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πύλη

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Gloss: gate

Transliteration: pulē

Strong’s: G4439

πύλη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly and very frequently for שַׁעַר sometimes for דֶּלֶת, פֶּתַח ;]
a gate: Luk.7:12, Act.9:24 12:10 16:13, Heb.13:12; ἡ Ὡραία Π. τ. ἱεροῦ, Act.3:10. Metaphorical, Mat.7:13-14; πύλαι ᾅδου (Wis.16:13, 3Ma.5:51, and cf. κλαῖς ᾅδου Rev.1:18): Mat.16:18.†
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