STRONGS G4440:
πυλών,
πυλῶνος,
ὁ (
πύλη) (
Aristotle,
Polybius, others), the
Sept. often for
פֶּתַח, sometimes for
שַׁעַר;
1. a large gate: of a palace,
Luke 16:20; of a house,
Acts 10:17; plural (of the gates of a city),
Acts 14:13;
Revelation 21:12,
13,
15,
21,
25;
Revelation 22:14.
2. the anterior part of a house, into which one enters through the gate,
porch:
Matthew 26:71 (cf. 69 and 75);
Acts 12:14; hence,
ἡ θύρα τοῦ πυλῶνος,
Acts 12:13.
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