Definition
πύλη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly and very frequently for שַׁעַר sometimes for דֶּלֶת, פֶּתַח ;]
a gate: Luke 7:12, Acts 9:24; 12:10; 16:13, Hebrews 13:12; ἡ Ὡραία Π. τ. ἱεροῦ, Acts 3:10. Metaphorical, Matthew 7:13-14; πύλαι ᾅδου (Wis.16.13, 3Ma.5.51, and cf. κλαῖς ᾅδου Revelation 1:18): Matthew 16:18.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as πύλη:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
10 total
- Matthew 7:13πύλης · gate; πύλη · gateEnter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
- Matthew 7:14πύλη · gateBut small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
- Matthew 16:18πύλαι · [the] gatesAnd I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
- Luke 7:12πύλῃ · gateAs He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
- Acts 3:10Πύλῃ · Gate…they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
- Acts 9:24πύλας · [city] gates…but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
- Acts 12:10πύλην · gateThey passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
- Acts 16:13πύλης · city gateOn the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.
- Hebrews 13:12πύλης · [city] gateAnd so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.