Strong's Greek · G4440
πυλών
pylṓn
gate, porch
Definition
a gate-way, door-way of a building or city; by implication, a portal or vestibule
Derivation
from G4439 (πύλη);
Appears 18 times in Scripture
“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.””
“While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.”
“He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.”
“There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west.”
“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!””
“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.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).