubled, and went to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and thus he said as he went, My son Abessalom, my son, my son Abessalom; [fn]would God I had died for thee, even I had died for thee, Abessalom, my son, my son!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:8 - (LXX 19:9) Then the king arose, and sat in the gate: and all the people reported, saying, Behold, the king sits in the gate. And all the people went in before the king to the gate; for Israel had fled every man to his [fn]tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:15 - And David longed, and said, Who will give me water to drink out of the well that is in Bethleem by the gate? now the band of the Philistines was then in Bethleem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - And the three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well that was in Bethleem in the gate: and they took it, and brought it to David, and he would not drink it, but poured it out before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10 - And the king of Israel and Josaphat king of Juda [fn]sat, each on his throne, armed in the gates of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 - And Elisaie said, Hear thou the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, [fn]As at this time, to-morrow a measure of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gates of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:10 - So they [fn]went and cried toward the gate of the city, and reported to them, saying, We went into the camp of Syria, and, behold, there is not there a man, nor voice of man, only [fn]horses tied and [fn]asses, and their tents as they were.

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