Quick Definition
a large gate, a gateway, porch
Strong's Definition
a gate-way, door-way of a building or city; by implication, a portal or vestibule
Derivation: from G4439 (πύλη);
KJV Usage: gate, porch
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πυλών, πυλῶνος, ὁ (πύλη) (Aristotle, Polybius, others), the Sept. often for τΖΜϊΗη, sometimes for ωΗΡςΗψ;
1. a large gate: of a palace, Luk_16:20; of a house, Act_10:17; plural (of the gates of a city), Act_14:13; Rev_21:12-13; Rev_21:15; Rev_21:21; Rev_21:25; Rev_22:14.
2. the anterior part of a house, into which one enters through the gate, porch: Mat_26:71 (cf. 69 and 75); Act_12:14; hence, ἡ θύρα τοῦ πυλῶνος, Act_12:13.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πυλών pylōn 18x
a gateway, vestibule, Mat_26:71 ; Luk_16:20 ;
a gate, Act_14:13 ; Rev_21:12-13 ; Rev_21:15 ; Rev_21:21 ; Rev_21:25 gate.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πυλών , -ῶνος , ὁ
( < πύλη ),
[in LXX chiefly for H6607 , H8179 ;]
1. the porch or vestibule of a house or palace: Mat_26:71 , Luk_16:20 , Act_10:17 ; Act_12:13-14
2. The gate-way or gate-tower of a walled town: Act_14:13 , Rev_21:12-13 ; Rev_21:15 ; Rev_21:21 ; Rev_21:25 ; Rev_22:14 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πυλών [page 559]
gateway of a house ( Mat_26:71 ) or city ( Act_14:13 ) : P Tebt II. 331 .9 ( c . A.D. 131) ἐπῆλθο̣[ν α ]ὐθάδως εἰς ἣν ὲ̣χ̣ω̣ ἐν τῇ κώμῃ οἰκίαν̣ . . ἐν̣ τ̣ω̣̑ πυλῶνι , made a bold attack upon my house in the village . . at the gateway (Edd.), P Ryl II. 233 .8 (ii/A.D.) κωμοκάτοικοί εἰσιν οἱ ἔ [χο ]ν̣τες πρὸ τοῦ πυλῶνός σου τὸν ψιλὸν τόπον , the owners of the open plot in front of your gateway are villagers, and the illiterate P Oxy XII. 1489 .3 (late iii/A.D.) τὸ κιθώνιν ἐπιλέλισμε ( l . ἐπιλέλησμαι ) παρὰ Τεκοῦσαν εἰς τὸν πυλῶνα , I have left my cloak behind with Tecusa at the gateway (Edd.). Psaltes Gr . p. 24 n. .1 has collected exx. of the late form πυλεών . For πύλιον see Preisigke 2098 .2 , 5255 .2 .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πυλών πυ^λών, ῶνος, ὁ, [Etym: πύλη] "a gateway, gate-house", Polyb. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πυλών, -ῶνος, ὁ
(πύλη), [in LXX chiefly for פֶּתַח, שַׁעַר ;]
__1. the porch or vestibule of a house or palace: Mat.26:71, Luk.16:20, Act.10:17 12:13-14
__2. The gate-way or gate-tower of a walled town: Act.14:13, Rev.21:12-13, 15 21:21, 25 22:14.†
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