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Strong's Number G4439

πύλη
pule · poo'-lay
Transliteration:
pule{poo'-lay}
Word Origin:
apparently a primary word
TDNT:
6:921,974
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Strong's Definition:
a gate, i.e. the leaf or wing of a folding entrance (literally or figuratively)
Usage in the KJV:
gate 10

Total: 10
Occurs 10 times in the Greek text.
Definition:
  1. a gate
    1. of the larger sort
      1. in the wall of either a city
      2. a palace
      3. a town
      4. the temple
      5. a prison
  2. the gates of hell (likened to a vast prison)
  3. metaph. the access or entrance into any state
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament