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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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πύλη

Strong’s: G4439

Associated OET lemmas: πύλη

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: πύλη; -ης

Related lemmas: πυλών

Sense 1: door, gate

Semantic entry: 7.48

Semantic domains: Constructions

Subdomains: Parts and Areas of Buildings

Definition: doors or gates used to close off entranceways

Notes: πύλη 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.

Further resources: realia:3.14.1

MAT 7:13: RV MAT 7:13 · LV MAT 7:13 · Read together MAT 7:13

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OET-RV MAT 7:13

13 “Come in through the narrow gate, because there’s a big gateway and a wide path that leads away to destruction, and lots of people go that way.

OET-LV MAT 7:13

13 Come_in through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is broad which leading_away to the destruction, and many are the ones coming_in through it,

MAT 7:14: RV MAT 7:14 · LV MAT 7:14 · Read together MAT 7:14

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OET-RV MAT 7:14

14 The gateway leading away to life is narrow, and the path has been kept narrow, and not many people find it.

OET-LV MAT 7:14

14 how narrow is the gate and the way which leading_away to the life having_been_narrowed is, and few are the ones finding it.
All 8 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 7:13–14 · LV MAT 7:13–14 · Read together MAT 7:13–14

LUK: RV LUK 7:12 · LV LUK 7:12 · Read together LUK 7:12

ACT: RV ACT 3:10 · RV ACT 9:24 · RV ACT 12:10 · RV ACT 16:13 · LV ACT 3:10 · LV ACT 9:24 · LV ACT 12:10 · LV ACT 16:13 · Read together ACT 3:10 · Read together ACT 9:24 · Read together ACT 12:10 · Read together ACT 16:13

HEB: RV HEB 13:12 · LV HEB 13:12 · Read together HEB 13:12

Sense 2: death

Semantic entry: 12.50

Semantic domains: Supernatural Beings and Powers

Subdomains: Supernatural Powers

Definition: (an idiom, literally: gates of Hades) death as an impersonal supernatural power

Notes: Some scholars, however, understand πύλαι ᾅδου to mean Satanic powers of evil.

Collocations: πύλαι ᾅδου

MAT 16:18: RV MAT 16:18 · LV MAT 16:18 · Read together MAT 16:18

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OET-RV MAT 16:18

18 And I can add that you’re Kefa (meaning ‘rock’), and I’ll build my assembly on that rock, and hell’s gates won’t be able to hold it back.

OET-LV MAT 16:18

18 And also_I am_saying to_you that you are Petros, but on this the rock I_will_be_building the assembly of_me, and the_gates of_Haidaʸs ˓will˒_ not _be_prevailing against_it.