πυλών pulōn

Greek word for “gate” · Strong’s G4440 · used 18 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

πυλών, -ῶνος, ὁ; (πύλη);

How it is translated

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

• gates 11
• gate 5
• porch 1
• gates were 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 21 (5), Acts 12 (2), Matthew 26 (1), Luke 16 (1), Acts 10 (1), Acts 14 (1), Revelation 22 (1)

Forms

• πυλῶνες 6
• πυλῶνα 4
• πυλῶνας 3
• πυλῶνος 2
• πυλῶσιν 2
• πυλώνων 1

Words used with it

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

• πόλις polis “city” 4
• τεῖχος teichos “wall” 2
• ὄνομα onoma “name” 3
• πρό pro “before” 2
• δώδεκα dōdeka “twelve” 2
• ἐκεῖ ekei “there” 2
• Πέτρος Petros “Peter” 2
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 2
• μετά meta “with/after” 2
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 26:71 — And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.
• Luke 16:20 — And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
• Acts 10:17 — Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon’s…
• Acts 12:13 — And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
• Acts 12:14 — And when she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
• Acts 14:13 — Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.
• Revelation 21:12 — And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the…
• Revelation 21:13 — On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
• Revelation 21:15 — And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
• Revelation 21:21 — And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
• Revelation 21:25 — And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
• Revelation 22:14 — Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

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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.