Gate
πύληStrong’s G4439pulē
Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pulē is the Greek word usually translated “gate” and “gates”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.
“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:”
Meaning
Usually translated “gate” and “gates”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- gate 8
- gates 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 4
- Matthew 3
- Luke 1
- Hebrews 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 7:14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
- Matthew 16:18And 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.
- Luke 7:12Now 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.
- Acts 3:10And 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.
- Acts 9:24But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
- Acts 12:10When 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.
Greek dictionary
πύλη pulē · gate
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.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “gate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GATE, noun
- A large door which gives entrance into a walled city, a castle, a temple, palace or other large edifice.
- A frame of timber which opens or closes a passage into any court, garden or other inclosed ground; also, the passage.
- The frame which shuts or stops the passage of water through a dam into a flume.
- An avenue; an opening; a way.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.