pylōn · gateway, porch

What it means

pylōn (πυλών) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “gateway, porch”.

Entrance, gate.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The gateway that leads from the street into the courtyard of a large house.
2. The large openings in a wall through which one enters a city.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• gates ×12
• gateway ×4
• gate ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Luke×1
• Acts×5
• Revelation×11

• Matthew 26:71

  And when he went out to the gateway, another girl saw him and says to those there, “This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.”

• Luke 16:20

  And a certain poor man named Lazarus had been laid at his gate, covered with sores,

• Acts 10:17

  Now while Peter was greatly perplexed within himself as to what the vision that he had seen might mean, look, the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked for Simon’s house, stood at the gate.

• Acts 12:13

  And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer.

• Acts 12:14

  And recognizing Peter’s voice, for joy she did not open the gateway, but ran in and reported that Peter was standing before the gateway.

• Acts 14:13

  And the priest of Zeus whose temple was in front of the city, having brought bulls and garlands to the gates, wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.

• Revelation 21:12

  It had a great and high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.

• Revelation 21:13

  On the east three gates, and on the north three gates, and on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.

• Revelation 21:15

  And the one who was speaking with me had a measuring reed of gold to measure the city and its gates and its wall.

• Revelation 21:21

  And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each of the gates was made from a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

• Revelation 21:25

  And its gates will never be shut by day, for night will not be there.

• Revelation 22:14

  Happy are those who wash their robes, so that they will have the right to the tree of life, and may enter into the city by the gates.

And 6 more times.