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πύλη

pylē

Feminine noun · Apparently a primary word

Apparently a primary word; a gate, i.e. the leaf or wing of a folding entrance (literally or figuratively):—gate.

Outline

  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

Usages

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:

Precepts

2 Esdras 7:6-10

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Matthew 7:14

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

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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.

Breakdown

And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it:The church will not be destroyed.

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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 the city was with her.

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Luke 13:24

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

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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 unto him.

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Acts 9:24

But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

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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 went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.

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Hebrews 13:12

Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

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