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Strong's G4439 · Greek

πύλη

pule · poo'-lay

apparently a primary word; a gate, i.e. the leaf or wing of a folding entrance (literally or figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

πύλη (G4439)

11 πύλη , -ης, ἡ , [in LXX chiefly and very freq. for שַׁעַר sometimes for דֶּלֶת , פֶּתַח ;] a gate : Lk 7:12 , Ac 9:24 12:10 16:13 , He 13:12 ; ἡ Ὡραία Π. τ. ἱεροῦ , Ac 3:10 . Metaph., Mt 7:13 , 14 ; πύλαι ᾅδου ( Wi 16:13 , III Mac 5:51 , and cf. κλεῖς ᾅδου , Re 1:18 ): Mt 16:18 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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