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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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All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 approached Joseph’s house steward, and spoke to him at the entrance of the house,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:16 - Meanwhile, the six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the sons of Dan, were positioned at the entrance of the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - Now the five men who went to spy out the land went up and entered there; they took the carved image, the ephod, the [fn]household idols, and the cast metal image, while the priest was standing at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:26 - [fn]As the day began to dawn, the woman came and fell down at the doorway of the man’s house where her master was, until full daylight.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:8 -

The doorway for the [fn]lowest side chamber was on the right side of the house; and they would go up by a winding staircase to the middle story, and from the middle to the third.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:33 -

So too he made for the entrance of the main room four-sided doorposts of olive wood,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27 - So King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and entrusted them to the [fn]care of the commanders of the [fn]guard who guarded the doorway 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 entrance of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a [fn]cup, so that I may drink.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:9 - Now in the morning he went out and stood and said to all the people, “You are [fn]innocent; behold, I conspired against my master and killed him, but who [fn]killed all these?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:5 - And he commanded them, saying, “This is the thing that you shall do: a third of you, who come in on the Sabbath and keep watch over the king’s house

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:9 - The sons of Ammon came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance of the city; and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:13 - They cast lots, the small and the great alike, according to their fathers’ households, for every gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10 - Then King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and committed them to the [fn]care of the commanders of the [fn]guards who guarded the entrance of the king’s house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:30 -

“But as for you, son of man, [fn]your fellow citizens who talk with one another about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses, speak one with another, each with his brother, saying, ‘Come now and hear what the [fn]message is that comes from the LORD.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9 - And he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its side pillars, two cubits. And the porch of the gate was [fn]faced inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:11 - And he measured the width of the [fn]gateway, ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2 - The width of the entrance was ten cubits and the [fn]sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured [fn]the length of the sanctuary, forty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 -

Flocks will lie down in her midst,

[fn]All animals that range in herds;

Both the [fn]pelican and the hedgehog

Will spend their nights in [fn]the tops of her pillars;

[fn]Birds will sing in the window,

Devastation will be on the threshold;

For He has uncovered the cedar work.

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