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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 Box Gen 43:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:19 - So they went up to the steward of Joseph’s house and spoke with him at the door of the house,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:16 - Now the 600 men of the Danites, armed with their weapons of war, stood by the entrance of the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - And the five men who had gone to scout out the land went up and entered and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the metal image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the 600 men armed with weapons of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:26 - And as morning appeared, the woman came and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her master was, until it was light.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:8 - The entrance for the lowest[fn] story was on the south side of the house, and one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:33 - So also he made for the entrance to the nave doorposts of olivewood, in the form of a square,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27 - and King Rehoboam made in their place shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10 - So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, “Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:9 - Then in the morning, when he went out, he stood and 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?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:5 - And he commanded them, “This is the thing that you shall do: one third of you, those who come off duty on the Sabbath and guard the king’s house

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:9 - And the Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:13 - And they cast lots by fathers’ houses, small and great alike, for their gates.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:7 - So he lined the house with gold—its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors—and he carved cherubim on the walls.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10 - and King Rehoboam made in their place shields of bronze and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:30 - “As for you, son of man, your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, ‘Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the LORD.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9 - Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and its jambs, two cubits; and the vestibule of the gate was at the inner end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:11 - Then he measured the width of the opening of the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gateway, thirteen cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2 - And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sidewalls of the entrance were five cubits on either side. And he measured the length of the nave,[fn] forty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 - Herds shall lie down in her midst,
all kinds of beasts;[fn]
even the owl and the hedgehog[fn]
shall lodge in her capitals;
a voice shall hoot in the window;
devastation will be on the threshold;
for her cedar work will be laid bare.
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