πύλη
pýlē
“a gate, i.e. the leaf or wing of a folding entrance (literally or figuratively)”
10 occurrencesNew TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
a gate, i.e. the leaf or wing of a folding entrance (literally or figuratively)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
a gate, Mt. 7:13, 14; Lk. 7:12; Acts 12:10; πύλαι ᾅδου, the gates of hades, the nether world and its powers, the powers of destruction, dissolution, Mt. 16:18
Translated in KJV as
gate
Etymology
apparently a primary word;
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