πυλών pylṓn
Meaning
a gate-way, door-way of a building or city; by implication, a portal or vestibule
In the King James Version: gate, porch
Derivation: from G4439 (πύλη);
Where it is used
- Matthew 26:71 When Peter had gone out to the gateway, another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
- Luke 16:20 And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores
- Acts 10:17 While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
- Acts 12:13 He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.
- Acts 12:14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”
- Acts 14:13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates, hoping to offer a sacrifice along with the crowds.
- Revelation 21:12 The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates.
- Revelation 21:13 There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west.
- Revelation 21:15 The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.
- Revelation 21:21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.
- Revelation 21:25 Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.
- Revelation 22:14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.