UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πύλη

MainId: 004342000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: π

StrongCodes: G4439

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 004342001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: πύλη
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ης
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'πυλών', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 004342001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 7.48
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Constructions
  LEXSubDomains: Parts and Areas of Buildings
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-02-07 14:05:50
    DefinitionShort: doors or gates used to close off entranceways
    Glosses: ['door', 'gate']
    Comments: 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.
  LEXReferences: MAT 7:13, MAT 7:13, MAT 7:14, LUKE 7:12, ACTs 3:10, ACTs 9:24, ACTs 12:10, ACTs 16:13, HEB 13:12
  LEXLinks: realia:3.14.1
2. LEXID: 004342001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 12.50
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Supernatural Beings and Powers
  LEXSubDomains: Supernatural Powers
  LEXCollocations: πύλαι ᾅδου
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-02-07 14:05:50
    DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: gates of Hades) death as an impersonal supernatural power
    Glosses: death
    Comments: Some scholars, however, understand πύλαι ᾅδου to mean Satanic powers of evil.
  LEXReferences: MAT 16:18