πύλη pulē

Greek word for “gate” · Strong’s G4439 · used 10 times in 9 verses

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Meaning

πύλη, -ης, ἡ; a gate:, 12:10 16:13; ἡ Ὡραία Π. τ. ἱεροῦ. Metaphorical; πύλαι ᾅδου (, and cf. κλαῖς ᾅδου):.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for pulē in context, with how often each is used:

• gate 8
• gates 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 7 (2), Matthew 16 (1), Luke 7 (1), Acts 3 (1), Acts 9 (1), Acts 12 (1), Acts 16 (1), Hebrews 13 (1)

Forms

• πύλης 3
• πύλη 2
• πύλῃ 2
• πύλαι 1
• πύλας 1
• πύλην 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with pulē more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• στενός stenos “narrow” 2
• ἀπάγω apagō “to lead away” 2
• ἔξω exō “out/outside(r)” 2
• ὁδός hodos “road” 2
• πόλις polis “city” 2
• τε te “and/both” 2
• ἐξέρχομαι exerchomai “to go out” 2
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 2

Key verses

The verses using pulē that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 7:13 — Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
• Matthew 7:14 — Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
• Matthew 16:18 — And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
• Luke 7:12 — Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of…
• Acts 3:10 — And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened…
• Acts 9:24 — But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
• Acts 12:10 — When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they…
• Acts 16:13 — And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
• Hebrews 13:12 — Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.