ΠΥΛΗΝ, πυλην
PYLĒN, pylēn
Sounds Like: poo-LEEN
Translations: gate, a gate, entrance, a door
From the root: ΠΥΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a gate, an entrance, or a doorway, often one that is large or fortified, such as the gate of a city or a large building. It is used to denote the point of entry or exit.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4439 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 2 Esdras — 12:13, 12:14, 13:3, 13:6, 13:13, 13:14, 22:39
- Judith — 10:6, 10:9, 13:12, 13:13
- Tobit — 11:16
- Acts of the Apostles — 3:10, 12:10
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 34:4
- Book Two — 19:25
- Book Four — 4:77
- Book Five — 5:23, 5:25
- Book Six — 5:25
- Book Seven — 5:35
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 56:19
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 19:1, 34:20, 34:24
- Exodus — 32:27, 37:13, 38:20
- Deuteronomy — 21:19, 22:15, 22:24, 25:7
- Ruth — 4:1
- 1 Samuel — 4:13
- 1 Kings — 12:24
- 2 Kings — 7:10, 15:35
- 1 Chronicles — 16:42, 26:16, 26:18
- 2 Chronicles — 26:9, 27:3, 33:14, 34:9
- Nehemiah — 2:13, 2:14, 3:1, 3:3, 3:6, 3:13, 3:14, 12:39
- Judith — 10:6, 10:9, 13:11, 13:12, 13:13
- Tobit — 11:16
- 3 Maccabees — 5:48
- Ezekiel — 8:5, 11:1, 21:15, 40:6, 40:13, 40:23, 40:27, 40:28, 40:32, 40:35, 43:1, 46:9, 46:12, 47:2
- Micah — 2:13
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 12:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΥΛΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΥ̓ΛΗΝ — gate, a gate, door, a door
- ΠΥΛΑΙ — gates, a gate
- ΠΥΛΑΙΣ — gates, doors, entrances
- ΠΥΛΑΣ — gates
- ΠΥΛΑΣΚΑΙ — gates, a gate
- ΠΥΛΕ — gate, a gate, door, a door, entrance, a entrance
- ΠΥΛΕΣ — gates, doors, a gate, a door
- ΠΥΛΗ — gate, a gate, door, a door, entrance, an entrance
- ΠΥΛΗΣ — of a gate, of the gate, of a door, of the door
- ΠΥΛΙΔΩΝ — of small gates, of little gates, of gates
- ΠΥΛΙΣ — gates, a gate, of gates, to gates, for gates
- ΠΥΛΟΙΣ — to gates, to a gate, at gates, at a gate, by gates, by a gate
- ΠΥΛΩ — gate, a gate
- ΠΥΛ‾Η‾ — gate, a gate, door, a door
- ΤΑΣΠΥΛΑΣ — the gates, a gate
- ΤΩΝΠΥΛΩΝ — of the gates, of gates
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