Word

πύλη

pýlē · G4439 · Greek · 10 occurrences

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City gateCity fortifications281 verses

Meanings

door, gate

Doors or gates used to close off entranceways

Examples
Matthew 7:13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
Matthew 7:14 “For the gate is narrow and the way is constricted that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Luke 7:12 Now as He approached the gate of the city, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a sizeable crowd from the city was with her.
death

(An idiom, literally: gates of Hades) Death as an impersonal supernatural power

Examples
Matthew 16:18 “And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

3 occurrences in 3 groups

ἱερόνtemple 1
πόλιςcity 1
ᾅδηςthe world of the dead 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

3 occurrences in 3 groups

σιδήρεοςmade of iron 1
στενόςnarrow 1
ὡραῖοςbeautiful 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 2 groups

ἀνοίγωto open 1
φέρωto bring, to carry, to bear 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

κατισχύωto be completely able 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

παρατηρέωto watch closely 1

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

πλατύςwide 1
στενόςnarrow 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

5 occurrences in 3 groups

ἔξωoutside 4
ἐπίon 4
διάthrough 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

שַׁעַר shaʻar · H8179 · gate, town: Greek πύλη and Hebrew שַׁעַר both denote a physical gate or door, typically of a city or building entrance, and function as direct translation equivalents.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Death12.50: The noun is used figuratively for the realm of death. Jesus tells Peter, “upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it” (Matthew 16:18).
Door, gate7.48: The same noun is also used of an ordinary physical entrance. Jesus exhorts, “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction” (Matthew 7:13).

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

πύληpýlē · G4439πυλών pylṓn · G4440 · door, gate, gateway · 18×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon πύλης, ἡ (perhaps feminine of πόλος (cf. English pole i. e. axis) from the root πελῶ, to…

πύλης, ἡ (perhaps feminine of πόλος (cf. English pole i. e. axis) from the root πελῶ, to turn (Curtius, p. 715)), from Homer down; the Sept. very often for שַׁעַר, occasionally for דְּלֵת, sometimes for פֶּתַח; a gate (of the larger sort, in the wall either of a city or a palace; Thomas Magister (p. 292, 4) πύλαι ἐπί τείχους. θύραι ἐπί οἰκίας): of a town, Lk 7:12; Acts 9:24; Acts 16:13 L T Tr WH; Heb 13:12; of the temple, Acts 3:10; in the wall of a prison, Acts 12:10; πύλαι ᾅδου, the gates of Hades (likened to a vast prison; hence, the 'keys' of Hades, Rev 1:18), Mt 16:18 (on which see κατισχύω); Wis. 16:13; 3Macc. 5:51, and often by secular writings; see Grimm on 3Macc. 5:51. in figurative discourse equivalent to access or entrance into any state: Mt 7:13{a},13{b} R G T brackets Tr WH marginal reading, 14 R G L brackets T brackets Tr WH; Lk 13:24 R L marginal reading (On its omission see προβατικός.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Parts and Areas of Buildings9 occurrences Supernatural Powers1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0