Greek noun (feminine) · G4439
πύλη
pylepoo'-lay
gate
10 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pýlē
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4439is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4439
a gate, i.e. the leaf or wing of a folding entrance (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: gate.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
pyle is rendered "gate". It stands 10 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Four of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 7:13Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
Matthew 7:13πύλης
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- gate8
- gates2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- πύλης3
- πύλη2
- πύλῃ2
- πύλαι1
- πύλας1
- πύλην1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular3N-GSF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular2N-DSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular2N-NSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural1N-APF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1N-ASF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1N-NPF
Matthew
four uses
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
- πύληςpulesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: gate
- πύληpulenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: gate
But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
- πύληpulenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: gate
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
- πύλαιpulainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: gates
Luke
one use
As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
- πύλῃpulenoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: gate
Acts
four uses
they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
- πύλῃpulenoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Gate
but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
- πύλαςpulasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: gates
They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
- πύληνpulennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: gate
On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.
- πύληςpulesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: gate
Hebrews
one use
And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.
- πύληςpulesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: gate
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.