πύλη

πύλη — pýlē

πύλη, πύλης, ἡ (perhaps feminine of πόλος (cf. English pole i. e. axis) from the root πελῶ, to turn (Curtius, p. 715)), from Homer down; the Sept. very often for שַׁעַר, occasionally for דְּלֵת, sometimes for פֶּתַח; a gate (of the larger sort, in the wall either of a city or a palace; Thomas Magister (p. 292, 4) πύλαι ἐπί τείχους. θύραι ἐπί οἰκίας): of a town, Luk 7:12; Act 9:24; Act 16:13 L T Tr WH; Heb 13:12; of the temple, Act 3:10; in the wall of a prison, Act 12:10; πύλαι ᾅδου, the gates of Hades (likened to a vast prison; hence, the 'keys' of Hades, Rev 1:18), Mat 16:18 (on which see κατισχύω); Wis 16:13; 3Ma 5:51, and often by secular writings; see Grimm on 3Ma 5:51. in figurative discourse equivalent to access or entrance into any state: Mat 7:13{a},13{b} R G T brackets Tr WH marginal reading, 14 R G L brackets T brackets Tr WH; Luk 13:24 R L marginal reading (On its omission see προβατικός.)