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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, (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, 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:19 -

So they approached Joseph’s steward[fn] and spoke to him at the doorway of the house.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:16 -

The six hundred Danite men were standing by the entrance of the city gate, armed with their weapons of war.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 -

Then the five men who had gone to scout out the land went in and took the carved image, the ephod, the household idols, and the silver idol,[fn] while the priest was standing by the entrance of the city gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:26 -

Early that morning, the woman made her way back, and as it was getting light, she collapsed at the doorway of the man’s house where her master was.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:8 -

The door for the lowest[fn] side chamber was on the right side of the temple. They[fn] went up a stairway[fn] to the middle chamber, and from the middle to the third.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:33 -

In the same way, he made four-sided[fn] olive wood doorposts for the sanctuary entrance.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27 -

King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and committed them into the care of the captains of the guards[fn] who protected the entrance to the king’s palace.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10 -

So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup and let me drink.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:9 -

The next morning when he went out and stood at the gate, he said to all the people, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him. But who struck down all these?

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:5 -

and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath are to provide protection for the king’s palace.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:9 -

The Ammonites marched out and lined up in battle formation at the entrance of the city while the kings who had come were in the field by themselves.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:13 -

They cast lots for each temple gate according to their ancestral families, young and old alike.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:7 -

He overlaid the temple ​— ​the beams, the thresholds, its walls and doors ​— ​with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10 -

King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and committed them into the care of the captains of the guards[fn] who protected the entrance to the king’s palace.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:30 -

“As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One person speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear what the message is that comes from the LORD! ’

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9 -

it[fn] was 14 feet,[fn] and its jambs were 3 1/2 feet.[fn] The gate’s portico was on the temple side.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:11 -

Then he measured the width of the gate’s entrance; it was 17 1/2 feet,[fn] while the width[fn] of the gate was 22 3/4 feet.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2 -

The width of the entrance was 17 1/2 feet,[fn] and the side walls of the entrance were 8 3/4 feet[fn] wide on each side. He also measured the length of the great hall, 70 feet,[fn] and the width, 35 feet.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 -

Herds will lie down in the middle of it,

every kind of wild animal.[fn]

Both eagle owls[fn] and herons[fn]

will roost in the capitals of its pillars.

Their calls will sound[fn] from the window,

but devastation[fn] will be on the threshold,

for he will expose the cedar work.[fn]

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