πύλη

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G4439

Transliteration: pýlē

Pronunciation: poo'-lay

Definition: gate

- Original: πύλη

- Transliteration: Pule

- Phonetic: poo'-lay

- Definition:

1. a gate

a. 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

- Origin: apparently a primary word

- TDNT entry: 21:22,0

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: Apparently a primary word; a gate that is the leaf or wing of a folding entrance (literally or figuratively): - gate.