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πύλη

MainId: 004342000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: π

StrongCodes: G4439

BaseForms:

1. 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