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It signifies both physical and spiritual entry points.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient times, city gates were significant for protection, commerce, and social interaction. They were places of judgment and public discourse. Spiritually, gates symbolize access to divine or eternal realms, reflecting the importance of choices and pathways in one's spiritual journey.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>4439</b> <i>pýlē</i> (a feminine noun) – a <i>large</i> door; an <i>entrance-gate</i> to a city or fortress; a <i>door-gate</i>. <a href="/greek/4439.htm">4439</a> <i>/pýlē</i> ("a <i>door-gate</i>") typically refers to the <i>exit</i> people <i>go out</i>, i.e. focusing on what <i>proceeds out of it</i>.</p><p class="discovery">["Gates" in antiquity generally represent authority/power.]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a gate<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>gate (8), gates (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4439: πύλη</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">πύλη</span></span>, <span class="greek2">πύλης</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (perhaps feminine of <span class="greek2">πόλος</span> (cf. English <span class="accented">pole</span> i. e. axis) from the root <span class="greek2">πελῶ</span>, to turn (<span class="abbreviation">Curtius</span>, p. 715)), from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down; the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> very often for <span class="hebrew">שַׁעַר</span>, occasionally for <span class="hebrew">דְּלֵת</span>, sometimes for <span class="hebrew">פֶּתַח</span>; <span class="accented">a gate</span> (of the larger sort, in the wall either of a city or a palace; <span class="abbreviation">Thomas Magister</span> (p. 292, 4) <span class="greek2">πύλαι</span> <span class="greek2">ἐπί</span> <span class="greek2">τείχους</span>. <span class="greek2">θύραι</span> <span class="greek2">ἐπί</span> <span class="greek2">οἰκίας</span>): of a town, <a href="/interlinear/luke/7-12.htm">Luke 7:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/9-24.htm">Acts 9:24</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/16-13.htm">Acts 16:13</a> <span class="manuref">L</span> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/13-12.htm">Hebrews 13:12</a>; of the temple, <a href="/interlinear/acts/3-10.htm">Acts 3:10</a>; in the wall of a prison, <a href="/interlinear/acts/12-10.htm">Acts 12:10</a>; <span class="greek2">πύλαι</span> <span class="greek2">ᾅδου</span>, the gates of Hades (likened to a vast prison; hence, the 'keys' of Hades, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/1-18.htm">Revelation 1:18</a>), <a href="/interlinear/matthew/16-18.htm">Matthew 16:18</a> (on which see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">κατισχύω</span></span>); Wis. 16:13; 3Macc. 5:51, and often by secular writings; see Grimm on 3Macc. 5:51. in figurative discourse equivalent to <span class="accented">access or entrance</span> into any state: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/7-13.htm">Matthew 7:13</a>{a},13{b} <span class="manuref">R</span> <span class="manuref">G</span> <span class="manuref">T</span> brackets <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span> marginal reading, 14 <span class="manuref">R</span> <span class="manuref">G</span> <span class="manuref">L</span> brackets <span class="manuref">T</span> brackets <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/13-24.htm">Luke 13:24</a> <span class="manuref">R</span> <span class="manuref">L</span> marginal reading (On its omission see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">προβατικός</span></span>.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>a gate, porch<p>Apparently a primary word; a gate, i.e. The leaf or wing of a folding entrance (literally or figuratively) -- gate. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>πυλαι πύλαι πύλαις πυλας πύλας πύλει πυλη πύλη πύλῃ πυλην πύλην πυλης πύλης πυλών pulai pulas pule pulē pulen pulēn pules pulēs pylai pýlai pylas pýlas pyle pylē pýle pýlē pýlei pýlēi pylen pylēn pýlen pýlēn pyles pylēs pýles pýlēs<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/7-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 7:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τῆς στενῆς <b>πύλης</b> ὅτι πλατεῖα</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the narrow <span class="itali">gate; for the gate</span> is wide<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> at the strait <span class="itali">gate:</span> for wide<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/7-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the narrow <span class="itali">gate</span> for wide<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/7-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 7:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Feminine">Noun-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πλατεῖα ἡ <b>πύλη</b> καὶ εὐρύχωρος</span><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/7-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> wide the <span class="itali">gate</span> and broad<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/7-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 7:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">στενὴ ἡ <b>πύλη</b> καὶ τεθλιμμένη</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">For the gate</span> is small and the way<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> strait <span class="itali">[is] the gate,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/7-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> small [is] the <span class="itali">gate</span> and narrow<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/16-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 16:18</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural">N-NFP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐκκλησίαν καὶ <b>πύλαι</b> ᾅδου οὐ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> My church; <span class="itali">and the gates</span> of Hades<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> church; and <span class="itali">the gates</span> of hell shall<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/16-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> church and <span class="itali">[the] gates</span> of hades not<p><b><a href="/text/luke/7-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 7:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἤγγισεν τῇ <b>πύλῃ</b> τῆς πόλεως</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> as He approached <span class="itali">the gate</span> of the city,<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> he came nigh <span class="itali">to the gate</span> of the city,<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/7-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> he drew near to the <span class="itali">gate</span> of the town<p><b><a href="/text/acts/3-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 3:10</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τῇ Ὡραίᾳ <b>Πύλῃ</b> τοῦ ἱεροῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> at the Beautiful <span class="itali">Gate</span> of the temple<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the Beautiful <span class="itali">gate</span> of the temple:<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/3-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the Beautiful <span class="itali">gate</span> of the temple<p><b><a href="/text/acts/9-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 9:24</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural">N-AFP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ τὰς <b>πύλας</b> ἡμέρας τε</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> watching <span class="itali">the gates</span> day<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And they watched <span class="itali">the gates</span> day and<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/9-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> also the <span class="itali">gates</span> day and<p><b><a href="/text/acts/12-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 12:10</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπὶ τὴν <b>πύλην</b> τὴν σιδηρᾶν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to the iron <span class="itali">gate</span> that leads<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> unto the iron <span class="itali">gate</span> that leadeth unto<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/12-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to the <span class="itali">gate</span> iron<p><b><a href="/text/acts/16-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 16:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔξω τῆς <b>πύλης</b> παρὰ ποταμὸν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> outside <span class="itali">the gate</span> to a riverside,<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/16-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> outside the <span class="itali">city gate</span> by a river<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/13-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 13:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔξω τῆς <b>πύλης</b> ἔπαθεν </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> suffered outside <span class="itali">the gate.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> suffered without <span class="itali">the gate.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/13-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> outside the <span class="itali">gate</span> suffered<p><b><a href="/greek/4439.htm">Strong's Greek 4439</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4439.htm">10 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/pulai_4439.htm">πύλαι — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pulas_4439.htm">πύλας — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pule__4439.htm">πύλη — 4 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pule_n_4439.htm">πύλην — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pule_s_4439.htm">πύλης — 3 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/4438.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4438"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4438" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/4440.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="4440"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="4440" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>