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Lexicon :: Strong's G4440 - pylōn

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πυλών
Transliteration
pylōn (Key)
Pronunciation
poo-lone'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:921,974

Strong’s Definitions

πυλών pylṓn, poo-lone'; from G4439; a gate-way, door-way of a building or city; by implication, a portal or vestibule:—gate, porch.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's G4440 in the following manner: gate (17x), porch (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's G4440 in the following manner: gate (17x), porch (1x).

  1. a large gate: of a palace

  2. the front part of a house, into which one enters through the gate, porch

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πυλών pylṓn, poo-lone'; from G4439; a gate-way, door-way of a building or city; by implication, a portal or vestibule:—gate, porch.
STRONGS G4440:
πυλών, πυλῶνος, ὁ (πύλη) (Aristotle, Polybius, others), the Sept. often for פֶּתַח, sometimes for שַׁעַר;
1. a large gate: of a palace, Luke 16:20; of a house, Acts 10:17; plural (of the gates of a city), Acts 14:13; Revelation 21:12, 13, 15, 21, 25; Revelation 22:14.
2. the anterior part of a house, into which one enters through the gate, porch: Matthew 26:71 (cf. 69 and 75); Acts 12:14; hence, ἡ θύρα τοῦ πυλῶνος, Acts 12:13.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
26:71
Luke
16:20
Acts
10:17; 12:13; 12:14; 14:13
Revelation
21:12; 21:13; 21:15; 21:21; 21:25; 22:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4440 matches the Greek πυλών (pylōn),
which occurs 22 times in 19 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:19 - And having approached the man who was over the house of Joseph, they spoke to him in the porch of the house,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:16 - And the six hundred men of the sons of Dan who were girded with their weapons of war [fn]stood by the door of the gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - And the five men who went to spy out the land went up, and entered into the house of Michaias, and the priest stood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:26 - And the woman came toward morning, and fell down at the door of the house where her husband was, until it was light.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:8 - And the porch of the under side was below the right wing of the house, and there was a winding ascent into the middle chamber, and from the middle to the third story.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27 - And king Roboam made brazen shields instead of them; and the chiefs of the [fn]body guard, who kept the gate of the house of the king, were placed in charge over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10 - And he arose and went to Sarepta, and came to the gate of the city: and, behold, a widow-woman was there gathering sticks; and Eliu cried after her, and said to her, [fn]Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, [fn]that I may drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:9 - And the morning came, and he went forth, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye are righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:5 - And charged them, saying, This is the [fn]thing which ye shall do.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:9 - And the children of Ammon came forth, and set themselves in array for battle by the gate of the city: and the kings that were come forth encamped by themselves in the plain.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:13 - And they cast lots for the small as well as for the great, for the several gates, according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:7 - And he gilded the house, and its inner walls, and the door-posts, and the roofs, and the doors with gold; and he carved cherubs on the walls.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10 - And king Roboam made brazen shields instead of them. And Susakim set over him captains of footmen, as keepers of the gate of the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:30 - And as for thee, son of man, the children of thy people are they that speak concerning thee by the walls, and in the porches of the houses, and they talk one to another, saying, Let us come together, and let us hear the words that proceed from the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9 - And the porch of the gateway (near the porch of the gate) eight cubits; and the posts thereof two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:11 - And he measured the breadth of the door of the gateway, ten cubits; and the breadth of the gateway thirteen cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2 - And the breadth of the gateway was ten cubits, and the side-pieces of the gateway were five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and he measured the length of it, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 - And flocks, and all the wild beasts of the land, and chameleons shall feed in the midst thereof: and hedgehogs shall lodge in the ceilings thereof; and wild beasts shall cry in the breaches thereof, and ravens in her porches, whereas her loftiness was as a cedar.
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