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πυλών

MainId: 004343000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: π

StrongCodes: G4440

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 004343001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, m.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: πυλών
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ῶνος
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'πύλη', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 004343001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 7.48
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Constructions
  LEXSubDomains: Parts and Areas of Buildings
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-02-07 14:06:45
    DefinitionShort: doors or gates used to close off entranceways
    Glosses: ['door', 'gate']
    Comments: πύλη[a] and πυλών[a] may refer to house doors and gates or to large doors and gates such as were used in a palace, temple, or in a city wall.|Note, however, that in {S:04401401300032} the reference may not be specifically to the gates as objects, but to the entranceway into the city.
  LEXReferences: LUKE 16:20, ACTs 10:17, ACTs 12:14, ACTs 12:14, ACTs 14:13, REV 21:12, REV 21:12, REV 21:13, REV 21:13, REV 21:13, REV 21:13, REV 21:15, REV 21:21, REV 21:21, REV 21:25, REV 22:14
  LEXLinks: realia:3.14.1
2. LEXID: 004343001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 7.38
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Constructions
  LEXSubDomains: Parts and Areas of Buildings
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-02-07 14:06:45
    DefinitionShort: the area associated with the entrance into a house or building
    Glosses: ['gateway', 'entrance', 'vestibule']
    Comments: The phrase τὰ πρὸς τὴν θύραν (see {D:7.39}) is essentially equivalent to πυλών[b]: συνήχθησαν πολλοὶ ὥστε μηκέτι χωρεῖν μηδὲ τὰ πρὸς τὴν θύραν ‘so many people came together that there was no room left, not even out in the entrance’ {S:04100200200022}.
  LEXReferences: MAT 26:71, ACTs 12:13
  LEXLinks: realia:3.1.3